1972 Songs Top Ten: Pieces of April (#1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86939)
United States
July 31, 2022 10:55am CST
Fifty years. Sometimes it seems like 50 million years ago, and other times it seems like yesterday. Music is timeless, so it doesn’t matter which way you feel. This song tops the list of my favorites from 1972.
#1: Pieces of April - Three Dog Night
For a band known for three singers and harmonies, this is a solo vocal. Chuck Negron was the only one left in town when this song was recorded. So he sang it without Danny Hutton and Cory Wells.
It’s hard to think of this song with the harmonies that permeated so many 3DN songs. The happy accident turned out to be the perfect thing for this song.
Good for April, or any other time of the year.
Thanks for reading.
Pieces of April
Written by Dave Loggins
Recorded by Three Dog Night
From Seven Separate Fools, 1972
(Today’s 1982 song: “Africa”)
We stood on the crest of summer:
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
31 Jul 22
Now..I do not recall this one, but what was on the flipside of this record do you know at all Four Walls?
Of course Three Dog Night were very much in my record collection.
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
31 Jul 22
The B-side was “The Writing’s on the Wall,” which was on side two of the album (not that I had the album or anything….
). This was the follow-up single to “Black and White.”
). This was the follow-up single to “Black and White.”1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
31 Jul 22
@FourWalls Don't recall either of those either but thanks. You are a brain
The one I remember most is Mama Told Me Not to Come of course
The one I remember most is Mama Told Me Not to Come of course1 person likes this
not a brain, just the owner of a Whitburn that has the B-sides listed. 
@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
7 Aug 22
It was a band album. It’s like “Southern Cross” on the 1982 list: that was only Stephen and Graham but it’s still attributed to Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
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@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Jul 22
Nope not familiar with this one but familiar with Three Dog Night
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
31 Jul 22
Interesting…lots of people didn’t know the #1 song on my 1970 list (“Questions” by the Moody Blues) when I did that two years ago. Oh, well, we’ll see what 1973 brings next year. 
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
1 Aug 22
That’s me. I have a long list of songs lesser known than the big hit that I love far more than the big hit.
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
6 Aug 22
I was worried that my brother and I were the only ones who remembered this gem. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by!
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
1 Aug 22
I remember the band but not this one song. Of course anyone from that time period will think of one, the loneliest number.
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
1 Aug 22
Ballads don’t get the airplay that songs like “Celebrate” or “Joy to the World” do.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
2 Aug 22
@FourWalls I forgot about Joy to the World.
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
31 Jul 22
It’s one of those songs that got overshadowed by the previous hit (“Black and White”).
