Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Canine Night time, handed away Monday, February 2, after battling a number of well being points.
Negron supplied the unmistakable lead vocals on classics reminiscent of Pleasure to the World, One, An Previous Original Love Track, Simple to Be Arduous, and The Present Should Go On, in the course of the band’s peak within the late Sixties and early Seventies.
Based on his publicist, Negron handed away at his residence in Studio Metropolis, California, “surrounded by his loving household,” Individuals reported.
“Negron was a testomony to by no means giving up – persevering by way of all the things life throws at you, all the things it’s possible you’ll throw at your self, and striving on,” his publicist mentioned in an announcement.
The musician was born on June 8, 1942, and was raised within the Bronx by his father, Charles Negron, a Puerto Rican nightclub performer, and his mom, Elizabeth Rooke. Following his mother and father’ divorce, when Negron was simply two, he grew up singing in doo-wop teams and enjoying basketball from an early age, ultimately incomes a basketball recruitment to California State College that introduced him to Los Angeles, the place he started working within the music business.
At simply 15, Negron, who ultimately ended up powering a run of chart-topping hits that got here to outline rock and pop radio in the course of the late ’60s and early ’70s, recorded his debut single and took the stage on the iconic Apollo Theater together with his vocal group, The Rondells.
Chatting with the Fast Metropolis Journal in 2004, recalled that evening, saying, “We weren’t simply solely the white group within the constructing. However by our second verse, one thing magical occurred. The viewers began to cheer us on.”
Singer Chuck Negron of Three Canine Night time has handed. He was 83.
His publicist, in an announcement, mentioned “Negron died peacefully at his residence in Studio Metropolis, Calif., surrounded by household.” pic.twitter.com/kontAdcKHZ
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Whereas in LA, the place he attended California State College on a basketball scholarship, Negron teamed up with Danny Hutton and the late Cory Wells to kind Three Canine Night time in 1967.
Regardless of huge success, the band collapsed amid inner conflicts and drug use. Negron later reconciled with Hutton after many years of estrangement, and after overcoming dependancy, rebuilt his life and profession as a solo artist.
In his memoir, Three Canine Nightmare, Negron shared his harrowing journey, writing of the instances he rose to fame, his addictions, his close to death-experiences, and the way he managed to get well.
Negron had been dwelling with persistent obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD) for many years, however that didn’t forestall him from touring. He solely stopped amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chuck Negron was married 4 instances, together with to Paula Louise Ann Goetten, Julia Densmore, Robin Silna, and later his supervisor, Ami Albea, whom he wed in a socially distanced ceremony in 2020. He was the daddy of 5 youngsters, together with daughters Shaunti, Charlie, and Annabelle Negron, in addition to son Chuckie Negron and stepson Berry Oakley Jr.
Based on his publicist, the reason for demise was issues from COPD and coronary heart failure.
“By way of his six many years of success, and all of the ups-and-downs, his massive, unconventional household was most necessary to him,” his publicist mentioned.
Relaxation in peace, Chuck Negron.
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