Chuck Negron, Founding Member of Three Dog Night, Dead at 83
Chuck Negron, founding member and former lead vocalist of rock group Three Dog Night, died Monday at the age of 83. He was the voice behind hit songs such as “One” and “Joy to the World.”
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Negron died due to complications of heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in Los Angeles, according to his publicist.
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Born on June 8, 1942, Negron grew up in the Bronx, before being recruited to play basketball by California State University, which would lead him to Los Angeles and eventually to working in the music industry.
He founded Three Dog Night with Danny Hutton and Cory Wells in Los Angeles in 1967. The peak of the band’s success was during a stretch from 1969 to 1975, where the group had 21 Billboard Hot 100 hits inside there top 40, including three No.1 songs.
Around 1975, commercial decline and internal issues between members of the band signaled the beginning of the end for Three Dog Night. The band broke up in 1976.
Negron was part of the Three Dog Night reunion in 1981, but by 1985 he was fired from the group due to issues with drug abuse.
After several stints in reheat, Negron became sober in 1991. He launched a successful solo career, releasing seven studio albums between 1995 and 2017.
