Chuck Negron

Chuck Negron
Background information
Birth name Charles Negron
Born (1942-06-08) June 8, 1942
Manhattan
Genres Rock
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1960–present
Labels Dunhill Records
Associated acts Three Dog Night
Website Official website

Charles "Chuck" Negron (born June 8, 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.

Biography

Negron was born in Manhattan, New York to a Puerto Rican father and a British mother. He grew up in The Bronx, 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 at Allan Hancock College, a small community college in Santa Maria, California; later he played at California State University, Los Angeles.[1]

Career

Music

In 1967, Negron's pal, singer Danny Hutton, invited Negron to join him and Cory Wells; they founded the band Three Dog Night. The group became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, having sold approximately 60 million records and earned gold records for such songs as "One", "Easy to be Hard", and "Joy to the World".[2]

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 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.[3]

He overcame his addiction in September 1991 and embarked on a solo career, recording the albums:

Book

He also wrote his autobiography, Three Dog Nightmare (1999). In the book, Negron attributes his recovery from heroin addiction to his turning to God in desperation, after dropping out from more than 30 drug treatment facilities.[10]

Personal life

In 2006, Negron was featured in an episode of the A&E reality show, Intervention, about his son Chuckie and grandson Noah Bryan Negron.[11] Chuckie was later arrested and sent to state prison after being thrown out of rehab.

Negron also has a stepson, Berry Oakley, Jr., and three daughters: Annabelle Negron, with actress Kate Vernon; and Shaunti Ann Negron and Charlotte Rose Negron,, who performed with him at the Key Club. and at the Hollywood Bowl.

Negron's cousin was the late actor, comedian, painter, and playwright Taylor Negron.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Chuck Negron biography". Ask.com.
  2. ↑ Freeman, Paul (August 15, 2012). "The dark, one-dog night of Chuck Negron".
  3. ↑ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 278. CN 5585.
  4. ↑ Negron, Chuck (1995). Am I Still In Your Heart?. Viceroy.
  5. ↑ Negron, Chuck (1996). Joy to the World. Viceroy.
  6. ↑ Negron, Chuck (1999). Long Road Back. Hip-O.
  7. ↑ Negron, Chuck (2001). Chuck Negron – Live In Concert. Sin-Drome Records.
  8. ↑ Negron, Chuck. Live and In Concert. Delta Distribution.
  9. ↑ Negron, Chuck. The Chuck Negron Story. Delta Distribution.
  10. ↑ Negron, Chuck & Blatchford, Chris (June 1999). Three Dog Nightmare: The Chuck Negron Story (Hardcover, First ed.). Renaissance Books. ISBN 1580630405.
  11. ↑ "Intervention Episode Guide". A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Looseleaf, Victoria (April 27, 2001). "For Negron, It's Totally Cool to Be Unhip". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

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