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Joy to the World (Three Dog Night song)


"Joy to the World" is a song written by Hoyt Axton and made famous by the band Three Dog Night. The song is also popularly known by its opening lyric, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog." Three Dog Night originally released the song on their fourth studio album, "Naturally", in November 1970, and subsequently released an edited version of the song as a single in February 1971. The song, which has been described by members of Three Dog Night as a "kid's song" and a
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also their only Top 10 hit in the UK; "Joy to the World" (Chuck Negron on lead); and "Black and White" (Danny Hutton on lead). Dunhill Records claimed that 40 million record albums were sold by the band during this time. As its members wrote just a handful of songs on the albums, most songs Three Dog Night recorded were written by outside songwriters. Notable hits by outside writers include Harry Nilsson's "One" (US #5), the Gerome Ragni-
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Golden Bisquits


Golden Bisquits is the sixth album (fifth studio album) by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1971. The album is a compilation of hits from Three Dog Night's first four studio albums, including all nine single A-sides issued by the band to date. The album was released concurrently with the band's tenth single (not included on "Golden Bisquits"), "Joy to the World", from their previous album "Naturally" (1970). "Joy to the World" reached
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"Joy To The World". In August 2008. "Three Dog Night Greatest Hits Live" was released, a compilation of previously unissued live 1972 and 1973 recordings from concerts in Frankfurt, Germany, and Edmonton, England. On October 24, 2009, Three Dog Night released three new songs – "Heart of Blues" and "Prayer of the Children", as well as "Two Lights In The Nighttime". Although an EP of five new songs was recorded and released in 1983, and two new songs
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The song was recorded by Three Dog Night at American Recording Company, produced by Richard Podolor, and engineered by Bill Cooper. Unlike most Three Dog Night songs recorded at that point, instead of having just the three main vocalists singing harmony, the song was recorded with all seven members of the band singing. Drummer Floyd Sneed sings the deep lyric "I wanna tell you" towards the end of the song. When the song hit #1 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1971, Axton and his mother
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on "Joy to the World", singing the lyric "I wanna tell you." After Three Dog Night broke up in 1977, he continued to work with other groups, including an extended tour with The Ohio Players. He and other backing musicians from Three Dog Night worked together in a short-lived group named SS Fools. He reappeared briefly with the reincarnated Three Dog Night in the mid-1980s. In 1990, he had a minor role playing a drummer in a Chong film, "Far Out Man".
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wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and if the night was freezing, it was a "three dog night". Their first Top Ten hit was "One", in 1969, while, "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)", reached #1 a year later. "Joy to the World" became the group's biggest hit in 1971, and their final #1, "Black and White", was in 1972; and, their final Top Ten song was
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writers such as Paul Williams ("An Old Fashioned Love Song") and Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World"). The official commentary included in the CD set "Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1964–1975" states that vocalist Danny Hutton's girlfriend, actress June Fairchild (best known as the "Ajax Lady" from the Cheech and Chong movie "Up In Smoke") suggested the name after reading a magazine article about indigenous Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would
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Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits


Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits is the twelfth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974. "Joy to the World" is the follow-up compilation to "Golden Bisquits", consisting of eleven (out of twelve) charted hits from the group's previous four studio albums (the top 20 hit "Pieces of April" was left off for reasons unknown), two charted hits that already appeared on their first greatest hits compilation ("One" and "One Man Band"
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Donovan, and others. He produced two albums for Steppenwolf, engineered all their early hits including "Born to Be Wild", and produced Three Dog Night's "Mama Told Me Not To Come" and "Joy to the World", leading to his work on all subsequent albums by Three Dog Night. Other acts with whom he worked as a producer included Iron Butterfly, the Dillards, Chris Hillman, and Black Oak Arkansas. Albums: OPEN (1970), RED WHITE & BLUES IMAGE (1970) Atco
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long-running children's show "Joy Junction" (which, in the early-1980s, had their version of Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" as its theme) and the late-night discussion and call-in show, "You and Me". In the late 1980s, the station used outdated equipment to produce these shows but nonetheless some of WCLF's programming are also seen on other networks such as TBN and Daystar, while WCLF and CTN presents programs from other religious broadcasters such as "The
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Joy to the World (Three Dog Night song)


"silly song," topped the singles charts in North America, was certified gold by the RIAA, and has since been covered by multiple artists. The song is featured prominently in the film "The Big Chill". It is sung by a child character at the beginning and the Three Dog Night recording is played over the end credits. It is also played at the end of every Denver Broncos home victory. Notable playings of this song after Broncos victories included then-Chicago Bears head coach Abe Gibron's singing along
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with the song in 1973; and at the end of Super Bowl XXXII, played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. It was also played at the end of Super Bowl XXXIII at Pro Player (now Hard Rock) Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida and Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California. Some of the words are nonsensical. Axton wanted to persuade his record producers to record a new melody he had written and the producers asked him to sing any words to the tune. A member of Three Dog Night said
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, Mae Axton, became the first mother and son to each have written a number one pop single in the rock era. Mae Axton co-wrote "Heartbreak Hotel", which was the first number one hit for Elvis Presley. In a 1994 case, David P. Jackson filed suit claiming co-authorship of the song and alleging that Axton fraudulently claimed sole authorship. In the suit, Jackson claimed that Axton regularly credited him with co-authorship. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor
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Harmony (Three Dog Night album)


They're slick as Wesson Oil. And when they choose the right material and go light on the minstrel-show theatrics, they're fine—next to 'Maggie May,' 'Joy to the World' is the most durable single of the year. Their albums do vary—avoid the 'Joy to the World' vehicle "Naturally"—but I think this is the best. Even if you're hostile, you'll have to concede that any group that can string together great-but-obscure songs from Marvin Gaye
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You See", "You Like Me Too Much" by The Beatles; "This Guy's in Love With You" by Herb Alpert; "These Eyes" by The Guess Who; and "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. In the glam rock era, the Pianet was used by Bryan Ferry on the first few Roxy Music albums, for instance featuring prominently in their hit "Editions of You". It was a staple of the "classic lineup" sound of Curved Air (1970-
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of Axton. The single had been out less than two months, when on April 9, 1971, "Joy to the World" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of over 1,000,000 units across the United States. The record was also given a Gold Leaf award by "RPM" magazine for sales of over a million units. The record won the award for the Best Selling Hit Single Record by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers in March 1972. It was also ranked by "Billboard
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Zits (comics)


Borgman drawing. Jeremy Michael Duncan is an intelligent, 16-year-old high school sophomore (earlier a 15-year old freshman) who aspires to be a rock musician. He is named after Jeremy Clyde of the 1960s rock duo Chad and Jeremy (although one strip shows his parents named him after a lyric in "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog".) and was once mentioned to have an older brother named Chad, who is away in college. Jeremy spends much of his
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Detour (The X-Files)


glowing red eyes of the monsters, which she created by merging various "eyeball images"—including shots of her family's dog—to achieve the desire effect. The plot and nature of the episode resemble the film "Predator" (1987), in which a creature that is able to perfectly camouflage itself, almost to the point of complete invisibility, stalks several humans in a dense jungle. While camping in the woods overnight, Scully sings "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night while Mulder rests so that he can
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Night. The group became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, selling approximately 60 million records and earning gold records for such songs as "One", "Easy to be Hard", and "Joy to the World". The rock and roll lifestyle took its toll on Negron, and by the time Three Dog Night disbanded in 1976, Negron had a serious heroin addiction which began in the early 1970s. In July 1975, the British music magazine, "NME", reported
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Tessie


-TV.) "Tessie" is the second of three songs played after every Red Sox win at Fenway Park, the first being "Dirty Water" by The Standells. The third is "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. Trot Nixon used "Tessie" as his at-bat intro music when he played for the Red Sox. "Tessie" was played at the end of regulation, prior to the start of overtime during the National Hockey League's 2010 Winter Classic at Fenway Park. A
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"Joy to the World" (US #1) and "Never Been to Spain" (US #5), Arkin & Robinson's "Black and White" (US #1), Argent's Russ Ballard's "Liar" (US #7), Elton John and Bernie Taupin's "Lady Samantha" and "Your Song", Daniel Moore's "Shambala" (#3), Leo Sayer's "The Show Must Go On" (US #4), John Hiatt's "
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Never Can Say Goodbye


love, with accompaniment from his brothers. Although such a record was unusual for a teenage group, "Never Can Say Goodbye" was a number-two hit for three consecutive weeks on the "Billboard" Pop Singles chart, stuck behind Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" (May 8 – May 22, 1971), and a number-one hit on the "Billboard" Black Singles chart in the United States. In the United Kingdom, it reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.
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that the original lyrics to the song were "Jeremiah was a prophet" but no one liked it. When Hoyt Axton performed the song to the group, two of the three main vocalists – Danny Hutton and Cory Wells – rejected the song, but Chuck Negron felt that the band needed a "silly song" to help bring the band back together as a working unit. Negron also felt that the song "wasn't even close to our best record, but it might have been one of our most honest."
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Never Been to Spain


"Never Been to Spain" is a song written by Hoyt Axton, originally released on his 1971 LP "Joy to the World" and later that year performed by Three Dog Night, with Cory Wells on lead vocal. It was featured on their 1971 album, "Harmony". The song was produced by Richard Podolor. In the US, "Never Been to Spain" peaked at #5 on the "Billboard" chart, and #18 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart in 1972. Outside of the US
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Secular hymn (genre)


Johnny Nash, "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night, "Hey, Jude" by the Beatles, "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell, "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley, "Going My Way" by Bing Crosby, "Blowin in the Wind" by Bob Dylan, "Like a Prayer" by Madonna, "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell (famously covered by Judy Collins), "Show Me Heaven" by Maria McKee, "Lean On Me"
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, bachelor party, anniversary, or other occasion. The player then performs a "calldown" in which the participant (or participants) is embarrassed in a light-hearted fashion. Calldowns may be parodies of well known songs, or simply original material intended to generate a reaction from the audience. "Bits" are comedic routines or audience participation, many woven in the songs themselves. A commonly used bit can be found in the song "Joy to the World", by Three Dog Night, as one piano player
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. His composition "Joy to the World", as performed by Three Dog Night, was #1 on the charts for six straight weeks in 1971, making it the top hit of the year. He named his record label "Jeremiah" after the bullfrog mentioned in the song. He sang the jingle "Head For the Mountains" in the Busch Beer commercials in the 1980s (and also "The Ballad of Big Mac", touting McDonald's Big Mac onscreen in a 1969 commercial he filmed for the hamburger franchise
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Jack Staulcup Orchestra


the urging of his teenage son, Staulcup began acquiring arrangements of popular, rock oriented songs. Mainly, the ballads of The Beatles, Burt Bacharach and Jimmy Webb. The extreme examples of this foray, were the additions of Three Dog Night's, Joy to The World, and Jim Croce's, Bad, Bad, LeRoy Brown. An album was recorded: Jack Stalucup and Orchestra, "Meanwhile Back On The Bandstand" BBS103, distributed and promoted by RCI Records (RCI Music Promotion) this helped to gain radio
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Bush (Canadian band)


their songs, "I Can Hear You Calling" as the B-side of their successful single "Joy to the World". The song, co-written by Troiano, Kenner, Glan and Sullivan, also appeared on Three Dog Night's "Naturally" album. Bush was short-lived as a band, but had some influence among musicians for their jazz-influenced rock. Bush became newsworthy again in 1995, as the result of an intellectual property dispute with the British alternative band Bush. As Troiano still
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What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)


first week and eventually two-and-a-half-million units by the end of the year. It spent several weeks at number-two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 behind Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World", and spent five weeks at number one on the Soul Singles chart between March 27 and April 24, 1971. The follow-up single, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", peaked at number-four on the Hot 100, and also went number-
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Fol-de-Rol


Mickey Rooney); Ricky Nelson played a singing minstrel performing the song He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, a hit by the band The Hollies; Cyd Charisse performs a butterfly dance; Ann Sothern watches over proceedings as The Queen. Other songs performed are Classical Gas, composed by Mason Williams; Yma Sumac sings an unknown song. The show's ensemble performs Joy to the World (Three Dog Night song), (composed by Hoyt Axton). An instrumental here, as originally composed, Classical Gas (
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Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)


to Town', while the way she augments 'Joy to the World' with a bit of the Three Dog Night hit is pure genius." Steve Morse from "The Boston Globe" argued that it was perhaps Carey's best record, on which she abandoned the overly polished sound of her previous albums and "cut loose with unbridled soul". In a retrospective review, Barry Schwartz of "Stylus Magazine" believed "Merry Christmas" may have been "the definitive Mariah Carey album", finding the singer at
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American Idol (season 6)


hours to vote by phone or by text-messaging. On Thursday, the two of each group with the fewest votes were eliminated each week until the finals. Females Males Females Males Group Performance: Sowing the Seeds of Love" (Tears for Fears) Guest Performance: Fantasia: "I'm Here" from "The Color Purple". Females Males Group Performances: "Joy to the World" (Three Dog Night) Guest Performance: Kellie Pickler: "I Wonder" Females Males Group Performance: Stealers Wheel:
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Put Your Hand in the Hand


"Put Your Hand in the Hand" is a gospel pop song composed by Gene MacLellan and first recorded by Canadian singer Anne Murray from her third studio album "Honey, Wheat and Laughter". It became a hit single for the Canadian band Ocean, released as the title track to their debut album. The single peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, kept from No.1 by "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. The song also reached number four on the Adult Contemporary
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Columbia Records


the poster child for 'overproduced,' full of all kinds of instruments and even strings." After that album, Axton left and joined Capitol Records, where his next albums contained "Joy to the World" and "Never Been to Spain," which became hits for Three Dog Night on Dunhill. Axton eventually became a country singer, and founded his own record label, Jeremiah. Tom Rush had always been the "storyteller" or "balladeer" type of folk artist, before and after his stint with Columbia
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Jeffrey Steele


and his father had aspirations to become a country music songwriter. He first gained his own interest in music at age eight, when he sang Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at a church function. This rendition earned him a standing ovation, so he sang the song an additional seven times. Later, he shifted his focus to songwriting; by age seventeen, he was performing with local groups, and playing keyboards at various gigs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. In 1987, after the death
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Wilfred (Australian TV series)


(he was the buck-toothed client who sprayed the slogan "Three for free"). The idea that became "Wilfred" came from a late-night conversation between Gann and Zwar in November 2001. Zwar told of how he was invited back to the home of a young woman whose dog became suspicious and jealous of him. The pair began improvising a scenario between a man and a protective dog, and quickly realized the story was a great basis for a short film – they wrote a script that night.
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customarily sleep in a hole in the ground while embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night were freezing, it was a "three dog night". The three vocalists, Danny Hutton (who got his start with Hanna-Barbera Records in 1964), Chuck Negron and Cory Wells (who landed a recording contract with Dunhill Records) first came together in 1967 and made some recordings with Brian Wilson while the Beach Boys were working on
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Dreams of Joy


, his friendship with Pearl, and his devotion to May. The Dog is Tao, the village artist who Joy marries. As Pearl sees it, the question is what kind of Dog will Tao turn out to be. “’A Dog can be violent. . . Is he the kind of Dog you can trust and love, or will he bite you’”. Unfortunately Joy’s passionate view of Tao as a good Dog turns out to be false. Tao is a poor husband, an indifferent father, and
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Pieces of April


Pieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The title is taken from a 1972 hit song by Three Dog Night. April Burns, the eldest daughter in a highly dysfunctional family, lives in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her boyfriend Bobby. Although estranged from her family, she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner, probably the last for her mother Joy, who has breast cancer. The
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Captured Live at the Forum


list the concert's performance date as July 14, 1969. According to "Three Dog Nightmare," Three Dog Night opened this show in support of Steppenwolf, who were recording various shows on their 1969–70 tour for an upcoming live album ("Steppenwolf Live", released 1970). Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night both recorded for the ABC/Dunhill label and shared the same production team, so it was decided to record Three Dog Night on this occasion as well, despite the band's having only released two albums to
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Til the World Ends (Three Dog Night song)


"Til the World Ends" is a song written by Dave Loggins and performed by Three Dog Night. The song was produced by Bob Monaco and Jimmy Ienner and arranged by Jimmie Haskell. It was featured on their 1975 album, "Coming Down Your Way". Outside of the US, "Til the World Ends" went to #26 on the Canadian pop chart in 1975, and reached #9 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart. In the US, "Til the World Ends" peaked at #32 on
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Mike Reno


also reportedly recorded a cover of "Never Been to Spain", a song that was originally written by Hoyt Axton and previously recorded by the band Three Dog Night for their album "Harmony" (1971). The Three Dog Night version went to #1 on the charts. In 1990 Reno co-wrote and performed the song 'All I Ever Needed' From David Foster Album "River Of Love". In a 2003 release, artist Tim Feehan released a solo album "Tracks I Forgot About" containing a
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Harmony (Three Dog Night album)


Harmony is the seventh album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). The album featured two Top 10 hits: "An Old Fashioned Love Song" (U.S. #4) and a cover version of Hoyt Axton's "Never Been to Spain" (U.S. #5). Reviewing in "" (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Next to Grand Funk, they're the country's top touring act, and they sell singles in the multiple millions besides.
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Freddie Threepwood


When his father visits in the story "Birth of a Salesman", set three years after Freddie's marriage, Emsworth finds that "in those three years some miracle had transformed [Freddie] from a vapid young London lizard into a go-getter, a live wire and a man who thought on his feet and did it now." Freddie talks of nothing but Donaldson's Dog Joy -- its health benefits for the modern dog, and his own part in spreading the word to eager dog owners. Emsworth is rattled
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Three Dog Night (album)


. In 1967, Three Dog Night was founded by Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed, Jimmy Greenspoon, and Michael Allsup. The group was a successful live act in Los Angeles and gathered considerable attention by several record labels. After a show at the Troubadour, the group was signed to the Dunhill ABC label, and the band started work on their first studio album. "Three Dog Night" was recorded at American Recording Company. Producing the sessions was Gabriel Mekler, who had
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Joy Behar


Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar (; née Occhiuto; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, writer, and actress. She co-hosts the ABC daytime talk show "The View". She hosted "The Joy Behar Show" on HLN from 2009 to 2011 and "" on Current TV, from 2012 until the channel switched formats in August 2013. Behar's latest weekly late-night talk show, "Late Night Joy", aired on TLC in 2015. She also wrote "The Great
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Who Gets the Dog? (TV program)


Who Gets the Dog? is an American television program broadcast on Animal Planet in 2005 in which three couples would compete for a chance to adopt a dog that had been rescued from a shelter by the producers of the program. Toward that end, each couple would take the dog home for a night and their experiences would be made into a video. The program was hosted by Dorothea Coelho who was joined by a panel of three "experts" whose job it was to review the video footage of the dog at home with
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The Guess Who


's former bandmate from Brother, Bill Wallace, assumed bass guitar duties, and the band went on tour with Three Dog Night in November and December 1972 to Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. The Guess Who's next studio album, "Artificial Paradise" (January 1973), was another sales disappointment to the band, as was "#10" (June 1973). Cummings, Wallace, and Winter wrote The Guess Who's last big hit, "Clap for the Wolfman," which reached #4
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Joy Swift


which invited viewers to solve a whodunnit to win a prize. The five episodes were entitled Dream Of Monks A-Coughing: A Funeral's In The Offing, Dream Of Gulls A-Screeching: Heed The Parson's Preaching, Dream Of Toms A-Snarling: A Quarrel With Your Darling, Dream Of Vipers Hissing: Your Favourite Dog's Gone Missing and Dream Of Yaks A-Mooing: Sign Of Your Undoing and were broadcast over three nights on ITV from August 18 to 20. The cast included and David Delve
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play)


", on the other hand, thought that Siobhan's turning the book Christopher writes into a play "may sound cumbersome but it works superbly". Like others, Spencer praised Treadaway: "He is unbearably poignant in moments of distress when he kneels with his face on the ground and moans, but also movingly captures the character's courage, his brilliance at mathematics, and his startling perspectives on the world ... thanks to Treadaway's pained honesty and twitchy awkwardness, as well as his moments of exultant joy, Christopher Boone
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Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (US #16), Bush's "I Can Hear You Calling", and Allen Toussaint's "Play Something Sweet" (US #33). Three Dog Night made its official debut in 1968 at the Whiskey a Go Go, at a 5 p.m. press party hosted by Dunhill Records. They were still in the process of making their first album "Three Dog Night" when they heard the favorable reactions from the hypercritical audience. The album "Three Dog Night"
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was a success with its hit songs "One", "Try A Little Tenderness", and "Nobody" and helped the band gain recognition and become one of the top drawing concert acts of their time. In December, 1972, Three Dog Night hosted Dick Clark's first New Year's Eve special, which was then entitled Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve. In 1973, Three Dog Night filed a $6 million lawsuit against their former booking agent, American Talent International (ATI) for
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Joy Behar


to Current TV being purchased by Al Jazeera and being replaced by Al Jazeera America. Behar's new weekly late night talk show, "Late Night Joy", premiered on TLC on November 4, 2015. Each episode features Behar having intimate chats with friends in her New York City apartment. Behar has also made theater appearances in "The Food Chain" and "The Vagina Monologues." Behar wrote a book of humorous essays and stories called "Joy Shtick — Or What is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with
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12 Songs of Christmas (Etta James album)


(Carol of the Drum)" (Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone), Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr's "Silent Night", and "Joy to the World" (George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) follow. The album closes with a rendition of Adolphe Adam and John Sullivan Dwight's "O Holy Night". Critical reception of the album was positive overall. Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" wrote a positive review of the album, claiming that James
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Maybe This Christmas Too?


the same adjective ("strange") to describe "O Holy Night", and thought "Silent Night" was "incredibly potent" despite its short length. "The New York Times" Kelefa Sanneh called "White Christmas" "spooky" and wrote that the album "brings to the world something more ambivalent than joy". Gilbert concluded that "Maybe This Christmas Too?" "feels just about right" and "does a fine job of representing the less than stellar aspects of a wintry, commercialized holiday
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Stevie Ray Vaughan


"Rude Mood". Double Trouble went on to perform renditions of Larry Davis' "Texas Flood", Hound Dog Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig", and Albert Collins' "Collins Shuffle", as well as three original compositions: "Pride and Joy", "Love Struck Baby", and "Dirty Pool". The set ended with boos from the audience. "People"s James McBride wrote: According to road manager Don Opperman: "the way I remember it, the 'ooos'
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Everybody Is a Masterpiece


A laid-back rock hymn to humanity, this is an intelligent single from Three Dog Night that will serve to broaden its already extensive audience. The instrumentation — particularly the organ fills — is lush, and the vocals are equal to the task. Look for this to show up strong on all pop radio outlets; it's really an affecting tune." A Record World "Single Picks" review page dated June 5, 1976 gives another view: "Three Dog Night's vocal prowess remains unquestioned with this, their
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The Association


his plane crashed on December 31, 1985). Chapin was replaced, first by Jay Gruska, who then left for a stint with Three Dog Night, and then by David Morgan (who would later join Three Dog Night himself) in mid-1976. In 1977 Bluechel, Jim Yester, and the current lineup recorded new versions of "Windy", "Cherish", "Never My Love", "Along Comes Mary" and "Everything That Touches You" with session players for K-tel Records that later ended
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A Ginuwine Christmas


A Ginuwine Christmas is the eighth studio album and first Christmas album by American R&B recording artist Ginuwine. It was released exclusively to digital media stores on October 10, 2011 via Notifi Records, compromising soulful interpretations of traditional holiday songs such as "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World ", along with love songs and sensual slow jams. "A Ginuwine Christmas" received generally mixed reviews from music critics. "USA Today" wrote that "perversely, Ginuwine slides [...] right into "Silent Night",
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sometime in 1976. The group played their final show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on July 26, 1976. In 1981, Three Dog Night reunited and released the ska-inspired "It's a Jungle" in 1983 on the small Passport Records label, which garnered some airplay on the new wave circuit. The EP failed to sell after Passport went bankrupt. The reunion featured all of the original members, except Joe Schermie, who was succeeded by Mike Seifrit until 1982, and then by Richard Grossman, who
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Dog and Duck, St George's Fields


Blind and demolished in 1812, when the new Bethlem Hospital was built upon the site. That building is now used by the Imperial War Museum. The sport of duck baiting was commonplace in England and taverns sprung up nearby to provide refreshment. Fritz Endell wrote, "Another not less cruel sport still lives in the tavern sign 'Dog and Duck.' The birds were put into a small pond and chased by dogs. Watching the frightened creatures dive to escape their pursuers constituted the chief joy of the performance." In
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Greatest American Dog


three were Elan & Kenji, Beth Joy & Bella Starlet, and David & Elvis. David was told that his particular use of hand signals was confusing and distracting. Elan was told that her communication with Kenji was confusing and stressful to Kenji. She was also told that she was bordering on being harsh with her dog. Beth Joy had put Bella Starlet in a dress that covered most of her body, which resulted in the judges being unable to evaluate her grooming. ""'Original Air Date: July 24,
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Greatest American Dog


episode. Dog Bone Challenge: "The Big Dig" Best in Show Challenge: "The Maze" The bottom three were Bill & Star, Beth Joy & Bella Starlet, and Travis & Presley. Travis was told that his "hyperenergy" made it hard for Presley to respond to him and the challenge. Beth Joy was chastised for reducing her commands to "desperate bribes" as she got more anxious with Bella Starlet's performance. Bill was told that he had pushed Star far too close to her limit. "
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


survey of children's books which "teach about emotional life," Laura Jana wrote, "On the one hand, this is a story of how an undeniably quirky teenage boy clings to order, deals with a family crisis, and tries to make sense of the world as he sees it. But it also provides profound insight into a disorder—autism—that leaves those who have it struggling to perceive even the most basic of human emotions. In so doing, "The Curious Incident" leaves its readers with a
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Mabon ap Modron


. Eventually, Ysbaddaden relents, and agrees to give Culhwch his daughter on the condition that he completes a number of impossible tasks ("anoethau"), including hunting the Twrch Trwyth and recovering the exalted prisoner, Mabon son of Modron, the only man able to hunt the dog Drudwyn, in turn the only dog who can track the Twrch Trwyth. Arthur and his men learn that Mabon was stolen from his mother's arms when he was three nights old, and question the world's oldest and wisest animals about his
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Search for Tomorrow


corporation, who were also responsible for the likes of "Guiding Light", "As the World Turns", "The Edge of Night", and "Another World." "Search for Tomorrow" aired as a fifteen-minute serial from its debut in 1951 until 1968, at 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. Central Time. Procter & Gamble used the show to advertise mainly Joy dishwashing liquid and Spic and Span household cleaner. As the show's ratings increased, other sponsors began buying commercial time. Both "Joy" and
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Night of Joy (festival)


Night of Joy was an annual contemporary Christian music festival that took place from 1983 to 2017 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The festival was normally hosted at the Magic Kingdom in early September. It was cancelled in 2018 and replaced with a mainstream Eat to the Beat concert series, with Christian pop rock artists MercyMe and Tauren Wells joining the lineup. Night of Joy inspired two other Christian rock festivals in the Orlando region: Cornerstone Florida, which ran in the month of May from 2003 to 2007, and Rock the
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Greatest American Dog


judges that she'd thought Beth Joy had pushed Bella Starlet too far with certain paint-applying techniques. Travis helps to defend Beth Joy when the judges ask her about it. The theme for this episode's competitions was 'Intelligence'. Dog Bone Challenge: "Doggy I.Q." Best in Show Challenge: "Salvador Doggy" The bottom three were Laura & Preston, JD & Galaxy, and Laurie & Andrew. The judges felt that the painting created by Laura & Preston looked very rushed and had little thought put into
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Joy Swift


Murder Mystery". She wrote an historical plot that was printed each day as a two-page police evidence board of clues. Readers submitted their solutions in writing and 10 winners attended the denouement, where the murderer was revealed. In May 2011, Litmus Films produced a six-minute segment for Japan's national broadcaster NHK about Swift and her murder mystery weekends. Two years later, Swift wrote and co-directed a 90-minute interactive murder mystery for NHK, which screened on the channel over three nights. Viewers attempted to
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Alagados


joy (these three cities were synonymous with the party) and sadness (mostly situated in its poor residents in the slums). The first stanza is about the people who live in poor living conditions in the dawn of the day, a great challenge since daybreak took away night's fantasy world (dreams) for the day's harsh realities] exemplified by stilts, warehouses and rags. The second stanza addresses the insensitivity of the authorities. The music video follows the song closely, showing scenes of slums in horrible conditions,
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Far Eastern Party


, Mawson and Mertz could see the bodies of two dogs—one still alive, but seriously injured—and the remains of Ninnis' sledge. There was no sign of their companion. They measured the distance to the ledge as , too far for their ropes to reach. "Dog ceased to moan shortly", wrote Mawson in his diary that night. "We called and sounded for three hours, then went a few miles to a hill and took position observations. Came back, called & sounded for an hour
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Three Dog Night (album)


previously worked Steppenwolf, and was engineered by Richard Podolor – who would later become the band's producer – and Bill Cooper. The first single to be released from "Three Dog Night" was "Nobody" b/w "It's for You" in November 1968, followed by "Try a Little Tenderness" b/w "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" in January 1969. The last single released from the album was "One" b/w "Chest Fever" in April 1969. The
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Rod Argent


for Three Dog Night. In 1976, the band broke up. In 1978, Argent released his debut solo album "Moving Home" with many well-known musicians, including Genesis drummer Phil Collins, and Weather Report bass guitarist Alphonso Johnson. In 1980, he wrote a musical titled "Masquerade" which premiered in London in 1982. In 1988, he issued another solo album, "Red House". Argent went on to play keyboards with a number of musicians, including piano on the title track of The Who
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Cory Wells


early 1970s. Wells sang the lead vocal on Three Dog Night's "Billboard" No. 1 hit song "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)". He said that Randy Newman, who wrote the song, later called him on the phone and said: "I just want to thank you for putting my kids through college." Unlike many other rock musicians of the day, Wells managed to abstain from alcohol and other drugs. Also, he didn't squander his earnings on the lavish lifestyles of many
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Dreams of Joy


uses Mao's China as her background, but her story focuses on the change and growth of her main characters – Pearl, Joy, Z.G., and May. Susan Salter Reynolds suggests that “it’s a story with characters who enter a reader’s life, take up residence, and illuminate the myriad decisions and stories that make up human history.” "Dreams of Joy" is organized in four sections—The Tiger Leaps, The Rabbit Dodges, The Dog Grins, and The Dragon Rises. Joy is the Tiger –
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Three Dog Night


Three Dog Night is an American rock band. They formed in 1967 with founding members consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums). The band registered 21 "Billboard" Top 40 hits (with three hitting number one) between 1969 and 1975. Because Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, they helped introduce mainstream audiences to
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Let Me Serenade You


"Let Me Serenade You" is a song written by John Finley. The original version of the song was entitled "I Will Serenade You" and performed by Rhinoceros, appearing on their 1968 self-titled album. It was later covered by Three Dog Night and featured on their 1973 album, "Cyan". This version was produced by Richard Podolor and arranged by Podolor and Three Dog Night. In the US, Three Dog Night's version "Let Me Serenade You" peaked at #17 on the "Billboard
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Three Dog Night (album)


's next single. The label released "One" as a single in several test markets, and the record quickly became Three Dog Night's first bona fide hit, ultimately peaking at #5 on the US charts. The title "One" was added under the group's name on the album's cover to capitalize on the song's popularity. Writing for "The New York Times" in 1969, Robert Christgau regarded "Three Dog Night" as a successful attempt at rock music interpretation: The following people contributed to
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Everybody Is a Masterpiece


"Everybody Is a Masterpiece" is a song written by Richard Ira Reicheg and George S. Clinton, performed by Three Dog Night. The song was produced by Bob Monaco and arranged by Three Dog Night. It is featured on their 1976 album, "American Pastime". This is Three Dog Night's last charting single, and the last single released before breaking up in August 1976. A Cash Box Magazine "Picks of The Week" singles reviews page dated June 5, 1976 states the following about the single: "
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Charles Cruft (showman)


they wished to take the dogs away each night of the three-day competition, and again pay if they wanted to take them away early on the final day. By 1914, the show had grown in popularity until it was recognised as the largest dog show in the world and by 1936 when the show celebrated its Golden Jubilee, over 10,000 dogs were entered at the event. Cruft's shows were frequented by Royalty, with Queen Victoria exhibiting dogs, and King Edward VII also doing so prior to becoming King. In
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Three Dog Night (album)


Three Dog Night (also known as One) is the self-titled debut album by American rock band Three Dog Night. The album was originally released by Dunhill Records on October 16, 1968. The album is known for featuring the band's top 5 hit single, "One", although it was not on the original releases of the album. The album made the Top 20 on the albums charts in the United States and Canada. It has been reissued multiple times by Dunhill, MCA, and Geffen record labels
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Cory Wells


other successful rock stars; rather, he chose to live a somewhat more moderate existence. After Three Dog Night broke up in 1976, Wells tried a solo career, recording the album "Touch Me" for A&M Records in 1978. Wells helped re-launch Three Dog Night in the mid-1980s, recording an EP called "It's a Jungle". A falling out with Negron left Hutton and Wells with the name "Three Dog Night" as an entity, and the pair (along with original member Mike Allsup)
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Black and White (Three Dog Night song)


"Black and White" is a song written in 1954 by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson. The most successful recording of the song was the pop version by Three Dog Night in 1972, when it reached number one on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and "Billboard" Easy Listening charts. "Billboard" ranked it as the number 63 song for 1972. This was one of the few hits for Three Dog Night on which Danny Hutton sang the lead vocals. The song was first recorded by Pete Seeger in
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Michael Allsup


, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells), who had a recording contract with Dunhill Records and were looking for backing musicians. Allsup joined their new band, Three Dog Night, which became successful in the late 1960s thru the mid 1970s. Allsup left the band in early-mid 1975 to form his own group, SS Fools, with former Three Dog Night members Joe Schermie and Floyd Sneed, along with Stan Seymore, Wayne DeVillier, Bobby Kimball, and Jon Smith, to little success. Today, he currently tours
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Cory Wells


. While at the Whisky a Go Go, Cher asked the band to tour with Sonny & Cher. It was on this tour that Wells met Danny Hutton, a former songwriter/performer for Hanna-Barbera Productions who became his future partner in the rock band Three Dog Night. The Enemys had minor hits with recordings of "Hey Joe" and "Sinner Man". Wells moved to Phoenix in 1967 where he formed The Cory Wells Blues Band, whose bass player was future Three Dog Night bass player, Joe Schermetzler
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James Killen


a great parliamentary wit who developed close friendships with many people on both sides of politics, among them Gough Whitlam, Fred Daly and Barry Cohen. He wrote the preface to Daly's collection of political anecdotes, "The Politician Who Laughed" (1982). Killen was married twice; first, in 1949, to Joy (née Buley) with whom he had three daughters (one of whom predeceased him); Joy Killen died in 2000. He died in Brisbane in 2007; Gough Whitlam delivered the eulogy at his
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Hoyt Axton


Fingers", "When the Morning Comes", and 1979's "Della and the Dealer", as well as "Jealous Man" (the latter two he sang in a guest appearance on the TV sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati"). His vocal style featured his distinctive bass-baritone (which later deepened to near-bass) and use of characterization. However, his most lasting contributions were songs made famous by others: "Joy to the World" and "Never Been to Spain" (Three Dog
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Canes Venatici


for the northern dog and "Chara" (from the Greek χαρά, meaning "joy") for the southern dog, as "Canes Venatici", the Hunting Dogs, in his star atlas. In his star catalogue, the Czech astronomer Bečvář assigned the names "Asterion" to β CVn and "Chara" to α CVn. Canes Venatici is bordered by Ursa Major to the north and west, Coma Berenices to the south, and Boötes to the east. The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as
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Arthur Haggerty


"How to Get Your Pet Into Show Business" and "How to Teach Your Dog to Talk". He also wrote and published the "Aggression Newsletter" from 1997 to 2006. An encyclopedia of dog knowledge, he was generous with his time and was unapologetically honest. He was called "politically incorrect" by Steve Dale who wrote an article for "Dog World" called "The Politically Incorrect Captain Haggerty". Steve Dale asked him in that interview what he would like his epitaph to say, he responded that
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The Night of Enitharmon's Joy


circa 1795, where the piety provides a "possibility of salvation" in the fallen world. Here, both witchcraft and curse, associated with Hecate, are factors to human perdition. Geoffrey Keynes wrote about it: The image was created in a time in which Shakespeare's "Macbeth" had a revival, being performed nine times. Like other works by Blake, such as "The Ghost of a Flea", the picture is part of W. Graham Robertson's private collection and was presented to the Tate Gallery by himself
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Christmas Spirit (Donna Summer album)


"Cats Without Claws" (1984), both as a producer and composer. On this album Omartian also co-wrote the tracks "Christmas Is Here" and "Lamb of God" with Summer, and the title track alongside Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano. Traditional carols "O Come All Ye Faithful", "What Child Is This", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Joy to the World" and "O Holy Night" are featured alongside "White Christmas", "
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Richard Campbell (musician)


with rock group Three Dog Night. Campbell toured with Three Dog Night until 1996, with sporadic performances as bassist and vocalist for the Dave Mason Band and The Edgar Winter Group. After a seven-week stint as a tour manager for the Ringo Starr All Starr Band in 1997, Campbell joined up with Chuck Negron, former lead vocalist with Three Dog Night, and toured and recorded with Negron through the rest of the nineties. Campbell appears on the CD "Chuck Negron Live in Concert", holding down multiple job titles
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Jumping for Joy


Jumping for Joy is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries. A man buys a greyhound and enters it in a major race, but discovers the dog has one paw in the grave. As our hero nurses the pooch back to health, he also gets mixed up with criminals who want to fix the race by doping dogs. The greyhound in the film called Lindy Lou was actually a racing greyhound called Moyshna Queen from Wandsworth Stadium. "
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A Dog's Love


who was very comfortable and expressive in front of the camera". Shep the Dog, also known as The Thanhouser Collie, was a well-trained animal performer who appeared in a number of the company's films during this period. The dog's acting, in portraying a range of emotions including "depression", "groveling pathos" and "joy", was noted to be superior to the child's performance. Shep was owned by the film's director Jack Harvey, but Shep had prior experience working for Vitagraph
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Three Dog Night


were issued on Three Dog Night's "35th Anniversary Hits Collection Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra", Three Dog Night has not recorded a full-length album since 1976's "American Pastime". In the late summer of 2012, guitarist Allsup was hospitalized for an intestinal disorder, forcing Kingery to temporarily move back to guitar, while Danny's son, Timothy Hutton, currently a Los Angeles music studio owner, manned the bass slot. This happened again during the summer of 2015 when Allsup was again forced to miss some
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Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975


Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 is a two-CD anthology of Three Dog Night recordings released in 1993 which includes some pre-3DN material from co-lead singers Danny Hutton and Cory Wells (none from Chuck Negron), as well as an unreleased track "Time to Get Alone", penned and produced by Brian Wilson from the band's brief "Redwood" incarnation. It covers all of the band's singles, as well as some album tracks, in the band's career. Disc 1: Disc
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Unlovable


bender the night before, Ben breaks up with her and tells her to get help. Joy goes to a sex and love addicts meeting where she meets Maddie, who she tries to get to be her sponsor. Initially, Maddie declines, but she does give Joy her phone number. That night, Ben tells Joy to move out. In response, she goes out and then wakes up underneath a stranger in his house. The house is full of other men, asleep in various states of undress, who were apparently
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Peter Goldsworthy


or co-wrote the script to several films: His novels "Wish", "Honk If You Are Jesus", and "Three Dog Night" have been adapted for the stage. "Honk", was premiered by the State Theatre of South Australia in its 2006 season. It won the 2006 Ruby Award for Best New Work, and the 2006 Advertiser Oscart Award for Best Play. Humphrey Bower’s award-winning adaptation of "Wish" for his company, Night Train, had subsequent seasons with the Perth
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