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Daniel Anthony Hutton (born September 10, 1942) is an Irish-American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. He was a songwriter and singer for Hanna-Barbera Records from 1965 to 1966. [ 1 ]
The commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 states that vocalist Danny Hutton's girlfriend, actress June Fairchild (best known as the "Ajax Lady" from the Cheech and Chong movie Up In Smoke) suggested the name after reading a magazine article about Aboriginal Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep ...
In 1967, Three Dog Night was founded by Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed, Jimmy Greenspoon, and Michael Allsup.The group was a successful live act in Los Angeles and gathered considerable attention by several record labels.
Since then, Three Dog Night has played a handful of shows yearly with founder and vocalist Danny Hutton still leading the stage. Story editing by Cynthia Rebolledo. Copy editing by Meg Shields.
Danny Hutton – lead vocals (track B3), background vocals; Mike Allsup – background vocals (track B5), guitar; Joe Schermie – background vocals (track B5), bass guitar; Floyd Sneed – background vocals (track B5), drums; Jimmy Greenspoon – background vocals (track B5), keyboards; Production. Producer: Richard Podolor; Engineer: Bill Cooper
Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 is a two-CD anthology of Three Dog Night recordings released in 1993 which includes some pre-3DN material from co-lead singers Danny Hutton and Cory Wells (none from Chuck Negron), as well as an unreleased track "Time to Get Alone", penned and produced by Brian Wilson from the band's brief "Redwood" incarnation.
According to lead singer Chuck Negron's book Three Dog Nightmare, the album's working title was The Wizards of Orange, with a cover featuring the band's members wearing orange make-up and posing in the nude.
When Hoyt Axton performed the song to the group, two of the three main vocalists – Danny Hutton and Cory Wells – rejected the song, but Chuck Negron felt that the band needed a "silly song" to help bring the band back together as a working unit. Negron also felt that the song "wasn't even close to our best record, but it might have been one ...