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.
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Biography
Negron was born in Manhattan. 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.
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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 1977, Negron had a serious
heroin addiction problem since the early 1970s. He eventually overcame his addiction and embarked on a
solo career, recording two
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
On
26 March 2006 Negron was featured on an episode of the
A&E reality show,
Intervention
about his son, Chuckie.
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
- Chuck Negron biography Ask.com, http://www.ask.com/music/artist/Negron/109129