According to the band’s official website, the name Three Dog Night comes from a phrase often used by Aboriginal Australian hunters as a barometer for how cold a night in the Outback would be.

Three Dog Night produced many classic rock songs such as “Joy to the World.” Despite this, the origin of the group’s name is unknown to many fans. A founding member of Three Dog Night ...

But he never mentioned the songwriter by name. Frank Sinatra was known for his admiration of the songwriters who wrote the songs he so brilliantly performed. Three Dog Night still delivers but ...

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 ...