American Bandstand 1969 -Eli’s Coming, Three Dog Night

Back to the groovy new 1969-1974 set. The kids dance to Three Dog Night’s #10 hit. This was their 3rd top ten hit in 1969 following “One” (#5) and “Easy To Be Hard” (#4) and this was just the beginning for them. They would have #1 hits every year for the next 3 years; 1970 - “Mama Told Me Not To Come”, 1971 -“Joy To The World”, and 1972 - “Black and White”, among many other hits in the early 70’s.
Laura Nyro wrote and originally recorded “Eli’s Comin’” (as it was originally titled) in 1967, but it was not successful until Three Dog Night recorded it in ’69. Laura would go on to write hit songs for the 5th Dimension - “Wedding Bell Blues”, “Stone Soul Picnic”, and for Blood, Sweat and Tears - “And When I Die”.
…..And premiering on NBC tonight is Rod Serling’s new follow up series to the “Twilight Zone” called “Night Gallery”. One of the 3 stories airing in tonight’s pilot episode, titled “Eyes”, was about a blind woman who buys the eyes of a desperate man (Happy Days’ Tom Bosley) in need of money (very creepy). It starred Joan Crawford and was directed by a 21-year-old new up-and-comer, Steven Spielberg.
Airdate: Nov. 8, 1969

[@MsTexas73]

I sure would like to see more episodes from this era. (69-74)

[@scottburton9701]

Great song written by Laura Nyro.

[@RobinMOrosz]

The kids back then were so innocent,and clean,and just good dancers,it makes me smile....😁😇👏

[@henryrogers5500]

No they weren’t!!!

[@jchesney2535]

@@henryrogers5500 They weren't all dropping acid like the stereotype of that era.

[@henryrogers5500]

@@jchesney2535 You don’t have to be necessarily dropping acid to qualify as not being “innocent” as you claim they were. I know, I was there in the 1960s and early ‘70s.

[@henryrogers5500]

@@jchesney2535 LOL!!! Regarding “stereotypes,” I find it funny that people who weren’t even born in the 60s claim that people from my generation were all dropping acid when you don’t even have the slightest clue of what you’re talking about, but would instead rather make stuff up.

[@natashanonnattive4818]

There were some shaking going on

[@michaelserby7697]

1969 what a great year 🇺🇸

[@yolandacrespin866]

I remember having there first album one of my favorites band ✌️✌️💕

[@RayCarlos045]

May her soul Rest In peace. A true legend 🌺 did you ever attend their concert?

[@lisabullock7461]

Those were the days.......

[@lauradaly8020]

One of my favorite songs by a group that i really liked

[@mattleinhauser9166]

What an awesome song ❤ it.

[@OdeeOz]

Man how I miss those lost days of great Family Friendly entertainment 👍👍🤗🏆⭐

[@bradsense7431]

About a year and half after this air date I would attend my first concert - Three Dog Night.

[@henryrogers5500]

Same here! The Joy to the World tour in ‘71 Uriah Heep opened for them also!!!

[@lisabullock7461]

"ONE is Loneliest Number That You Ever Knew.....#1

[@thomasfoss9963]

Some great songs by 3 Dog Night!!! One!!!

[@MrVidaeverdade]

Pieces of April, Joy to the World, Black and White, Shambala, Easy to be Hard, and more. SOOO many great songs.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

Loved this Aaron! Standing thru the prelude at one of the few high school dances..then boom! Sweat was flying. Girls and boys with longer hair hotter than Dickens! Great times!

[@lisabullock7461]

"How Can Someone Be So Heartless "😢

[@Eidann63]

I'm sorry Lisa. Sending hugs & love. I know this was from "Hair," but thinking your sad face might be personal. Been there...

[@cesarcesar8545]

Easy to be hard easy to be cold easy to be heartless ! :( sad but wonderful hit song

[@richardlawson4317]

Eli's coming to get choo.

[@newgroovesradio8704]

The clip of Three Dog Night's fall 1969 AB appearance is on YT of them performing "Celebrate".

[@bettymaverick1098]

Great song and fantastic dancers!😊

[@carolynreed451]

We was kids watched this on tv

[@mrob75]

also notice the guy with a "full beard"...the times they are a changing on Bandstand in '69!

[@jamesflanagan7942]

This song reminds me of my tour in Vietnam. Thanks for posting thess

[@YCDTI]

You are most welcome James Flanagan and thank you for your service.

[@jerrygil1965]

Thank you for your service

[@birdsfan57]

Great song to do "The Stomp" to!

[@voiceguy3635]

The music and the girls on these vids are neck and neck in what's most appealing about watching this.Dick Clark had the greatest job ever.

[@MrCtsSteve]

They had a lot of great music . Had a helluva run there for a few years . Three Dog Night

[@kenperk9854]

Two minutes of CRAZY!

[@goldtopazasylum]

Pieces Of April

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Good one! My favorite song of theirs was "Shambala"

[@henryrogers5500]

One Man Band. Also, Celebrate.

[@patgavigan3601]

What a rockin song. You have put up so many super AB videos.Like a time machine. And love your comments; (loved Twilight Zone). Thanks so very much!

[@MrPorsche85]

Saw Three Dog Night about 4 yrs ago, before Corey passed, and they still sounded great! Just like the recording!

[@GaryFox11000]

Beautiful innocent ladies , good fun; No Tatoo's Three Dog Night 1969 !! 🤗❤👍

[@sexymama1966]

I enjoyed it, especially the camera action and movement!

[@elainecrane2860]

Elaine Alexander Jeanette and Rottner sisters where r u ?

[@redtruck99]

1969, it should be in color.

[@brandemoore]

I agree 👍 💯 robin

[@mrob75]

Hi AARON and thank you for this clip...Dick Clark and the kids are so proud of their new far out set! Miss Cory Wells / Chuck Negron's intro to the song here but Dick was wise to exclude the otherwise undanceable prelude. We would have had another "Mission Impossible" moment! You are so right about that "one right after the other" hits for Three Dog Night...I remember buying ALL of their 45s all the way up through 1975 and "Til' the World Ends". (RIP Cory Wells) (Night Gallery was an awesome show...Some episodes were really creepy!)

[@dancerdon9175]

Bravo Aaron and mrob75. Your combined comments neatly package the salient points of the music, history and discography of the day. Good one Mario about the excluded intro to "Eli's Coming" preventing another "Mission Impossible" undanceable moment.

[@YCDTI]

Very good point Mario. It’s a brilliant intro, but it would’ve been about 30 seconds of just standing around, staring, and waiting for the prelude to end. Three Dog Night was incredible. Reading about them again, I forgot how many “mega-hits” they had in that short time span of about 5 or 6 years. (Night Gallery and especially Twilight Zone, still give me nightmares lol)

[@gmfd76]

Don, what years did you dance on AB?

[@dancerdon9175]

gmfd76 - I danced on Bandstand from 1966 through 1974, though less frequently in '73 and '74. By 1974 it really was time to hand the reins over to a new and younger group of dancers. ~~ Don

[@gmfd76]

My parents were born in '50 & '51, so this would've been their time :) I didn't really get interested in 60's and early 70's stuff until I was in my 20s. Funny--my parents were into the Beatles & Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath, and I was a disco baby :) Geoff.

[@steveriddle4458]

This Music is soo frreee!!!

[@richardlawson4317]

50 years ago!!! Where did it all go??

[@molinalong3468]

American bandstand first Saturday of October 1972 with in color Host by Dick Clark Flashback dance by 3 anniversary of Eli's coming Top 10 10 a new song for Helen reddy - debuted 9 a new song of the temptations - debuted 8 looking glass 7 chuck Berry 6 Ben by Michael Jackson 5 Gilbert o Sullivan 4 lean on me by Bill Withers 3 Mac Davis 2 Johnny Nash 1 black and white by three dog night

[@molinalong3468]

American bandstand may 1971 Top 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Ringo Starr 3 Want Ads by honey cone 2 brown sugar by the Rolling Stones 1 joy to the world by three dog night

[@IMunlucky]

Great tune. Saturday AB was a welcome distraction from the daily body counts on the 6 o'clock news.

[@borrisfatboy878]

Seems as though this era of AB kids finally got it together and learned to dance. I'm 65 and didn't know how goofy we were back in earlier AB days.

[@Jleed989]

Girls are beautiful. Love the mini skirts! Where did they go?

[@mona2242]

Jleed989 they’re pushing 70 yrs old 😄

[@VictorKPanda]

Gee, didnt they look so young?!

[@Mrmemories64]

Cool video! Is there any way to enhance the quality or are most of the set from 1969-74 going to be like this?

[@manofmanyinterests]

This is most likely the ONLY. Kinescope COPY OF THIS EPISODE, the tape having been erased probably that same year. Appreciate what we have.

[@keithcolmo7040]

Remember when you were younger on new years eve you were always relieved to know three dog night was going to be with dick clark?

[@royhowell3954]

As someone who was their age back then the girls were so much more feminine and not just because of the miniskirts they wore. Wish this was in color.

[@dennisleporte2327]

Nothing wrong with girls looking sexy, also nothing wrong with girls looking PRETTY.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Fashion note: the miniskirt had finally arrived stateside by 1969.

[@jackjohnson7396]

Wrong, mini-skirts started to be seen in my area in 1964. The girls were being sent home from school, a lot in the 64-65 school year. It continued in the years after that. I was there, my sisters were getting busted too,

[@MrWahooknows]

You are 100% correct.

[@birdsfan57]

@Veronica A. .. Mary Quant was also famous for her make-up line, especially her lipsticks, back in the late 1960's/early 1970's. Only the trendiest stores and boutiques carried the line, and they were quite pricey for that time. A tube of her lipstick cost about $10, a small fortune back then, but the everyday price of a tube of Loreal or Revlon today. Always wanted to try one, but being a middle class teen with no disposable income back then (lol), was never able to get my hands on one.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@jackjohnson7396 I personally don't care for the mini-skirts myself. Not because they're not modest, but because they look plain lousy. They remind me of a "normal" size dress that was left in the dryer way too long.

[@natashanonnattive4818]

ONE was good to

[@carolynreed451]

Hello

[@pjangels609]

I feel Dick didn't fancy the hard rock/political music of the late 60s, early 70s...

[@dvinedzine]

I think so, too. For years, you only ever saw clips of the 50's-early 60's or disco-80's on AB retrospectives. He preferred music that people just danced to.

[@randallshepherd3519]

Wonderful song. What happened,?

[@hormelinc]

Grrr why didn't they keep the videotape(s)! You can see a Norelco PC60 camera in the crowd. which means it was in color.

[@voiceguy3635]

Dick Clark never twitched a hip even once?Lol.

[@stevieg7672]

Hey do you have the Mama Cass Elliot performance of that day?

[@nealblue6413]

Two girls dancing at 0:46, white shirts. Twins?

[@mikeg3281]

how did the girls get so so from the shows 4 years earlier?

[@Jleed989]

Mike Allan what? They are better!

[@premiumgas69]

Would have liked to see if they could dance to Stairway to Heaven….

[@voiceguy3635]

Slow dance first then chaos.

[@elifoust7664]

Minus long intro..

[@richardangers2566]

You half to dance at half the dynamics of the song or you are too frenetic.

[@danholm4952]

stop the grinnin and drop the linen

[@rebeloneal4592]

How could they be doing the Carlton? And he sewing a computer gamer company?

[@danholm4952]

the video is so bad... not worth it