{"id":10128,"date":"2020-05-04T00:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=10128"},"modified":"2020-05-04T00:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T06:26:18","slug":"a-song-you-like-with-a-number-in-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/a-song-you-like-with-a-number-in-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"A Song You Like with a Number in the Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

30-Day Song Challenge, Day 2: A Song You Like with a Number in the Title<\/strong><\/p>\n

I grew up listening to my mom’s old 45s, and then in my later teens, I constructed much of my identity around driving a classic car that had only an AM radio, which meant all oldies, all the time, when I was bombing around town in my Galaxie. The result was that I developed a lot of appreciation and affection for music from the 1960s and ’70s during a time when my peers were focused on then-current artists of the ’80s. I guess we’re all looking for some way to express our individuality at that age; mine was listening to throwback Baby Boomer music and fancying myself some kind of spiritual descendant of James Dean.<\/p>\n

Three Dog Night was one of the biggest bands of that era, and one of my favorites during my throwback period; they landed 21 top-40 hits in the six years between 1969 and 1975, including three number-ones. “One,” which most people probably think is called “One Is the Loneliest Number” — actually the first line of the song, not its title — topped out at number five in the spring of 1969, which would’ve been a few months before I was born. Still a great song, though, and my pick for a tune with a number in the title.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, a form of Three Dog Night is still touring, featuring two of the original ’60s\/’70s era members. I haven’t see them, but I understand they put on a good show.<\/p>\n