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’ tune about a wine-guzzling pond-dweller that comes caked in a warm-and-fuzzy chorus—the band didn’t take to it. After two failed pitches to co-singers Danny Hutton […]
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