Hoyt Axton - Selective List of Songs

Selective List of Songs

Among his best-known compositions (or co-writing credits) are:

• "Greenback Dollar" covered by The Kingston Trio
• "The Pusher", covered by Steppenwolf on their debut album in 1968. This version was also used in the soundtrack of the classic 1969 motion picture "Easy Rider"
• "No-No Song", which became a No. 3 hit for Ringo Starr in March 1975
• "Never Been To Spain", covered by Three Dog Night, Waylon Jennings, and Elvis Presley
• "Joy to the World", the Three Dog Night hit from April 1971 which held US No. 1 for six weeks
• "Snowblind Friend" (1971), covered by Steppenwolf
• "Lightning Bar Blues" (1973), covered by Brownsville Station and Arlo Guthrie (also a big hit for the Finnish band Hanoi Rocks in the '80s)
• "Sweet Misery" (1974), covered by John Denver
• "The Morning Is Here" (1974)
• "Boney Fingers" (1974)
• "Della and the Dealer" (1979) (Reached the top 20 of the Billboard Country charts in the USA and the top 50 of the British pop charts)
• "Hotel Ritz" (1979)
• "Rusty Ol' Halo" (1979)
• "Hangnail In My Life" Snowblind Album (1977)

"Della and the Dealer" and "Hotel Ritz" both became minor hit singles in the UK after extensive playing by the British D.J. Terry Wogan on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast program of the time.