Chuck Negron, Three Dog Night Singer and Co-Founder, Dies at 83

Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits including “Joy to the World,” “One” and “An Old Fashioned Love Song” for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died Monday. He was 83.

Negron died of complications from heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in Studio City, according to publicist Zach Farnum.

Negron also sang lead on “Easy to Be Hard” and “The Show Must Go On.” The band’s other hits included “Black and White,” “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” “Never Been to Spain” and “Shambala.”

Three Dog Night made it to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” “Joy to the World” and “Black and White.”

In December 1972, the band hosted and performed on the inaugural edition of Dick Clark’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.