His “Shambala” was a minute shorter than the better-known version, and it did make the Billboard 100, reaching No.
Stevenson, a folk/country artist who graduated from Adamson High School, moved to California in pursuit of a career in music, after a stint in the Air Force and years of performing in the Dallas scene. He’d released a recording of “Shambala,” written by his friend Daniel Moore, a week before Three Dog Night hit the charts with it. The Los Angeles-based rock band released “Shambala” in May 1973, and it was on the top 40 for that entire summer.įor Oak Cliff native B.W. That’s a scene in the 1998 movie “The Slums of Beverly Hills,” and the song is Three Dog Night’s recording of “Shambala.” The song plays, and even though it’s an old worn out one, you listen.
