In 1967, singer Danny Hutton invited Chuck Negron to join him and Cory Wells to form the band Three Dog Night. The group became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, selling approximately 60 million records and earning Gold records for singles that featured Negron as lead vocalist, including "Joy to the World", "One", "Mama Told Me Not to Come", "Old Fashioned Love Song", and "Easy to Be Hard".
Back in 2001, Chuck joined me to talk about his book "Three Dog Nightmare," in which he described his life as a high school athlete and a member of a successful rock band. He talked about his descent into drug abuse and attributes his recovery from heroin addiction to his turning to God in desperation after dropping out of more than thirty drug treatment facilities.
Chuck Negron passed away on February 2nd, 2026 at the age of 83-clean and sober.
Godspeed.
