THREE DOG NIGHT- "BLACK AND WHITE" (WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO A SUPREME COURT DECISION)

[SylviaRigley]

why cant we just go together and have peace? it should be spread! Peace like Martin Jr said: Peace all around!

[johnbraud12]

Baton Rouge radio early seventies, I wanna go back

[Allanoster]

This is the first single I ever bought. Now I realize I made the right choice. :)

[MVR326]

We sang this in our 4th grade assembly... in 1972, was alot of fun hearing somewhere between 80 and 100 kids singing this at once, then we did in sections and overlapped with each other. Great memories. Great song

[jorgeluiz1968]

Beutifu song!

[MrJjjd1]

Excellent! Love the song. Love the info. Keep it up!

[TheOutlawgal]

I gonna use this song on my segregation topic in my Sociology class great song.

[zacattack500]

@NietzscheKILLEDjesus lol hell ya dude

[pnovak69]

I meet Earl Robinson in 1974 when he came to our play of the Lonesone train at Mesabi Community College. We party after, he sang Joe Hill, B&W and many others.

[rossshadowross]

i love this song. it is totally awesome!

[zacattack500]

it was so hard to find this song, or im just really stoned

[dunespeak]

@zacattack500 Yeah... Had to search black white children light to find this vid.

[Rememberthisname2010]

needs more cowbell.....

[Empolraptor]

carlton <3

[TooFatToPhuck]

At least this viseo doesn't have the lying president spouting off about his un-serious jobs plan...

[Vincenteloco]

awesome song !

[shawnNhouston]

Good job! I guess we both like this song! ShawnNhouston

[rwells47]

@shawnNhouston- yes, thanks for watching! Ron

[madyoda69]

can't we all just get along

[kaboem15]

love this song so much <3

[Kozzy06]

I remember singing this at school.

[GoldenEyedCat]

I am 44 years old and I have loved this song ever since I can remember. Wish the rest of the world would follow along with the lyrics.

[thespeez]

@GoldenEyedCat - Yeah, I can remember listening to this on the old Ranch Wagon's car radio about second grade or so when it became a hit in 1972.

[GoldenEyedCat]

@thespeez - I hear you. I was in kindergarten when this song came out. Doesn't matter though, because material like this will always stand the test of time. :)

[mikes230]

You said it best.

[OneManAndHisCastle]

white>black

[DYLAV8R]

@OneManAndHisCastle Racist fuck.

[OneManAndHisCastle]

@DYLAV8R thanks.

[rickysbestgirl]

which one sang the lead on this?

[thespeez]

@rickysbestgirl - Danny Hutton

[johnkiedis27]

'i wasn't the best dad but at least i was a dad' my name is earl

[smittykins]

Great to hear the album version!(I'l never understand why the single version has one of the end choruses cut)

[majik2hanz]

MLK's words still resound with a hope that ALL MEN (and women) will be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. Unfortunately, many groups constantly bring up skin color to cover up character flaws. MLK is probably spinning in his grave to see how poverty pimps have held blacks down to assert a pseudo leadership role.

[majik2hanz]

Great song reminds me of a sisters graduation when in 73' her senior class sang it.. Note: while the small minded and ignorant play up race - and it is also used by the media as a tool to divide and keep people stirred up - there IS an underlying fundamental problem which is not about race but rather cultural values and mindset. Any 'culture' that celebrates and idolizes destructive behavior is not welcomed by civil considerate respectful people. Love the dog - hate the behavior!

[sirronald69]

*****

[jennifer082255]

I have always liked this song, but now that I know the reason behind the writing, I like it even more. Didn't think that was possible. Thanks for posting this.

[rwells47]

@jennifer082255- you're very welcome!

[8088samjam]

Y'know, technically in the picture of the black and white kids, the white kid is an albino African American kid... although the point still stands. Nice song.

[satorres82]

@8088samjam I noticed that too.

[MsRebellecca]

one day maybe we can just judge each other on how nice we are to one another. i was raised thinking everyone deserved respect but it could be lost. this song was a big step towards equality but honestly as long as people are still noticing differences the problem will go on

[devilfan1965]

our media outlets are the problem....i mean tv news...god they are pathetic.Can we get anymore jerky reporters like cooper anderson

[armida767]

Thank you for posting such a beautiful song and to add the history of it! Your presentation video is also beautiful and fits perfectly to the song! Love it and wished the world could also see the "light!"

[rwells47]

@armida767 - you are very welcome!

[devilfan1965]

three dog night....awesome band

[madz4evar786]

@devilfan1965 Ikr.:D

[tombofgrapes]

Since she's got jungle fever

He's got jungle fever

They've got jungle fever

WE'RE IN LOVE!

[aklanpinoy1l]

cLasSic 3 dOg Night soNg! jUst LovE iT! :)

[66mcgrath]

Fantastic song from way back in the day!

[chasingcars1966]

awesome song

[MrStanlee9]

Where all Pink on the inside !!!!!!!Great job on the video,well done!

[rwells47]

@MrStanlee9- thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you liked it!  Ron

[musicskies]

Great band!!

[MrBuckwilliam]

gee's ron, your a good man, posting so much great music out of love for it :)

god bless you today and everyday :)

[rwells47]

@MrBuckwilliam-thanks Buck! I do love music and I love sharing it! God Bless you too! Ron

[MsCherdog]

what is wrong with you people? a heart is a heart and a life is a life. what the hell difference does it mean? I was robbed also and the guy was black do you think he cared what color i was? i DON'T THINK SO my money was still green!!!!! this song is to cool ,to here people sound like it's the 40's god damn this is america! show proof that one of you are full blood what . we are all hienz 57

[QDaojaQ]

Love you Paul

[Isabel1956]

God put these different races on this earth because that's the way he wanted things to be. We all have to learn to live together.

[AmericanAirlinesRule]

Wouldn't it be nice if the world could just come together and get along? But sadly, I don't think that will happen.

[devilfan1965]

@AmericanAirlinesRule as long as the media pumps out separation we will be stuck. The folks who cry racism all the time,are the biggest racists .....they see color not the person

[Nikki8291]

I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HillsBru]

I was announcing "on the air" on a small radio station in Muncie, Indiana when this first came out. In fact, it was my choice to be a hit!! (Pick to Click). What a great sound during a great period of time. Now to look back and listen to this is great. Thanks,

[Burbridge92]

The first time I heard this was a cover version, I think it was Cher and Sonny Bono but I can't find it so I may be wrong as to that one.

[hereaftersix]

three dog night still isn't in the R&R hall of fame. I'M GOING TO HAVE ME SOME ASS

[BigPatG2008]

It will be a great day on Earth when all racial predjudices are gone... if that day will ever come, I don't know. It seems silly that grown adults would judge another person, simply because of the amount of pigment their skin happens to have, but this happens all the time. 

[shmuli9]

This song is rather "reggae"... It's right tasty!

[rendi04]

i have always loved this song and that is why i became an educator it inspired me

[TheCommunistsareBack]

While it is anti-racist which is all well and good, the tune itself is rubbish compared to 'one' or 'mama told me not to come.' Sounds completely retarded.

[dicsballer9]

@TheCommunistsareBack You're entitled your opinion, but this is actually a pretty great pop song...it just happens to be a different style than the songs you're talking about, which are also sweet :)

[TextFreeley]

thanks for the info, I never knew.

[HillsBru]

Great Song!! Great Memories!!

[IwontConform]

ok,lets not use this song as a vehicle for promoting race mixing.

[ThePavementpounder]

Ron you did it again another great video for a great band, I enjoyed both the song and video! Thanks so much.

[IcarusFlying]

this was awesome ! this is better than those dance music videos i think :)

[rwells47]

@IcarusFlying - thanks for stopping by! Ron

[neohip]

@IcarusFlying

Although dance has it's place,I believe you are right.

[JimmyHopkins2]

i got to watch my dad get mugged by 3 people in an elevator a few years ago...

Guess what ethnicity they were....you guessed it.....black.

I want NOTHIN to do with their kind....if you all think thats racist, too bad. As sad as it is, they have a right to live here....and i have a right to keep away from em.

[billiardball77]

@JimmyHopkins2 Okay douche bag. No one asked.

[bernardw8]

@JimmyHopkins2 why don't you go back to your wife( your sister) and live your simple ass life.People of all races commit crime ,so I am a black and I got rob by a white guy in new york.. who is in the mafia, not blacks you are a small little man... and you are racist.So you think all black people are bad..well never been to jail I have one child ( which live with me) and I have a great job... so what now Hitler

[brujaderio]

@JimmyHopkins2 I had too take care of a 10 year old rape victim, a little girl...head beaten in with a brick. Guess what was the sex of the perp? I guess I should have nuthin' to do with them...Refuse to treat them..kick out my husband and sons too?

[vytildie]

@JimmyHopkins2 WOW!!! Somebody, What year is this?  SAD? Whew! One word! Therapy!

[KiCreativeStudios]

I had NO idea that this was in response to Brown Vs. Board of Education!

This is one of my favorite songs but now I love it even more!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for noting that!!

In your face Jim Crow!

[1150ram]

Beautiful ! Great Song !!!

[Sylphadora]

I've just listened to this song for the first time in an episode of My Name is Earl. It's such a cool song!! ^^

[BeechTreeITS]

Damn shame almost the whole 60's generation sold out. The dream is no closer. What a waste.

[neohip]

@BeechTreeITS

That seems a bit unkind.

If you mean the 60's music generation, they have been replaced by fashions and attrition,and no longer have the influence the once did,even though many proponents are just as militant now.

If you talk about current politicians, who became aware in the 60's,then you are right.

They have "inherited" the world, and are unwittingly following in the foot steps of Adolf Hitler.

The "dream" as you put it is just that,but hope should never lead to despair.

[geoffdoor]

did i sing this song in school



[hwj010]

Is it just me, or are their children singing in the background starting @ 1:55. A stroke of genius which always gets to me when I hear this most beautiful and touching song

[trumpetgirl76]

@hwj010 yes, there are children singing there

[HillsBru]

I had not heard this since I was "on the air" in 1972. What a treat! If memory serves me correctly, this song was authored in response to a US Supreme Court decision in 1971.

Great Song -- Great Group!

[PopCulture20]

Carlton Banks in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air was singing this song & I thought he made it up!!! LOL

[DarknessxUnspoken]

I was hearing this on the radio before & when I hear it, it makes me want to cry. We still live in a world full of hate whether judging from skin, race & religions. We keep our doors closed so much where we hate before we get to know one another. As much as this won't likely happen I do hope one day, at least before human race dies out, we would know in the end we need each other more than anything since in a dark shallow world this is we can never live in it alone. Then we can see a light.:')

[BROTHERRICH100]

great song. wouldn't it be great if the world took this song literally.

[vaf88]

neet

[74TheJoker]

i used to listen to this when i was a kid.......my great mother used to play it and we used to sing along to it..........great times.

[Fretslayer]

@74TheJoker I used to listen to this song as a child too. Some where around 79-80 or so. I was something like 10ish or so. I can't recall but I know this song was something that stuck with all these years later and tonight here I am listening to it. I've not heard it in decades... It's still good stuff. Perhaps some day mankind will figure it out and we'll come treat each other like the extended family we actually are. DNA has already proven ALL of us ARE related. :)

[dettigs]

a great song..........unfortunate that the peace movement from the 70's doesn't exist today..........where will we be in 2050? pretty scarey thought.

[Fretslayer]

@dettigs Don't you mean '...where will we be in the year 2525?' --- :)

Sorry, I couldn't help it.

I had to do it.

[dettigs]

@Fretslayer if man is still alive, if woman can survive, they may find.......he he good song!!!

[Fretslayer]

@dettigs Yah, it is. It's one of those songs that I might listen to once every 5 years at this point, but when I do, it still has the same impact on me that it did when I first heard it as a young child. Good stuff survives the test of time.

[frei2006]

You did a great job!... Thanks for sharing!

[rwells47]

@frei2006- sorry I'm getting back to you late but...you are very welcome! Ron

[Ozzfest2009]

this song is so addicting

[kayleex25]

so many memories of housecleans and moves with the mother

[lunabranwen]

great positive song, unlike the negetive garbage you hear today

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

The world is green & the world is blue too. It's nice o know that those days are of the past. We all seem to be getting along now here in the western world anyway. I know there ia still disagreements, hostility and fueds between the people, the government and the western world, and it's primarily in the middle east. It's out of ancient religious beliefs more than anything else and the fact that the civilized world marches ahead. Thx4 this posting.

[rwells47]

@Ezdduf4kuZ - you are very welcome! Ron

[ColonialPetersen]

@Ezdduf4kuZ

We still have the KKK and the Black Panthers--one of its leaders, just a few weeks ago, said he hated all white people, every last one of them. He called them crackers and that he wanted to kill every last cracker including their children. This leader from the Black Panthers was arrested and about to be sentenced having gone through the court system, only to have his case be dropped. It had a lot to do with voter intimidation during last year's "election."

[MrTwinclarinets]

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[MrTwinclarinets]

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[AthenaMarina2]

LOVE it!

[navarrosgirl]

I remember this song when i was about 10 yrs old - I love it ! My mom got so sick of me listening to it over and over again.

[dbarnett714]

unfortunate there's only six thousand views,,, that's such a cool picture, the one with the kid with the baby on his shoulders,,, where u get that picture??

[rwells47]

@dbarnett714 -hi- I just found that picture on a google search. It really is a wonderful song isn't it? Thanks,  Ron

[qimissung]

Thank you for this. Great video, and I love the information. I did not know this was written in response to Brown vs Board of Education. Fascinating.

I have loved this song for many years.

[rwells47]

@qimissung - you are very welcome!  Ron

[Arkady63]

If there was ever an early '70s pop classic, it would be this one.

From it's catchy tune, fun rythms, great arrangment, sweet vocals no message more important is conveyed in such a strong yet celibratory way. Thanks very much for the upload.

[BeatlesFetish09]

gr8 song. like the lyrics

[CHRISTINANable]

love it, because very pretty song

[En0ts1968]

Alright, that's it. I'll bet that none of these drummers that beat the crap out of cowbells actually have a cow.

[Kittielips]

Thank you.

5*****.

Jennie.

[rwells47]

@Kittielips- you are welcome Jennie! Ron

[asvabaroni]

Thers should have been no slavery,no segregation,no racism.I wish those who are were born color blind.We are all one race"The Human One."

[mountianman]

As a kid, it's one of the songs that cemented my outlook on life. After all these years, I never knew that Sammy Davis Jr. was the first to record it. Nor did I know the original lyrics. Is there a recording of the original lyrics?

[lowfuellevel]

get together people and stop all the hate

xoxo

[TheMoonchick]

Nice Real Nice .....5*****

[asvabaroni]

Just Beautiful,everything about this.I wish there weren't so much ignorance ever.we are all one race:The Human One,when we are good to each other.

[rwells47]

@asvabaroni - you are right! Thanks for your comments! Ron

[499ocsgrad]

I'm a white married to a Hispanic. We adopted a Somali girl. Love this song!

[50marioD]

This song has as much meaning as it did some 40 years ago.I bought the 45 to this classic when it came out.have loved it ever since.Thanks for this one.

[rwells47]

You are very welcome!  Ron

[swampwitch666]

I love this song so very much.. I was 12 when the 3 dog night version came out...

Love is the Key.. Peace

[cmulwee001]

A version by the reggae group Greyhound preceded this one. It's also worth listening to.

[haitipi]

The Original Lyrics Included this Brown vs Board of Education reference: Their robes were black, Their heads were white, The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight, Nine judges all set down their names, To end the years and years of shame.

The song makes more sense with it, but the UK audience didn't know what all of it meant.

[rwells47]

haitipi- you are right- I have that info in the "(more info)" box to the right of the video! Ron

[flukes777]

Cute song. Unfortunately the powers that be in this wold will never agree with it.

[BeTuJoe]

The ink is black, the page is white Together we learn to read and write A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight And now a child can understand That this is the law of all the land, all the land The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light And now at last we plainly see We'll have a dance of Liberty, Liberty!

[nickmitsialis]

The second line! For the last 35+++ years I could have sworn it was 'together we learn to re-write'; ah well...that's what I get for having a lousy AM radio.

[BeTuJoe]

The world is black, the world is white

It turns by day and then by night

A child is black, a child is white

The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight

The world is black, the world is white

It turns by day and then by night

A child is black, a child is white

Together they grow to see the light, to see the light

The world is black, the world is white

It turns by day and then by night

[BeTuJoe]

A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light C'mon, get it, get it Ohh-ohhhh, yeah, yeah Keep it up now, around the world Little boys and little girls Yeah, yeah-eah, oh-ohhh

[jyoungblood3960]

O.K....let's try this again...

"The ink is Black the page is White TOGETHER we Learn to read and write" ...

"TOGETHER We grow to SEE the Light!!!"

"Peace + Love = Happiness!!!"

"Love is the Answer!!!" oxo...

Pretty simple!...Class dismissed!!!

[jyoungblood3960]

"The ink is Black the page is White...Together we Learn to read and write"...

"Love is Thee Answer!!!" oxo...

[navarrosgirl]

There are just some songs that you never forget when you were little and this is one of them...WOW, do i feel old right now...lol

[sherrylynn70]

I love the songs you bring to us...and, then the added treat of your great videos...love your productions..thank you for being you♥

[rwells47]

Thanks Sherry for your nice words! I really appreciate your friendship. Thank you also for being you! God Bless, Ron

[brownhorse98]

Great factual history behind such a fantastically done job by you in complimenting this great song with such pertinent pictures!!

[James0022ify]

Great song Ron. Thanks for the info on the history of its origin.

[rwells47]

You are welcome Jim! Ron

[bze2nlz4]

I remember this song so well from '72, but I had no idea about the history behind it! I bet there will be many others who will read this and be enlightened. Great job, Ron!

[rwells47]

Thank you Chris!  Ron

[carrieanne1967]

Thanks Ron - Great song !

[rwells47]

Thanks Carole!  Ron

[citybeat60]

Have always enjoyed this song and did not know it was originally written in the 1950s. Thanks for that music info Ron! :)

[rwells47]

You are very welcome! Ron

[luvsmuzik1]

I have their CD collection...i think is was around 1997..got it a gift..they had quite a few hits...thanks for the post Ron

[rwells47]

You are welcome Sheila! Ron

[Poopaloo55]

Nice job on this one, Ron. Timeless message. I loved the song in '72 and had no idea it pre-dated Three Dog Night by so many years!!

[rwells47]

Thank you Linda ! Ron

[theoverbeat1964]

Good song, and very cool, Thanks!

José

[rwells47]

Glad you liked it Jose' ! Ron

[cablonde320]

Amazing song...one of Three Dog Nights fantastic songs..

Thank you Ron

[rwells47]

Thanks Barb! Ron

[somersetgal1]

Absolute classic from the boys,,, Well put together ++++++

[rwells47]

Thanks so much Sara!  Ron