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Full Name: Daniel Anthony Hutton
Description: Vocalist, USA
Known For: The original lead vocalist for “THREE DOG NIGHT”
Instruments: Voice
Music Styles: Rock
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 10th September 1946
Location Born: Buncrana, Ireland
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Danny Hutton
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. Hutton was a songwriter and singer for Hanna Barbera Records from 1965-1966. Hutton had a modest national hit, “Roses and Rainbows,” during his tenure as a recording artist for Hanna-Barbera Records. Hutton is the father of Dash Hutton, the drummer in the American rock band Haim.
Hutton moved to the US as a child. Whilst living in Los Angeles, California, he did voice-overs for animated cartoons and had a brief solo recording career when he recorded the single “Roses and Rainbows” (1965).
Three Dog Night was based around the vocal skills of Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells. In 1967, Hutton conceived the idea of a three-vocalist group, and he and Wells enlisted mutual friend Negron. The official commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 states that vocalist Hutton’s then-girlfriend June Fairchild suggested the name after reading a magazine article about indigenous Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep in a hole in the ground whilst embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and if the night was freezing, it was a “three dog night”.
Their first Top Ten hit was “One”, in 1969, while, “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)”, reached #1 a year later. “Joy to the World” became the group’s biggest hit in 1971, and their final #1, “Black and White,” was in 1972; and, their final Top Ten song was in 1974, “The Show Must Go On”. They had 21 hit singles, including 11 Top Ten hits, also 12 consecutive gold albums, from 1969 to 1975. Steve Huey of Allmusic wrote,
In 1967, Hutton conceived the idea of a three-vocalist group, and he and Wells enlisted mutual friend Negron.
They took their name from an Australian expression describing low nocturnal temperatures in the outback (the colder the night, the more dogs needed to keep warm while sleeping).
Their first Top Ten hit was “One” in 1969, while “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)” reached number one a year later. “Joy to the World” became the group’s biggest hit in 1971 and their final number one “Black and White” was in 1972 and their final Top Ten song was in 1974 “The Show Must Go On”.
They had twenty one hit singles, including eleven Top Ten hits also twelve consecutive gold albums from 1969 to 1975.
Three Dog Night officially disbanded in 1977.
Hutton left around 1976 and was replaced by Jay Gruska.
Before the formation of Three Dog Night, Hutton hit #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Roses and Rainbows” in 1965, during his tenure as a recording artist for Hanna-Barbera Records. Hutton also sang vocals with the power trio BBA on their eponymous album released by Epic in 1973.
After Three Dog Night split up, Hutton managed punk rock bands, including Fear. He also fronted Danny Hutton Hitters, whose cover of the Nik Kershaw song “Wouldn’t It Be Good” appeared on the soundtrack for the 1986 film Pretty in Pink.
Hits included
MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME – 1970 by Randy Newman
JOY TO THE WORLD – 1971 by Hoyt Axton
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