Chuck Negron, one of the three founding members of Three Dog Night, has died. He was 83.
In 1967, singer Danny Hutton invited Negron to join him and Cory Wells to found the band Three Dog Night. The group became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, selling approximately 60 million records and earning gold records for singles that featured Negron as lead vocalist, including “One”, “Easy to Be Hard”, “Joy to the World”, “An Old Fashioned Love Song”, “Pieces of April”, “The Show Must Go On”, and “Til the World Ends”.
Three Dog Night was known for the strength of their three lead singers: Negron, Danny Hutton and Cory Wells.
Back L–R: Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed, Michael Allsup and Jimmy Greenspoon.
Front L–R: Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron
And then there was… ahem, One:
Danny, it’s all up to you…
