Rhonda_Kaye - Just An Old Fashioned Love Song
Rhonda_Kaye
May 14, 2024 03:04pm
<p>Tyfl! </p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">From Wikipedia,</span></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>An Old Fashioned Love Song</strong>" is a 1971 song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Paul Williams</a> and performed by the American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">pop-rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Three Dog Night</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Negron" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Chuck Negron</a> performed the lead vocal on this track. Taken as the first single from their 1971 album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_(Three_Dog_Night_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><em>Harmony</em></a>, the song peaked at number 4 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> chart in December 1971, becoming the band's seventh top-ten hit.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Old_Fashioned_Love_Song#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> It was Three Dog Night's first record to top the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">easy listening chart</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Old_Fashioned_Love_Song#cite_note-Hyatt-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a> It reached number 2 in Canada. Its lyrics suggest the straightforward and melodic nature of the tune: <em>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</em>.</p><p>According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Karen Carpenter</a> biography <em>Little Girl Blue</em> by Randy L. Schmidt, Williams originally intended the song for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">The Carpenters</a>, 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, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27ve_Only_Just_Begun" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">We've Only Just Begun</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainy_Days_and_Mondays" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Rainy Days and Mondays</a>." Although this was the first song Williams had written specifically for the Carpenters, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Richard Carpenter</a> rejected it, and so Williams offered the song to Three Dog Night. The Carpenters never recorded the song, but did perform it live on television with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Burnett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Carol Burnett</a> a few months later.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Old_Fashioned_Love_Song#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[3]</a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span><img src="http://i.imgur.com/7tptu5Yl.jpg"></p>