Today in Rock and Roll History Nov. 13, 1971 Three Dog Night's "Old Fashioned Love Song" is released in the US, where it will climb to #4 on the Billboard Pop chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart. It was a tune that songwriter Paul Williams would later say that he wrote in twenty minutes. It was originally intended for The Carpenters, but Richard Carpenter turned it down. The duo never did record it, but did perform it live on television with Carol Burnett a few months later. | Johnny Rock a