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Chuck Negron 
Background information Birth name Charles Negron Born June 8, 1942 Origin New York, United States Genres Rock Occupations Singer, songwriter Instruments Vocals, guitar Years active 1960–present Labels Dunhill Records Associated acts Three Dog Night Website Official website Charles "Chuck" Negron (born 8 June 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night, which he helped to form in 1968.
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Biography
Negron was born in Manhattan to a Puerto Rican father and a British mother. He grew up in The Bronx, New York City, where he sang in local doo-wop groups and played basketball both in schoolyard pick-up games and at Taft High School; the latter talent led to his being recruited to play college basketball in California at a small junior college named Hancock College, later he played at California State University, Los Angeles.[1]
Career
He eventually joined singers Danny Hutton and Cory Wells to found Three Dog Night in 1968; that group became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The rock and roll lifestyle took its toll on Negron, and by the time Three Dog Night disbanded in 1976, Negron had a serious heroin addiction problem which began in the early 1970s. In July 1975, the British music magazine, NME, reported that Negron had been arrested for cocaine possession in Kentucky.[2] He overcame his addiction in September 1991 and embarked on a solo career, recording three albums: Am I Still In Your Heart (1995) "Joy to the World" (Christmas CD - 1996) and Long Road Back (1999). He also wrote a 1999 autobiography, Three Dog Nightmare. In the book, Negron attributes his recovery from heroin addiction to his turning to God in desperation, after dropping out of over 30 drug treatment facilities. His fourth solo effort was a double CD set titled Chuck Negron – Live In Concert, recorded at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and released on Sindrome Records, with sidemen Richard Campbell on bass guitar, Danny Mishkit on guitar, keyboards and saxophone, Frank Reina on drums and Terence Elliott on lead guitar.
Personal life
In 2006, Negron was featured on an episode of the A&E reality show, Intervention about his son, Chuckie, and grandson Noah Bryan Negron. His cousin is actor-comedian Taylor Negron. In addition to his son, he has a daughter, Annabelle Negron, with actress Kate Vernon. He also has two other daughters, Shaunti Ann Negron and Charlotte Rose Negron, who performed with him at the Key Club and at The Hollywood Bowl.
References
- Negron, Chuck; Chris Blatchford (2000). Three Dog Nightmare: The Chuck Negron Story. Renaissance Books. 158063155X.
- ^ Chuck Negron biography Ask.com, http://www.ask.com/music/artist/Negron/109129
- ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 278. CN 5585.
External links
Danny Hutton · Cory Wells · Jimmy Greenspoon · Michael Allsup · Paul Kingery · Pat Bautz
Joe Schermie · Chuck Negron · Floyd Sneed · Jack Ryland · Skip Konte · Mickey McMeelStudio albums Three Dog Night (1968) • Suitable for Framing (1969) • It Ain't Easy (1970) • Naturally (1970) • Harmony (1971) • Seven Separate Fools (1972) • Cyan (1973) • Hard Labor (1974) • Coming Down Your Way (1975) • American Pastime (1976) • It's a Jungle (1983)Live albums Captured Live at the Forum (1969) • Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973) • Three Dog Night: Live (1988) • Live with the London Symphony Orchestra (2002)Compilations Golden Bisquits (1971) • Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) • The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) • Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 (1993) • 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999) • The Complete Hit Singles (2004)Singles "Nobody" • "Try a Little Tenderness" • "One" • "Easy to Be Hard" • "Eli's Coming" • "Celebrate" • "Mama Told Me Not to Come" • "Out in the Country" • "Joy to the World" • "Liar" • "One Man Band" • "An Old Fashioned Love Song" • "Never Been to Spain" • "The Family of Man" • "'Black & White" • "Pieces of April" • "Shambala" • "Let Me Serenade You" • "The Show Must Go On" • "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" • "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" • "Til the World Ends" • "Everybody Is a Masterpiece" • "It's a Jungle Out There"Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- American male singers
- American singer-songwriters
- People from New York City
- People self-identifying as alcoholics
- Three Dog Night members
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