Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)

The song was first popularized in 1974, following its initial 1973 inclusion on the album Bazaar by disco-funk artist Sylvester,^[1] when it was recorded and released by five artists in one year: Frankie Miller (on High Life), B.J. Thomas (on Longhorns & Londonbridges), Three Dog Night (on Hard Labor), James Montgomery, and Maria Muldaur. Another version of the song was recorded in 1974 by Little Feat, during the course of the Feats Don't Fail Me Now recording sessions. This version was not released until 2000, when it was included in the retrospective compilation, Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (Rhino).

Both Miller and Three Dog Night released the song as a single, while the balance of the recorded versions were included in albums. The most popular single version is the version by Three Dog Night, which reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Later versions of the song were recorded by Levon Helm (1978),^[2] Herman Brood (1980 on Wait a Minute), and Toots Thielemans (1993).^[3] Toussaint's own version of his song originally appeared on a compilation called Live at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 1976, featuring sets by many of his Crescent City contemporaries.^[4] A later version is found on Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade (Hip-O, 2006), a DVD recording of Toussaint's 2006 performance at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, performing with Elvis Costello.^[5]

It is the last song publicly performed by Allen Toussaint before he died on September 12th, 2015.^[6]

References

↑ Sylvester, Bazaar Retrieved February 20, 2015
↑ Levon Helm, Levon Helm Retrieved February 20, 2015
↑ Bluesiana Hot Sauce, Bluesiana Hot Sauce Retrieved February 20, 2015
↑ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1976 Retrieved February 20, 2015
↑ Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade Retrieved February 20, 2015.
↑ Allen Toussaint performing in Madrid on Sep 11th, 2015

Three Dog Night

Danny Hutton Michael Allsup Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Skip Konte Al Ciner Gary Moon Richard Campbell

Studio albums	Three Dog Night (1968) Suitable for Framing (1969) It Ain't Easy (1970) Naturally (1970) Harmony (1971) Seven Separate Fools (1972) Cyan (1973) Hard Labor (1974) Coming Down Your Way (1975) American Pastime (1976) It's a Jungle (1983)

Live albums	Captured Live at the Forum (1969) Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973)

Compilations	Golden Bisquits (1971) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 (1993) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999)

Singles	"Nobody" "Try a Little Tenderness" "One" "Easy to Be Hard" "Eli's Coming" "Celebrate" "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Out in the Country" "One Man Band" "Joy to the World" "Liar" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Never Been to Spain" "The Family of Man" "Black & White" "Pieces of April" "Shambala" "Let Me Serenade You" "The Show Must Go On" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" "Til the World Ends" "Everybody Is a Masterpiece" "It's a Jungle Out There"

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