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Three Dog Night - Black and White

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Album: Seven Separate Fools
Released: 1972

Black and White Lyrics

The ink is black
The page is white
Together we learn to read and write
The child is black
The child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight
The beautiful sight

And now a child can understand
That this is the law of all the land
All the land

The world is black
The world is white
It turns by day and then by night
The child is black
The child is white
Together they grow to see the light
To see the light

And now at last we plainly see
We'll have a dance of liberty
The world is black
The world is white
It turns by day and then by night
The child is black
The child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight
The beautiful sight

The world is black
The world is white
It turns by day and the by night
The child id black
The child is white
Together they grow to see the light
To see the light

Writer/s: MITCHELL, RICHARD
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Black and White

An influential American folk singer named Earl Robinson wrote this in 1954 with lyricist David Arkin (who is the father of actor Alan Arkin). The song is about racism, and was inspired by a US Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public schools is illegal. The original folk song (but not Three Dog Night's version) includes the line, "Their robes were black, their heads were white" which refers to the judges.

The Jamaican reggae group Greyhound recorded this in 1971; their version made #6 in the UK. Greyhound went on to have two more hits: a cover of Henry Mancini's "Moon River" and another message song called "I Am What I Am," which was a plea for recognition in a white-dominated society.

When Three Dog Night recorded this, it came at a time when civil rights was a big issue in America. The message of racial equality was emphasized by their use of a children's choir in the repeated chorus during the closing moments of the song.

Other artists to record this include Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McGregor and Inner Circle.

Three Dog Night had three lead vocalists: Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells. Hutton sang lead on this track.

Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not to Come)

Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not to Come) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: It Ain't Easy
Released: 1970

Mama Told Me (Not to Come) Lyrics

Will you have whiskey with your water
Or sugar in your tea ?
What's all these crazy questions
That you're askin' of me

This is the craziest party
There could ever be
Don't turn on the lights
'Cause I don't want to see

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun,no, uh uh
Open up the window

Let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin'
From the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smokin'

About to scare me half to death
Oh open up the window sucker
Let me catch my breath

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun,son
That ain't the way to have fun,son

The radio is blastin'
Someone's knockin' at the door
I'm lookin' at my girl friend she passed out on the floor
I've seen so many things
I ain't never seen before
I don't know what it is
I don't want to see no more

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
She said that ain't the way to have fun son
That ain't the way to have fun NO!

Mama told me
Mama told me
Mama told me

Writer/s: NEWMAN, RANDY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Mama Told Me (Not to Come)

This was written by Randy Newman , the nephew of Academy Award-winning composer Lionel Newman. The song is about a party that left a "bad taste" in the writer's mouth. The drug scene was fairly new to American middle-class youth at that time.

This song has the distinction of being the very first #1 hit on the American Top 40 syndicated radio program. The show, hosted by Casey Kasem, became popular on AM radio throughout the world until its decline in the mid-1990s. This beat out The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" (their last hit record before the final breakup) and Elvis Presley's "The Wonder of You" for top chart honors in early August, 1970. (thanks, Charles - Charlotte, NC, for above 2)

Newman's original version was included on his 1970 album 12 Songs. His version was only 2 minutes 12 seconds, over a minute shorter than Three Dog Night's version.

Cory Wells, who sang lead on this track, was the Three Dog Night band member who pushed to record it. He was a big fan of the song and played it with his previous band. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Wilson Pickett's 1972 cover made #99 in the US.

Three Dog Night - One

Three Dog Night - One Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Three Dog Night
Released: 1969

One Lyrics

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know

'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, whoa-oh, worse than two

It's just no good anymore since you went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday

One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest
One is the loneliest
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

It's just no good anymore since you went away

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Writer/s: NILSSON, HARRY EDWARD
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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One

This was written by Harry Nilsson, a popular songwriter who had hits as a singer with "Everybody's Talkin'" and "Without You." Nilsson was inspired to write "One" from the rhythm of a telephone busy signal that he kept hearing.

This is about loneliness. It was used in the film Recess: School's Out when the character of TJ is lonely and bored after all his friends go to summer camps. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada)

This was the first song on Three Dog Night's first album. It was one of 21 US Top 40 hits for the group, who did very well with songs written by other artists. Other hits by Three Dog Night include "Joy to the World" (written by Hoyt Axton), "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (written by Randy Newman) and "The Show Must Go On" (written by Leo Sayer).

Aimee Mann covered this for the 1999 film Magnolia. It was used in the title sequence, and became part of a soundtrack that put Mann back in the spotlight. In the '80s, she was lead singer of the group Til Tuesday.

Three Dog Night had three members at the time that were capable of singing lead vocals. This track went to Chuck Negron.

In Episode 6, "Mistaken Identity" of Season 1 of the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Will and Carlton are locked in with a criminal who sings this song at the end of the show. (thanks, Stephen - Cupertino, CA)

This song was used on the Family Guy episode "Brian Wallows And Peter's Swallows," were it was played at a laser show. (thanks, Sean - Surrey, BC, Canada)

The Beta Band did a cover of this (titled "Won") on their album Hot Shots II, which had nothing to do with the movie Hot Shots Part Deux. (thanks, Tom - Jenkintown, PA)