LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits including \u201cJoy to the World,\u00a0\u00bb \u201cOne\u201d and \u201cAn Old Fashioned Love Song\u201d for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died Monday. He was 83.<\/b>
\nChuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits including \u201cJoy to the World\u00a0\u00bb, \u201cOne\u201d and \u201cAn Old Fashioned Love Song\u201d for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died Monday. He was 83.
He died of complications from heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to his publicist Zach Farnum.
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Among other hits Negron sang lead on were \u201cEasy To Be Hard\u201d and \u00ab\u00a0The Show Must Go On.\u201d He was dismissed from the band in late 1985 because of recurring drug issues.
In 1967, Negron joined Danny Hutton and Cory Wells to form Three Dog Night, a vocal trio with roots in R&B, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, and urban doo wop. They found success two years later with their first million-selling single \u201cOne,\u201d written by Harry Nilsson.<\/p>\n