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Chuck Negron Three Dog Night Singer Dead at 83

Chuck Negron -- one of the founding members and frontman of rock band
Three Dog Night -- has died.

The singer died on Monday at his home in Studio City, CA surrounded by
family, according to his obituary. A cause of death has not been
immediately revealed, but the singer battled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), for decades, and suffered from heart failure at the end of
his life.

Negron was born in 1942 and raised in the Bronx, New York, and moved to
Los Angeles to play basketball for California State University. During
this time, he explored music as he had grown up singing in doo wop groups.

He formed Three Dog Night in 1967 with Danny Hutton and the late Cory
Wells, and their genre-defying blend of R&B, rock rCynrCO roll and urban doo- wop music paired with modern, forward-looking production helped them
become one of the biggest groups of the rCy60s and early rCy70s.

Some of their biggest songs include "Joy To The World (Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog)," "One (Is The Loneliest Number)," "Easy To Be Hard," "Black and White" and "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)." The band's final Billboard Hot
100 hit came with 1975's "Til the World Ends." The band broke up in 1976
due to internal conflicts.

Negron struggled with his skyrocketed fame and fell into deep drug use --
he even spent his entire earnings on drugs and hit rock bottom when he
called Skid Row his home. After cycling through rehab several times, he
got clean in 1991 and pulled off a major comeback, launching a successful
solo career that saw him release 7 albums between 1995 and 2017.

He recalled his ups and downs with addiction in his acclaimed 1999 book, "Three Dog Nightmare."

He is survived by his wife Ami Albea Negron, his children Shaunti Negron Levick, Berry Oakley, Charles Negron III, Charlotte Negron, and Annabelle Negron, his brother Rene (Jody) Negron, sister Denise (Janey) Negron and
his 9 grandchildren, 5 nieces and 2 nephews.

He was 83.

RIP
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Chuck Negron Three Dog Night Singer Dead at 83
He formed Three Dog Night in 1967 with Danny Hutton and the late Cory
Wells, and their genre-defying blend of R&B, rock rCynrCO roll and urban doo- >wop music paired with modern, forward-looking production helped them
become one of the biggest groups of the rCy60s and early rCy70s.

Some of their biggest songs include "Joy To The World (Jeremiah Was A >Bullfrog)," "One (Is The Loneliest Number)," "Easy To Be Hard,

Negron sang lead on those.

"Black and White"

Hutton.

and "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)."

Wells.

The band's final Billboard Hot
100 hit came with 1975's "Til the World Ends."

Negron. He also sang lead on "The Show Must Go On," another pretty big hit
that I liked.

David Carson
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On 2/6/2026 11:27 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:

Some of their biggest songs include "Joy To The World (Jeremiah Was A
Bullfrog),"

Wasn't that previously noted on here as
being by Hoyt Axton?

Written and recorded in 1971 by Hoyt Axton

"One (Is The Loneliest Number),"

Written and recorded in 1967 by [Harry] Nilsson

"Easy To Be Hard,

Written in 1967 for the musical "Hair"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt McDermott

Negron sang lead on those.

"Black and White"

Written in 1954 by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson

Hutton.

and "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)."

Written in 1966 and recorded in 1970 by Randy Newman

Wells.

The band's final Billboard Hot
100 hit came with 1975's "Til the World Ends."

Written in 1975 by Dave Loggins

Negron. He also sang lead on "The Show Must Go On," another pretty big hit >> that I liked.

Written in 1973 by Leo Sayer (who recorded it) and David Courtney

David Carson

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David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote: >>https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/03/three-dog-night-singer-chuck-negron-dead/

Chuck Negron Three Dog Night Singer Dead at 83
He formed Three Dog Night in 1967 with Danny Hutton and the late Cory

The name apparently comes from a past tradition of
having dogs share one's bed for warmth on very cold
nights (a three dog night being a very cold one indeed).

I do not know if it inspired the name of a local band
whose competence my parents deplored,"The Dog's Breath"
(circa 1970).

Wells, and their genre-defying blend of R&B, rock rCynrCO roll and urban doo- >>wop music paired with modern, forward-looking production helped them >>become one of the biggest groups of the rCy60s and early rCy70s.

Some of their biggest songs include "Joy To The World (Jeremiah Was A >>Bullfrog),"

Wasn't that previously noted on here as
being by Hoyt Axton?

"One (Is The Loneliest Number)," "Easy To Be Hard,

Negron sang lead on those.

"Black and White"

Hutton.

and "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)."

Wells.

The band's final Billboard Hot
100 hit came with 1975's "Til the World Ends."

Negron. He also sang lead on "The Show Must Go On," another pretty big hit that I liked.

David Carson

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