Mama Told Me Not To Come by Three Dog Night
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Goodbye Jimmy Greenspoon, it sure was nice knowing you...He played keyboards for Three Dog Night along with a myriad of other artists but died on Wednesday after battling a brain tumor. He was 67.
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.
Here's some muppet #cheese with Paul Williams singing the song he wrote for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJNGh_sBPA
He also wrote "Out In The Country" and "Family Of Man." All three songs were last minute additions that wound up on the album and became hits.
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Three Dog Night - sounds good to me
Feeling slightly hungover this morning so this seems rather apropos #RandyNewmanWeek
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I had forgotten how much I love Three Dog Night...
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I seen so many things I ain't never seen before Don't know what it is - I don't wanna see no more! #everyfandomever #music #threedognight
Someone should have listened to their Mama.
#HappyMothersDay to all the Mama's out there!!
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