Three Dog Night show helps homeless youths

The 1970s chart-topping band Three Dog Night will perform a benefit concert June 30 at Moonlight Amphitheater in Vista to help homeless youths.

Billed as a Concert for Hope, the show is a fundraiser for Doors of Change, which since 2001 has helped homeless youths in San Diego County, placing more than 2,300 in safe housing.

Three Dog Night had 21 top-40 hits between 1969 and 1975, with “Mama Told Me Not to Come,” “Joy to the World” and “Black and White” reaching No. 1 in the U.S. The band is credited with introducing mainstream audiences to such songwriters as Paul Williams, who penned their hit “An Old Fashioned Love Song,” and Hoyt Axton, who wrote “Joy to the World.”

The band also boosted the careers of songwriter Laura Nyro (“Eli’s Coming”), Harry Nilsson (“One”), Leo Sayer (“The Show Must Go On”) and John Hiatt (“Sure as I’m Sittin’ Here”). Other popular songs by the band include “Easy to be Hard,” “Celebrate,” “One Man Band,” “Liar” and “Never Been to Spain.”

Three Dog Night had more top-10 hits, sold more records and had more concert sales than any group between 1969 and 1974. The touring band includes Danny Hutton, one of the three original members from 1967.

The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. June 30 at Moonlight Amphitheater, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive in Vista. A VIP reception is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Tickets range from $49 to $159 and are available at the Moonlight Amphitheater website, my.moonlightstage.com/events.

Local TV personalities Catherine Garcia and Jeff Zevely will co-emcee the event.

Following COVID-19 protocol, masks must be worn and proof of vaccination or of testing within 48 hours are required.

Doors of Change originally was known as Photocharity, which provided music lessons and other services for homeless youths.