A long-running American rock band formed in 1967 by Daniel "Danny Hutton" (September 10, 1942-), Cory Wells (February 5, 1941- October 21, 2015), and Charles "Chuck" Negron (June 8, 1942-).
Originally named "Redwood", the band released several albums over a period of nearly ten years, before they disbanded in 1976 after several poorly-received albums as a result of Hutton's and Negron's drug abuse problems.
The disbandment was short-lived, however. Five years later, in 1981, they reunited. While their most recent album was released in 1983, they are still active today, even after Cory Wells' death.
Three Dog Night is best known for the following songs:
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)