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Danny Hutton
Irish-American singer
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| Birth name | Daniel Anthony Hutton |
| Also known as | Danny Hutton |
| Born | () September 10, (age&#;82) Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, pop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Dunhill, MGM, MCA, Epic, Columbia |
| Member of | Three Dog Night |
| Spouse | Laurie Anne Gaines (m.
) |
Musical artist
Daniel Anthony Hutton (born September 10, ) 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 to [1] He had a modest national hit, "Roses and Rainbows", during his tenure as a recording artist for Hanna-Barbera Records.
Three dog night danny hutton biography Sneed was let go from the band at the same time. Musical artist. In , NBC reported that the band's accountant "was shot in the arm and paralyzed, in what the police believe was a mob dispute over Three Dog Night. Three Dog Night [ edit ].Early life
Hutton was born in Buncrana, Ireland. When he was five, his mother, Kathleen,[2] took him and his siblings (Vincent, 16, and Patricia, 10[2]) to Boston, where most of his extended family already lived.[3] His family was poor, and Hutton's father "bailed" on him.[3]
Kathleen ran a Victorian rooming house, and young Danny had to answer the public phone on the first floor.
At one point, the family housed Elmer "Trigger" Burke, who was going under the alias Mr. Mahoney.[2] When Burke attempted to murder Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe, one of the participants in the Great Brink's Robbery, Kathleen was brought into the local police station to identify Burke.[3] He escaped after dressing as a woman.
Because Kathleen was the one who identified him, the family were under police protection 24/7 for the next six months.[2]
When Hutton was 11 or 12, Kathleen, unable to cope with this new life of constant protection and paranoia, announced that the family were moving to Hollywood.[2][3]
Hutton attended a Catholic school off Hollywood Boulevard, where one of his classmates was a Mouseketeer.[3] During high school, Hutton worked as a dishwasher at a cafeteria.
He also dated Shelley Fabares of The Donna Reed Show. His association with Fabares landed his name in Teen magazine.[3]
After graduating from high school, Hutton took a gap year and travelled to Paris, London, and Liverpool. He then took a ferry to Belfast, and while there, bought a guitar.
Afterward, he cycled back to his birthplace, Buncrana.[3] Hutton stayed in Ireland for a month.[2] After returning to the US, he worked at Walt Disney Records, unloading records from delivery trucks.[4]
Early career
Hutton was asked to join Hanna-Barbera Records and to write and perform all the vocals and instruments for his self–penned songs for the company, which would then release them under fake names and hire bands to perform them, pretending to be the "band" on Hutton's works.[4]
"I was hired as the hip, young guy on the street who knows where all of the action is.
My job was to find talent and record. I ended up doing a lot of the recording myself.
Danny hutton interview Parker and vocalist and bassist Gary Moon replaced Kingery and Manzo in , and were replaced themselves by Mike Cuneo and Richard Campbell during Los Angeles Times , May 23, , pp. FAQ 6 Powered by Alexa. I was shocked.I did this one song, "Roses and Rainbows", and after I did it, wrote it, recorded it and produced it, they said, "You know what? We're going to send you out as an artist." And I had never really performed. I was shocked. They sent me out on tour with Sonny and Cher."[2]
Hutton hit #73 on the Billboard Hot with "Roses and Rainbows" in during his tenure as a recording artist for Hanna-Barbera Records.
His song "Big Bright Eyes" also charted in He sang backing vocals on the track "Sweet Sweet Surrender" with the power trio BBA on their eponymous album released by Epic in
Hutton left Hanna-Barbera Records because he got "completely screwed by them" and moved to Brother Records, where he became friends with Brian Wilson.[2]
Three Dog Night
Main article: Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night was based around the vocal skills of Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells.
In , Hutton conceived the idea of a three-vocalist group, and he and Wells enlisted mutual friend Negron. Lead vocals on songs were shared between Hutton, Negron, and Wells.
Michael allsup biography After graduating from high school, Hutton took a gap year and travelled to Paris , London , and Liverpool. Herald-Mail Media. Download as PDF Printable version. His song "Big Bright Eyes" also charted inHutton sang lead on the least amount of songs; these included "Black and White", "Celebrate" (verse one only), "Liar", "One Man Band", "The Family of Man" (verse one only), and "Your Song".
The official commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, – states that Hutton's then-girlfriend June Fairchild suggested a name for the band after reading a magazine article about indigenous Australians,[5] 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 called a "three-dog night".[6] Musician Van Dyke Parks has disputed this claim, however, and says he, not Fairchild, came up with the name from the magazine.
The band's first Top Ten hit was "One" in "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" reached #1 a year later.
"Joy to the World" became the group's biggest hit in The group's final #1, "Black and White", topped the Hot in "The Show Must Go On" was their final Top Ten song in They had 21 hit singles, including 11 Top Ten hits and 12 consecutive gold albums from to
Steve Huey of Allmusic wrote,
While often criticized as commercial, the band was noted for creative arrangements and interpretations, and their cover choices gave exposure to Harry Nilsson, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman, Hoyt Axton, Russ Ballard and Leo Sayer.
Danny hutton biography Morgan left the band before its first album was recorded and subsequently joined the Electric Prunes. Hutton's charming song "Roses and Rainbows" was a substantial local radio hit in Southern California. Moreover, Hutton sang vocals with the power trio BBA on their self-titled debut album. Parker and vocalist and bassist Gary Moon replaced Kingery and Manzo in , and were replaced themselves by Mike Cuneo and Richard Campbell duringTheir backing musicians included guitarist Mike Allsup, keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, bassist Joe Schermie and drummer Floyd Sneed.[7]
By the hits had stopped, there were several member changes (Coming Down Your Way produced only one Top 40 hit and American Pastime failed to produce a charting single), Negron was taking the leads on many of the band's songs, and Hutton left the group.
Three Dog Night officially disbanded in
The band got back together in the early s and continued with Hutton and Wells along with founding members Allsup and Greenspoon. Greenspoon died on March 11, , and Wells died on October 20, Three Dog Night started a tour in August that did not include Allsup, leaving Hutton as the sole original member.
Hutton continues to lead Three Dog Night, touring regularly throughout the US and Canada.
After Three Dog Night's initial break up, Hutton managed punk rock bands, including Fear.[8] He also fronted the Danny Hutton Hitters, whose cover of the Nik Kershaw song "Wouldn't It Be Good" appeared on the soundtrack for the film Pretty in Pink.[9]
Family
Hutton and his wife, Laurie, have two sons, Dash Hutton (born February 13, )—the former drummer in the American rock band Haim—and Timothy V.
Hutton (born ), a bassist and producer.[2] Laurie has another son, Ty (born ), from another marriage.[2] The sons co-own a recording studio called The Canyon Hut.
Hutton and his family live in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.[10]
Notes
References
- Three Dog Nightmare, Chuck Negron.
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- One Is the Loneliest Number: On the Road and Behind the Scenes With the Legendary Rock Band Three Dog Night, Greenspoon, Jimmy and Bago, Mark. Pharos Books (January ); ISBN&#;