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The band included three lead vocalists — Danny Hutton , Chuck Negron , and Cory Wells — and Michael Allsup on Guitar , Floyd Sneed on Drums , Joe Schermie (from the Cory Wells Blues Band ) on Bass , and Jimmy Greenspoon on Keyboard s. The band was the protegĂ© of Beach Boys producer, composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist Brian Wilson , and initially went by the name Redwood. The band changed their name based on an article describing how Australian Aborigine s slept with their dogs for warmth on cold nights, the coldest being a "three-dog night." Three Dog Night collected no fewer than fourteen gold albums and recorded twenty-one '' Billboard '' Top 40 hits, nine of which went gold. Dunhill , their record company, claimed 40 million units sold by them. Their use of songs by Randy Newman (" Mama Told Me Not To Come ", their only Top 10 hit in the UK), Laura Nyro ("Eli's Coming"), Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World"), Elton John & Bernie Taupin ("Lady Samantha"), Leo Sayer ("The Show Must Go On"), and Harry Nilsson ("One") were the first major hits for songs by these singer/songwriters. Joe Schermie quit in 1973 and was replaced by Jack Ryland . The band then became an eight-piece with the induction of another keyboards player, Skip Konte . However, by this time the band had stopped recording and they broke up in 1975 . In the mid-1980s Three Dog Night began appearing again, and as of 2006 they are still touring actively. The current lineup features founding members Wells and Hutton on lead vocals, keyboardist Greenspoon and guitarist Allsup, with new members Paul Kingery on bass & vocals and Pat Bautz on drums. Chuck Negron is no longer with the band, but on March 26 , 2006 he was featured on an episode of the A&E Reality Show , '' Intervention ''. His son, also named Chuck, was heavily addicted to Heroin . DISCOGRAPHY
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