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Three Dog Night is an United States|American rock band, best known for their music from 1968–1975 but still making live appearances as of 2008.

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An official commentary included in the CD set ''Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975'' states that vocalist Danny Huttonâ€™s then-girlfriend June Fairchild thought of the name when she read a magazine article about indigenous Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep in a hole in the ground while embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs, and if a night was especially cold, it was a â€œThree Dog Night"<ref>[http://www.danspapers.com/issue31_2006/sup4.html
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This story is refuted by Van Dyke Parks. According to an essay on Danny Hutton at his website:

"Danny sought my help when he had a dream for Three Dog Night. I've been under the impression that I'd discovered the name, but Danny tells me 'tain't so. He says the name was discovered by June Wilson [Fairchild]. I doubt it. I remember "Mankind" magazine as bathroom-reading matter in Danny's Weepah Way house in Laurel Canyon. There was a picture of an aboriginal Australian at night, curled up in the cold with three dogs. Somehow, I suspect that June W... read all