Then there’s the Hoyt Axton-penned “Joy to the World (Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog),” a No. 1 hit for Three Dog Night in 1971. The intentionally silly song is, like its namesake, an infectious ...

If the genre wasn’t turned on to psychedelia or didn’t hop on the dance bandwagon ... Jeremiah, in “Joy to the World,” the band had so many more genre-defining hits during a time when ...

DANIELLE HARDEE: I'm Danielle Hardee. And David Hardee was my father. (SOUNDBITE OF THREE DOG NIGHT SONG, "JOY TO THE WORLD") HARDEE: One of my father's favorite songs was "Joy To The World" by ...

During the holiday season, many of us gather around to sing, dance, or listen to our favorite holiday tunes. These songs ...

The 1800-strong crowd were on their feet as soon as they hit the opening chords of second song, Joy To The World, a hymn originally written by the 18 th century English minister Isaac Watts ...

Three Dog Night passed on what became the band’s biggest hit. Twice. When country singer and actor Hoyt Axton initially approached the 1970s group with “Joy to the World”—a freewheelin ...