All races are great. No one race is superior or better. Viv la difference! Long live diversity and the rainbow of humanity. Let this song be one of the anthems.
The more things change, the more they say the same. Children don't see color, they just see another child! We are to be like children! This is one of my favorites from Three Dog Night! Thank you!
I see colour & ALWAYS have - EVEN AS A CHILD - BUT colour - was NEVER ANYTHING BAD! It was always just a curiosity, something interesting about a person - just like a mosaic or stained glass window, both of which are MUCH more beautiful BECAUSE of ALL THE COLOURS - TOGETHER.
This is the only version of the song that I have ever known. It came out when I was a tiny little (white) girl. I LOVED this song & remember singing & dancing to it, along with my best friend - a little black girl. It is a shame that in those days we didn't have all the cameras or phone recordings, because I think it would have been nice to see the two of us singing & dancing together to this song, as well as with her even younger sister.
Have loved Three Dog Night for a long time and the message of this song is one we should all try to implement into our everyday lives as we have to learn how to live together in this world!
Yes, it is a beautiful song. You have to remember everybody was like flower child you know hippie days so it went well and everybody got along. It was a great era.
Imadrummin - When I saw you had chosen this the catchy chorus came to mind. The lead singer sounds so much like "Blood, Sweat and Tears' lead singer. I hadn't heard this in years and the message rings true today as it did when it was released in the early '70s. Thanks to you and Harri.
Three Dog Nights version of it is my favorite by far, but I just learned probably 10 years ago that it was originally written in the mid 50's. I had always thought it was a post civil rights song. That was mildly shocking to me, which it shouldn't have been, because it WAS written in response to `Brown v. Board of Education (1954)` which desegregated public schools in the US.
Have always loved the child choir in this song. We are born with an innocence as children that unfortunately most of us lose as we grow older. Great tune from a great band. Three Dog Night was my first live show.
I thank God for my older sister, RIP, to let me into her bedroom, she was 7 & 1/2 years older than me, to.listen to all these great bands. The Who, the Guess Who, Bread, Three Dog Night.
From the album " Seven Seperate Fools" from 1972, a beautiful song of peace and harmony hope in the world. Originally recorded in 1956, it's a sad statement to see where we still stand today with world peace. Three Dog Night, do a beautiful remake, with Danny Hutton on vocals joined by a children's choir adding voice to emphasize that you need to love everyone. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Imadrummin. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Mary, the African Canadian, Black drummer for Three Dog Night was Floyd Chester Sneed who was born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and died January 27, 2023 at 80 years of age. Sneed was descended from the original Back settlers in Amber Valley, Alberta, Canada. Amber Valley was the largest community of Black people in Alberta (about 300 people) until the 1930s. He was a Canadian drummer for the band Three Dog Night. He became interested in drums at at a young age. His first drum kit was gifted from his older sister Maxine who was married to the musician/actor Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong who was also a Canadian. In 1966 he formed his own band and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 Floyd Sneed met three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who were looking for backing musicians, he then joined their new band as drummer for about 9 years until it broke up in 1977. But he continued to work with other bands including a longer extended tour with The Ohio Players.
The regea version was by a group called Greyhound. Top 10 hit here in Britain. They also had a big hit with a version of Moon River. Excellent, check it out.
When you say it sounded like it was from the 60s, it’s well to remember that the early 70s were part of “the 60s,” just as the early 60s were more like the 50s than like what we think of as “the 60s.” Things change gradually. The number change isn’t like a flipped switch where everything suddenly changed at midnight on New Year’s. True of most decade changes.
Let me say this, Joe Anthony was a production type of guy back in San Antonio, Texas back in the 70s and in his days he took a risk introducing a lot of bands that no one‘s ever heard of although today, Joe Anthony has passed he passed back in the day I lived in the Era of the 70s I really I got to meet a whole Lotta bands and so a lot of these British or Europe European bands got their start with Joe Anthony. He took a risk with a lot of these bands and if it wasn’t for him, a lot of them wouldn’t wouldn’t exist so he was the heart of San Antonio and, he took a risk like I said, and a lot of these bands know they can speak for it. If it wasn’t for would be he has godfather rock ‘n’ roll look him up.
Thanks for this Three Dog Night song, they have so many wonderful songs and covers that is why they are loved & have so many fans! I still love Harri’s reaction to TDN covering an Otis Redding song, one that many of Otis fans think is untouchable Try a Little Tenderness 💓💎 Black and White is a fantastic recording ! ** just listened to Queen Omega a singer from Trinidad - Queen Omega - singing Little Lion / No Love (dubplate / Studio)she totally blew me away! I think that you would enjoy it Harri 🤗💎💎🔥
The first two recordings of this song in the 1950s were by Sammy Davis Jr., and Pete Seeger. I don't know which came first. It was written by two folk songwriters in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. Board of Education, which ruled against segregation in U.S. public schools. By the way, the "secret weapon" in this song is drummer Floyd Sneed, who retained some of that reggae feel. (A great 3DN song featuring Sneed is "One Man Band," from a year earlier.)
jdw, the African Canadian, Black drummer for Three Dog Night was Floyd Chester Sneed who was born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and died January 27, 2023 at 80 years of age. Sneed was descended from the original Back settlers in Amber Valley, Alberta, Canada. Amber Valley was the largest community of Black people in Alberta (about 300 people) until the 1930s. He was a Canadian drummer for the band Three Dog Night. He became interested in drums at at a young age. His first drum kit was gifted from his older sister Maxine who was married to the musician/actor Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong who was also a Canadian. In 1966 he formed his own band and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 Floyd Sneed met three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who were looking for backing musicians, he then joined their new band as drummer for about 9 years until it broke up in 1977. But he continued to work with other bands including a longer extended tour with The Ohio Players.
Great song sung by one of my favorite groups from my teen years in the 70s. Coincidentally, a guy from my high school, Pat Bautz, has been their drummer since 1993.
I didn’t grow up around black people. I learned much during my time in the army, maybe I unlearned just as much. This song and Dr. Kings speech about the content of their character changed my viewpoint on the world. We have never met but I believe because of our shared love of music we could be best friends. Thanks for being you! I went and listened to the Reggae version and the original folk version. The original has powerful lyrics and my takeaway was the struggle to right past wrongs has been a long road with miles to go. Harri, you rocked my Friday evening in the best way.
Thank❤You for your Service. Well said. I was just thinking as listening, that this taught me about people, along with my dad, veteran,❤my dad had couple black collogues that would come to our house.😂😂❤❤loved the ones I was around young. Love this song.
Check out the song by Billy Joel, "We didn't start the fire" like we all inherited what those before us felt. Although my Mother didn't teach hate of anything. I don't mean our parents but way back in time.
I have a specific feeling about a certain kind of grown-ups, mostly Labour people, who I instinctively knew were good people when I was a child, and this song is part of that memory of those kind of people in the 1970s and early 1980s for me. It's somewhat of a memory for me now because the Labour party has been changed out of recognition since then, for the worse, and in terms of what it's for according to its constitution, that party no longer exists.
Thanks, Harri! I didn't know the song was originally Pete Seeger! I've loved this song since I was a kid. Our music teacher was a big ole hippy and we sang so many amazing folk and protest songs. I'm sure that helped make me the person I am today and feel so fortunate for that. I also like that the Pete Seeger version has several other poignant verses. The robes are black, the hair is white/the slate is black, the chalk is white. 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
I also was a small child when this came out originally, and I wish I could agree that things are better today. I wish our whole world could have this actually be the law of the land. Failing that, it would be the best thing if 99% of people could feel this way and frown upon any behavior that divides or harms others. I wish this would have set the ball rolling and that it went forward, but instead there is still so much separation, suffering and hate. Listening with you tonight has raised my spirit. I have the vinyl album prominently displayed in my living room and I can see it from here!
Apparently a good chunk of America needs to relisten to this song, understand the lyrics and learn. What a great, joyful and prescient tune. I would add, a child is black, a child is white, yellow, red and brown. And the whole world should say it's a beautiful sight.
Harri, the African Canadian, Black drummer for Three Dog Night was Floyd Chester Sneed who was born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and died January 27, 2023 at 80 years of age. Sneed was descended from the original Back settlers in Amber Valley, Alberta, Canada. Amber Valley was the largest community of Black people in Alberta (about 300 people) until the 1930s. He was a Canadian drummer for the band Three Dog Night. He became interested in drums at at a young age. His first drum kit was gifted from his older sister Maxine who was married to the musician/actor Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong who was also a Canadian. In 1966 he formed his own band and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 Floyd Sneed met three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who were looking for backing musicians, he then joined their new band as drummer for about 9 years until it broke up in 1977. But he continued to work with other bands including a longer extended tour with The Ohio Players.
My first concert was Three Dog Night back in 1973 when I was 13 and it is still one of my favorites. From Joy To The World and Black and White to One and Momma Told Me Not to Come. We were on the floor about 10 rows away from the stage and it was a great time.
Apparently one political party has forgotten that a child is white, black, brown, red, yellow and all the colors of the rainbow. I'll leave it to you to figure it out. Boy is this song relevant today.❤❤
This dude I don’t have a page. My name is Cindi i’m originally from San Antonio Texas and when I was in high school, I decided to go backstage and meet some of these bands and I was very successful. I got a full album with backstage passes and got to meet a lot of bands lotta great people and I was probably 16 and 17 yrs old at the time of high school I live my life up, listening to rock ‘n’ roll, and I got some stories like you wouldn’t believe even some with artists that have passed today. I got to meet back in the day. I had a great teenage life out of high school living and listening to music music for me is my heart and soul and you guys are doing a great job with this music but there’s just so much more. You have no idea, you’re looking for base. I’ll hook you up with some.
Hey I got one for you GODZ SONG TITLE GOTTA KEEP ON RUNNING. I was a groupie back in the day so am very familiar with all this music and even some that nobody even has heard of hit me up Cindi from the DFW area Texas
Beautiful song full of hope. I also remember the Greyhound version on Dutch radio. Have you ever reacted to Blue Mink - Melting Pot (vocalists Roger Cook and Madeline Bell, and famous bass player Herbie Flowers)?
Imadrummin, you have chosen another winner. It has been many years since I listened to this song and it has a much bigger meaning to me now. I think they were ahead of their time. Thanks so much to you and Harri 🌺✌️
Yeah, one of my favorites from them. Great reaction Harri! Things weren't horribly bad when this came out where I was. Everyone was getting along. I'm not saying there weren't tensions, but as a teen, in a multi racial area, I didn't have problems. But I wasn't black. So, if my friends had problems, they never brought it up.
Ima - It has been a long time since I last heard Three Dog Night and specifically this meaningful song. Great submission once again, Ima. Splendid review, Harri.
Thought you did one this Hari. There are more verses. Brown v Board of Education. Look up the full lyrics. Great song. Written in part by Alan Arkin's school teacher father
Wow, first recorded by Pete Seeger. Never knew that. The Maytones did a version, don't know if that was the reggae version you heard. Lots of covers of this song but Three Dog Night had the hit. Oh Greyhound did the one you heard.
You probably heard the version by Greyhound who were a British Reggae band, that was released by Trojan Records in 1971. This is a cover version and the Maytones also recorded one. Greyhounds version is here czcams.com/video/GTKmBKD4TYc/video.html
"Black And White" was the A-side on a Greyhound single issued by Trojan Records in the UK in 1971. I remember the Three Dog Night version from when I was a kid learning how to read. Heh. Classic tune.
Harri, have you seen the live Greyhound version? I like it because it sounds like the studio version, but you see them playing live. As someone commented, little wardrobe malfunction at the end.
TRIVIA (Historical per Wikipedia): This song was inspired by the United States Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which outlawed racial segregation of public schools. The original lyrics of the song opened with this verse, in reference to the court: Their robes were black, their heads were white, The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight, Nine judges all set down their names, To end the years and years of shame. The song's co-writer Earl Robinson released his own recording in 1957, Sammy Davis Jr. released his version also in 1957. However, the versions of the song recorded by Greyhound and subsequently by Three Dog Night did not include this verse, making the song more universal and less historically specific.
Here's the 1956 version by popular American folksinger Pete Seeger, who wrote "This Land is Your Land." czcams.com/video/pyvjwfM-cwk/video.html I'm sure he wrote it in response to the US Supreme Court ruling that de-segregated America's schools... although it took over 10 years to desegregate them.
This song was inspired by the law to end segregation in schools. One of the greatest songs of all time!
All races are great. No one race is superior or better. Viv la difference! Long live diversity and the rainbow of humanity. Let this song be one of the anthems.
Beautiful song. We need more songs like this on the radio, especially now!
The more things change, the more they say the same. Children don't see color, they just see another child! We are to be like children! This is one of my favorites from Three Dog Night! Thank you!
Too late
@@michaelasay8587it’s never too late to change.
That is all i see. People. Nothing more. 😊
I see colour & ALWAYS have - EVEN AS A CHILD - BUT colour - was NEVER ANYTHING BAD! It was always just a curiosity, something interesting about a person - just like a mosaic or stained glass window, both of which are MUCH more beautiful BECAUSE of ALL THE COLOURS - TOGETHER.
This is the only version of the song that I have ever known. It came out when I was a tiny little (white) girl. I LOVED this song & remember singing & dancing to it, along with my best friend - a little black girl.
It is a shame that in those days we didn't have all the cameras or phone recordings, because I think it would have been nice to see the two of us singing & dancing together to this song, as well as with her even younger sister.
I've loved this song since I was a child. But now, as a father of 2 biracial children, it has even more meaning. Love Love Love
Beaver ..hope yr voting for Trump!
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God bless you.
Trump doesn't see anyone or anything but himself. He knows four words.. I, Me. MY. Mine. That's all he really knows, those four words.
Have loved Three Dog Night for a long time and the message of this song is one we should all try to implement into our everyday lives as we have to learn how to live together in this world!
This band should be in the hall of fame.
Holy cr-p. They’re not in the HOF? That’s ridiculous. They were the epitome of 70’s music.
The Three Dog night came out with this song at the right time as race relations were not so great at that time. Unite people!
I grew up singing this from childhood! Woke stuff? No. God created all of us to reflect him like a gorgeous garden.
I could not have said it any better. I am now 67, a conservative and can't disagree with your statement.
@@williamseymour2509same here
This song & this band, literally sums up what the 70's were all about 😊 I miss the 70's, like you can't imagine 💗💗💗
One of their #1 singles. Still just as relevant today.
Three Dog Night had a whole lotta soul! :)
Yes, it is a beautiful song. You have to remember everybody was like flower child you know hippie days so it went well and everybody got along. It was a great era.
A beautiful message that still eludes fools. Can someone play this song for the Florida politician who is claiming Blacks benefitted from slavery?
A beautiful message and beautifully performed by Three Dog Night.. Thank you for the great reaction as always Harri. ✌✌✌👋👋👋
Imadrummin - When I saw you had chosen this the catchy chorus came to mind. The lead singer sounds so much like "Blood, Sweat and Tears' lead singer. I hadn't heard this in years and the message rings true today as it did when it was released in the early '70s. Thanks to you and Harri.
@@pncombies I had not put Danny Hutton and David-Clayton Thomas sounding similar but I do hear that now. Nice catch!
A great band during a time people were positive, expected a more positive world too! Not what we have.
Saw them long ago in Boston concert! So cool!
We used to sing this in my school in the 70's.
Three Dog Nights version of it is my favorite by far, but I just learned probably 10 years ago that it was originally written in the mid 50's. I had always thought it was a post civil rights song. That was mildly shocking to me, which it shouldn't have been, because it WAS written in response to `Brown v. Board of Education (1954)` which desegregated public schools in the US.
Have always loved the child choir in this song. We are born with an innocence as children that unfortunately most of us lose as we grow older. Great tune from a great band. Three Dog Night was my first live show.
I thank God for my older sister, RIP, to let me into her bedroom, she was 7 & 1/2 years older than me, to.listen to all these great bands. The Who, the Guess Who, Bread, Three Dog Night.
I get emotional every time I hear this song. Skin color should never matter
70s had high hopes for the future. We loved everybody ...
I just read the Jamaican reggae group Greyhound's version went to #6 in the UK.
This lyrics were written by the father of the great actor Alan Arkin, who died about a month ago.
From the album " Seven Seperate Fools" from 1972, a beautiful song of peace and harmony hope in the world.
Originally recorded in 1956, it's a sad statement to see where we still stand today with world peace. Three Dog Night, do a beautiful remake, with Danny Hutton on vocals joined by a children's choir adding voice to emphasize that you need to love everyone. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Imadrummin. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Well said Mary. Thank you too!!✌✌✌
Mary, the African Canadian, Black drummer for Three Dog Night was Floyd Chester Sneed who was born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and died January 27, 2023 at 80 years of age. Sneed was descended from the original Back settlers in Amber Valley, Alberta, Canada. Amber Valley was the largest community of Black people in Alberta (about 300 people) until the 1930s. He was a Canadian drummer for the band Three Dog Night. He became interested in drums at at a young age. His first drum kit was gifted from his older sister Maxine who was married to the musician/actor Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong who was also a Canadian. In 1966 he formed his own band and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 Floyd Sneed met three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who were looking for backing musicians, he then joined their new band as drummer for about 9 years until it broke up in 1977. But he continued to work with other bands including a longer extended tour with The Ohio Players.
Thanks for the great reaction! Thanks for the great suggestion Imadrumin!
Thank you very much Jackie. ✌
The regea version was by a group called Greyhound. Top 10 hit here in Britain. They also had a big hit with a version of Moon River. Excellent, check it out.
Love your reactions Harri
A GREAT GROUP! so many really pop yet messagexsong. Fun to listen to, musicianship and vocals...saw them 2x about 30 years apart.
When you say it sounded like it was from the 60s, it’s well to remember that the early 70s were part of “the 60s,” just as the early 60s were more like the 50s than like what we think of as “the 60s.” Things change gradually. The number change isn’t like a flipped switch where everything suddenly changed at midnight on New Year’s. True of most decade changes.
Thank you Harri!! This beautiful song brought memories of my childhood!! Haven’t heard in years❤️✌️
you can never go wrong with 3 dog night
No pitch correctors! Great band. Great era. 😊
Great song. More should hear it!!
Been waiting on someone to do this song!! 😊❤
Let me say this, Joe Anthony was a production type of guy back in San Antonio, Texas back in the 70s and in his days he took a risk introducing a lot of bands that no one‘s ever heard of although today, Joe Anthony has passed he passed back in the day I lived in the Era of the 70s I really I got to meet a whole Lotta bands and so a lot of these British or Europe European bands got their start with Joe Anthony. He took a risk with a lot of these bands and if it wasn’t for him, a lot of them wouldn’t wouldn’t exist so he was the heart of San Antonio and, he took a risk like I said, and a lot of these bands know they can speak for it. If it wasn’t for would be he has godfather rock ‘n’ roll look him up.
I love this song, one of my childhood favorites! Great Reaction!
The world needs more 70's music. I love Harri's reactions and deep appreciation of great music!
Next on the playlist should be Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Yes!!
The world needs songs like this more than ever now, a profound message 😎
Harri said it best.. one of the most beautiful ever written.
Wonderful memories with this song! Thank you for reacting to it.
Thanks for this Three Dog Night song, they have so many wonderful songs and covers that is why they are loved & have so many fans! I still love Harri’s reaction to TDN covering an Otis Redding song, one that many of Otis fans think is untouchable Try a Little Tenderness 💓💎
Black and White is a fantastic recording !
** just listened to Queen Omega a singer from Trinidad - Queen Omega - singing Little Lion / No Love (dubplate / Studio)she totally blew me away! I think that you would enjoy it Harri 🤗💎💎🔥
Original version by a group called Greyhound
The first two recordings of this song in the 1950s were by Sammy Davis Jr., and Pete Seeger. I don't know which came first. It was written by two folk songwriters in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. Board of Education, which ruled against segregation in U.S. public schools. By the way, the "secret weapon" in this song is drummer Floyd Sneed, who retained some of that reggae feel. (A great 3DN song featuring Sneed is "One Man Band," from a year earlier.)
jdw, the African Canadian, Black drummer for Three Dog Night was Floyd Chester Sneed who was born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and died January 27, 2023 at 80 years of age. Sneed was descended from the original Back settlers in Amber Valley, Alberta, Canada. Amber Valley was the largest community of Black people in Alberta (about 300 people) until the 1930s. He was a Canadian drummer for the band Three Dog Night. He became interested in drums at at a young age. His first drum kit was gifted from his older sister Maxine who was married to the musician/actor Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong who was also a Canadian. In 1966 he formed his own band and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 Floyd Sneed met three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who were looking for backing musicians, he then joined their new band as drummer for about 9 years until it broke up in 1977. But he continued to work with other bands including a longer extended tour with The Ohio Players.
Great song sung by one of my favorite groups from my teen years in the 70s. Coincidentally, a guy from my high school, Pat Bautz, has been their drummer since 1993.
Love your music interpretations. Love you, Harri! 😍
This is the very first record I bought when I was a little kid. It was just the single (45), not the whole album.
Such a beautiful song. Such a beautiful meaning.
Great song with awesome meaning 🎼🎵🎶
I didn’t grow up around black people. I learned much during my time in the army, maybe I unlearned just as much. This song and Dr. Kings speech about the content of their character changed my viewpoint on the world. We have never met but I believe because of our shared love of music we could be best friends. Thanks for being you!
I went and listened to the Reggae version and the original folk version. The original has powerful lyrics and my takeaway was the struggle to right past wrongs has been a long road with miles to go. Harri, you rocked my Friday evening in the best way.
Thank❤You for your Service. Well said. I was just thinking as listening, that this taught me about people, along with my dad, veteran,❤my dad had couple black collogues that would come to our house.😂😂❤❤loved the ones I was around young. Love this song.
great song love to see you do Joy To The World. and Shambala
What a great song with a vital message. There was a reggae version by Freddie McGregor with Brigadier Jerry also. I enjoyed your thoughtful reaction.
Check out the song by Billy Joel, "We didn't start the fire" like we all inherited what those before us felt. Although my Mother didn't teach hate of anything. I don't mean our parents but way back in time.
Ima you are so good at picking songs that I haven't heard for ages and just love. Thanks Ima and Harri.
Glad you enjoyed this one Cynthia. Much appreciated.
I have a specific feeling about a certain kind of grown-ups, mostly Labour people, who I instinctively knew were good people when I was a child, and this song is part of that memory of those kind of people in the 1970s and early 1980s for me. It's somewhat of a memory for me now because the Labour party has been changed out of recognition since then, for the worse, and in terms of what it's for according to its constitution, that party no longer exists.
Chest Fever BY 3 DOG NIGHT .... The live version is heavier...🔜🎸
Great song, one of their best
Classic song, with a classic message.
Thanks, Harri! I didn't know the song was originally Pete Seeger! I've loved this song since I was a kid. Our music teacher was a big ole hippy and we sang so many amazing folk and protest songs. I'm sure that helped make me the person I am today and feel so fortunate for that. I also like that the Pete Seeger version has several other poignant verses. The robes are black, the hair is white/the slate is black, the chalk is white. 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
Great song, I loved this band and I owned this album
I love it when people get it!
I also was a small child when this came out originally, and I wish I could agree that things are better today. I wish our whole world could have this actually be the law of the land. Failing that, it would be the best thing if 99% of people could feel this way and frown upon any behavior that divides or harms others. I wish this would have set the ball rolling and that it went forward, but instead there is still so much separation, suffering and hate. Listening with you tonight has raised my spirit. I have the vinyl album prominently displayed in my living room and I can see it from here!
My first solo was verse two of this song! Wow! I was in the 4th grade.
Apparently a good chunk of America needs to relisten to this song, understand the lyrics and learn. What a great, joyful and prescient tune. I would add, a child is black, a child is white, yellow, red and brown. And the whole world should say it's a beautiful sight.
Harri, the African Canadian, Black drummer for Three Dog Night was Floyd Chester Sneed who was born November 22, 1942 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and died January 27, 2023 at 80 years of age. Sneed was descended from the original Back settlers in Amber Valley, Alberta, Canada. Amber Valley was the largest community of Black people in Alberta (about 300 people) until the 1930s. He was a Canadian drummer for the band Three Dog Night. He became interested in drums at at a young age. His first drum kit was gifted from his older sister Maxine who was married to the musician/actor Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong who was also a Canadian. In 1966 he formed his own band and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 Floyd Sneed met three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who were looking for backing musicians, he then joined their new band as drummer for about 9 years until it broke up in 1977. But he continued to work with other bands including a longer extended tour with The Ohio Players.
I also remember this tune by Greyhound.
My first concert was Three Dog Night back in 1973 when I was 13 and it is still one of my favorites. From Joy To The World and Black and White to One and Momma Told Me Not to Come. We were on the floor about 10 rows away from the stage and it was a great time.
It was released by the band "Greyhound" on the trojan label in 1971. also by the Maytones.
Apparently one political party has forgotten that a child is white, black, brown, red, yellow and all the colors of the rainbow. I'll leave it to you to figure it out. Boy is this song relevant today.❤❤
This dude I don’t have a page. My name is Cindi i’m originally from San Antonio Texas and when I was in high school, I decided to go backstage and meet some of these bands and I was very successful. I got a full album with backstage passes and got to meet a lot of bands lotta great people and I was probably 16 and 17 yrs old at the time of high school I live my life up, listening to rock ‘n’ roll, and I got some stories like you wouldn’t believe even some with artists that have passed today. I got to meet back in the day. I had a great teenage life out of high school living and listening to music music for me is my heart and soul and you guys are doing a great job with this music but there’s just so much more. You have no idea, you’re looking for base. I’ll hook you up with some.
reggae group Maytones from Jamaica and Greyhound from UK
Great song. If it's still on YT, there is an animated version of this song that was featured on the Sonny & Cher show back in the day. Worth watching.
there's a little bit of nursery rhyme in the lyrics and piano that make it so innocent
you can hear the children too!
Hey I got one for you GODZ SONG TITLE GOTTA KEEP ON RUNNING. I was a groupie back in the day so am very familiar with all this music and even some that nobody even has heard of hit me up Cindi from the DFW area Texas
This song was written after Brown vs Board of Education! Recorded by many, Three Dog Night introduced it to a new generation of people!
Imadrummin aces it again!
Thank you so much Denise.
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Almost certain this was the inspiration for "Ebony and Ivory."
Beautiful song full of hope. I also remember the Greyhound version on Dutch radio. Have you ever reacted to Blue Mink - Melting Pot (vocalists Roger Cook and Madeline Bell, and famous bass player Herbie Flowers)?
I’m sure I knew the Greyhound version best too. This one’s really good too, sounding pretty similar to the Greyhound version.
Imadrummin, you have chosen another winner. It has been many years since I listened to this song and it has a much bigger meaning to me now. I think they were ahead of their time. Thanks so much to you and Harri 🌺✌️
I appreciate ya Debbie. So true. 👍
Great comments
Yeah, one of my favorites from them. Great reaction Harri! Things weren't horribly bad when this came out where I was. Everyone was getting along. I'm not saying there weren't tensions, but as a teen, in a multi racial area, I didn't have problems. But I wasn't black. So, if my friends had problems, they never brought it up.
Ima - It has been a long time since I last heard Three Dog Night and specifically this meaningful song. Great submission once again, Ima. Splendid review, Harri.
Much appreciated Dave. It has been a long time coming from my list. 👍
Great tunes with kids choirs" The Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"... Blood, Sweat, and Tears, "Hi-de-ho"
Thought you did one this Hari. There are more verses. Brown v Board of Education. Look up the full lyrics. Great song. Written in part by Alan Arkin's school teacher father
Pete Seeger did the first version
Sammy Davis Jr did one too
The Jamaican band the
Maytones and the Uk band the greyhounds did reggae versions in 1971
Wow, first recorded by Pete Seeger. Never knew that. The Maytones did a version, don't know if that was the reggae version you heard. Lots of covers of this song but Three Dog Night had the hit. Oh Greyhound did the one you heard.
Oh wow😮 havent heard this in so long i forgot this song😮❤❤❤it was my fav growing up.❤❤ thanks. Enjoy this gem Harri❤
You probably heard the version by Greyhound who were a British Reggae band, that was released by Trojan Records in 1971. This is a cover version and the Maytones also recorded one.
Greyhounds version is here czcams.com/video/GTKmBKD4TYc/video.html
I don't know if anybody mentioned it but it was written by Pete Seeger!
"Black And White" was the A-side on a Greyhound single issued by Trojan Records in the UK in 1971. I remember the Three Dog Night version from when I was a kid learning how to read. Heh. Classic tune.
Harri, have you seen the live Greyhound version? I like it because it sounds like the studio version, but you see them playing live. As someone commented, little wardrobe malfunction at the end.
TRIVIA (Historical per Wikipedia): This song was inspired by the United States Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which outlawed racial segregation of public schools.
The original lyrics of the song opened with this verse, in reference to the court:
Their robes were black, their heads were white,
The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight,
Nine judges all set down their names,
To end the years and years of shame.
The song's co-writer Earl Robinson released his own recording in 1957,
Sammy Davis Jr. released his version also in 1957.
However, the versions of the song recorded by Greyhound and subsequently by Three Dog Night did not include this verse, making the song more universal and less historically specific.
There’s a video somewhere for this song and it’s beautiful
Youi should try a band called BLUE Mink and there songs ( Melting Pot / Banner Man / Good Morning Freedom )
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Here's the 1956 version by popular American folksinger Pete Seeger, who wrote "This Land is Your Land." czcams.com/video/pyvjwfM-cwk/video.html I'm sure he wrote it in response to the US Supreme Court ruling that de-segregated America's schools... although it took over 10 years to desegregate them.
I wish we could all be like children and not see color just people.
This song was very popular back when America was great.
That’s a pretty pessimistic out view