▁ 1 9 7 2 ; ▁and , ▁their ▁final ▁Top ▁Ten ▁song ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁" The ▁Show ▁Must ▁Go ▁On ". ▁They ▁had ▁ 2 1 ▁hit ▁singles , ▁including ▁ 1 1 ▁Top ▁Ten ▁hits , ▁also ▁ 1 2 ▁consecutive ▁gold ▁albums , ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁Steve ▁H ue y ▁of ▁All music ▁wrote , Wh ile ▁often ▁critic ized ▁as ▁commercial , ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁cre ative ▁arrang ements ▁and ▁interpret ations , ▁and ▁their ▁cover ▁choices ▁gave ▁expos ure ▁to ▁Harry ▁Nil sson , ▁Laura ▁Ny ro , ▁R andy ▁New man , ▁Ho yt ▁A xt on , ▁Russ ▁Ball ard ▁and ▁Leo ▁S ayer . ▁Their ▁backing ▁mus icians ▁included ▁guitar ist ▁Mike ▁All sup , ▁keyboard ist ▁Jimmy ▁Gre ens po on , ▁bass ist ▁Joe ▁Sch erm ie ▁and ▁drum mer ▁F loyd ▁S need . ▁▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁the ▁hits ▁had ▁stopped , ▁there ▁were ▁several ▁member ▁changes ▁( Com ing ▁Down ▁Your ▁Way ▁produced ▁only ▁one ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁hit ▁and ▁American ▁Past ime ▁failed ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁chart ing ▁single ), ▁Neg ron ▁was ▁taking ▁the ▁leads ▁on ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁songs ▁and ▁H utton ▁left ▁the ▁group ; ▁Three ▁Dog ▁Night ▁officially ▁dis band ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁Three ▁Dog ▁Night , ▁an ▁ABC ▁Dun hill ▁Records ▁act , ▁was ▁managed ▁by ▁Reb