On March 25, 1938: #HoytAxton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 1999).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💐🥺😭

"Never Been to Spain" is a song written by #HoytAxton, originally released on his 1971 LP Joy to the World and later that year performed by #ThreeDogNight, with #CoryWells on lead vocal. It was featured on their 1971 album #Harmony. The recording was produced by #RichardPodolor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6qw_yeo6o

"No No Song" is a 1974 song by English musician #RingoStarr. Written by #HoytAxton and David Jackson, it appeared on Starr's 1974 album, #GoodnightVienna. It was released as a single in the US on 27 January 1975, backed with "#Snookeroo," and reached No. 1 in #Canada, #3 in the #BillboardCharts, becoming his 7th and last top 10 hit. It also reached No. 1 on #CashBoxCharts in the US. In the song, the narrator meets a woman from #Colombia who offers him #marijuana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ydo0AKbJs

#OnThisDay in 1999, #HoytAxton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), died of a heart attack at 61.
#RIP 🕯

"Joy to the World" is a song written by #HoytAxton and made famous by the band #ThreeDogNight. The song is also popularly known by its opening lyric, "#Jeremiah was a bullfrog". Three Dog Night originally released the song on their fourth studio album, #Naturally, in November 1970, and subsequently released an edited version of the song as a #single in February 1971. The song, which has been described by members of Three Dog Night as a "kid's song" and a "silly song".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcpKjXYa5c

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"Never Been to Spain" is a song written by #HoytAxton, originally released on his 1971 LP Joy to the World and later that year performed by #ThreeDogNight, with #CoryWells on lead vocal. It was featured on their 1971 album #Harmony. The recording was produced by #RichardPodolor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8zGryHWZE0