One of the band’s three lead vocalists, Negron sang „One“ and „Joy to the World,“ among other hits.
Chuck Negron, one of three lead singers in the original lineup of the hit-making Los Angeles band Three Dog Night, died Monday at his home in Studio City. He was 83.
His death was announced by a representative, Zach Farnum, who didn’t specify a cause but said that Negron died peacefully surrounded by his family. For decades, he suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Founded in 1967 by Negron and fellow vocalists Cory Wells and Danny Hutton, Three Dog Night played catchy, polished soft rock — “slick as Wesson oil,” Robert Christgau once wrote — with lush three-part harmonies and tons of melodic hooks. The musicians wrote some of their songs but were better known for interpreting tunes by other songwriters, including Harry Nilsson (“One”), Laura Nyro (“Eli’s Coming”), Randy Newman (“Mama Told Me Not to Come”), Hoyt Axton (“Joy to the World”) and Paul Williams (“An Old Fashioned Love Song”).
