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All All. Sign In. Charles William Negron II. He grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Charles and Elizabeth Negron. At age fifteen, Negron had already recorded his first single and performed at the legendary Apollo Theater with his doo-wop group The Rondells. Moreover, Chuck played basketball in both schoolyard pick-up games and at Taft High School.

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Negron decided to leave his promising sports career behind in order to pursue music instead. After a brief and helpful tenure with Columbia Records in the mids, Chuck became one of the original founding members of the rock group Three Dog Night in Three Dog Night went on to become one of the most popular and successful rock bands of the s; they not only scored numerous hit songs on the Top 10, Top 20, and Top 40 Billboard pop charts, but also sold millions of records and played to huge audiences at sold-out concerts all over the world.

Alas, by the time Three Dog Night split up in , the rock'n'roll lifestyle had taken a massive toll on Negron.