^ 'Three Dog Night Chart History (Hot 100)'.^ 'flavour of new zealand - search listener'.^ 'Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada'.Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter. The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.).The Kubricks released a version in 2016 for the soundtrack of Ice Age: Collision Course.The intro to the song was also sampled by Chinese Man in their song 'More', from the album 'The Groove Sessions Volume 1' in 2007.The song was also sampled in the 1999 hip-hop song 'Once Again (Here to Kick One for You)' by Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X.Andy Williams released a version in 1972 on his album, Love Theme from 'The Godfather'.Her rendition of the song reached number 58 on the Billboard country singles chart. Country music singer Jeris Ross released a cover version of the song in 1972.The New Seekers covered the song on their 1971 album We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.The Ray Conniff Singers and The Sandpipers recorded and released their respective versions later in 1971.He also sang a portion of the song for an episode of The Odd Couple in 1974. Williams later performed the song when he appeared on The Muppet Show in 1976. The song's composer Paul Williams recorded his own version of the song he had written, which was included on his 1971 album Just an Old Fashioned Love Song. Paul Williams version 'An Old Fashioned Love Song'įrom the album Just an Old Fashioned Love Song ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The Carpenters never recorded the song, but did perform it live on television with Carol Burnett a few months later. Although this was the first song Williams had written specifically for the Carpenters, Richard Carpenter rejected it, and so Williams offered the song to Three Dog Night. Schmidt, Williams originally intended the song for The Carpenters, who were in the middle of a string of hits with their own brand of 'old fashioned love songs', including two of Williams' own compositions, ' We've Only Just Begun' and ' Rainy Days and Mondays'.

Its lyrics suggest the straightforward and melodic nature of the tune: Just an old fashioned love song / Comin' down in three part harmony / Just an old fashioned love song / One I'm sure they wrote for you and me.Īccording to the Karen Carpenter biography Little Girl Blue by Randy L. It was Three Dog Night's first record to top the U.S. Taken as the first single from their 1971 album, Harmony, the song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1971, becoming the band's seventh top-ten hit. Chuck Negron performed the lead vocal on this track. ' An Old Fashioned Love Song' is a 1971 song written by Paul Williams and performed by the American pop-rock band Three Dog Night. 1971 single by Three Dog Night 'An Old Fashioned Love Song'

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