‘Joy To The World’ by Three Dog Night peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1971)

(Saturday, April 17, 1971) — “Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of six consecutive weeks (April 17/24, May 1/8/15/22, 1971).