Chuck Negron

American singer songwriter

Charles Negron II (born June 8, 1942) is an American singer songwriter. He is best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Three Dog Night.

Chuck Negron was born on June 8, 1942, in Manhattan, New York City, to Charles Negron, a Puerto Rican nightclub singer, and Elizabeth Rooke. When Negron was five years old, his parents divorced. Negron and his twin sister, Nancy, were raised by their mother, who placed them in a daycare facility while she supported her young children. Though Negron refers to this facility as an orphanage, it was a mansion in the Bronx that contained a swimming pool, gymnasium, arts and crafts and more. The facility did house some long term residents, though this did not include Negron and his sister. Negron grew up in the Bronx, where he sang in local doo wop groups and played basketball both in schoolyard pick up games and at William Howard Taft High School. He was recruited to play basketball at Allan Hancock College, a small community college in Santa Maria, California and played later at California State University, Los Angeles.

In 2006, Negron was featured in an episode of the A&E reality show Intervention about his son, Chuckie, and grandson, Noah. Negron has been married four times. He married Paula Louise Ann Goetten in 1970 and they divorced in 1973. Together they had a daughter, Shaunti Negron Levick. In 1976, he married Julia Densmore, the former wife of The Doors drummer John Densmore. They were married for twelve years and divorced in 1988. Together they had a son, Charles "Chuckie" Negron III (she has a son, Berry Duane Oakley Jr., from a previous relationship with Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley). In 1993, Negron married Robin Silna. They had a daughter, Charlotte Rose, and divorced in 2001. He married his manager, Ami Albea, on May 9, 2020. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the wedding took place on the balcony of their home, with his two youngest daughters and the minister on the street below. Negron has a daughter, Annabelle Negron, with actress Kate Vernon. Actor Taylor Negron was Negron's cousin.