By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
In 1968, Harry Nilsson released the album Aerial Bullet with a track titled One. In the lyrics, he wrote “one is the loneliest number you’ll ever do.” Harry Nilsson indicated he got the inspiration when he called a friend and got the busy signal going beep, beep, beep. Remember the days when you got a busy signal with no answering machines or voicemail available?
Many of you may not remember Nilsson’s version, but rather may remember the cover of One done by Three Dog Night. Their version was released in 1969. The American rock band took this song to number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the same year.
Three Dog Night was formed in 1967 and recorded 21 top 40 hits between 1969 and 1975. The band was named after an idiom meaning if the temperature was bitterly cold then you would need three dogs to keep you warm at night.
