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Road to shambala12/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This is the commercial I ordered it from back in 1970s. The song peaked at #3 in the Billboard 100 and #4 in Canada in 1973. I got home, picked up my Martin guitar and had the music finished in 5 minutes a pretty good 15 minutes. I wrote the words and melody, a capella, driving on the Ventura Freeway in about 10 minutes. ![]() I remember getting excited about the sound of the word, ‘Shambala.’ Before I wrote the song, I called a friend, Eddie Zip, who I’d been working with and telling him, ‘That word Shambala has a magic sound to it, you ought to put together a band and call it Shambala, you couldn’t lose.’ We had just recorded one of his songs titled ‘Don’t Make God’s Children Cry.’ We were getting – ELEVATED! The song’s writer, Daniel Moore, told this story. The word ‘Shambala’ has a spiritual meaning in the Buddhist religion, and some Tibetan Buddhists believe that it is a mythical kingdom or a mystical land hidden somewhere in the Himalaya mountains… I always wondered what “Shambala” meant…now I know. ![]() They were unusual because they had not one, not two…but three lead singers. They were very successful in the late sixties and seventies…songs like Joy To The World, Family of Man, Black and White, The Show Must Go On, etc… They racked up 11 top ten hits and 3 number 1’s… and 21 songs in the Billboard 100 altogether. I ordered Three Dog Night’s Greatest hits off of television. I first heard this song in the seventies and liked it. ![]()
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