# Cory Wells (3 Dog Night vocalist) has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407 "2015-10-21T22:42:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/1 "2015-10-21T22:42:43Z")
[CNN link.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/entertainment/three-dog-night-cory-wells-dead-feat/index.html) Died at home at age 74. He had a good run. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/2 "2015-10-22T00:01:20Z")
He’s on the road to Shambala ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/3 "2015-10-22T00:10:09Z")
Sure as I’m sittin’ here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/4 "2015-10-22T00:15:45Z")
Gloom To The World ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/5 "2015-10-22T00:23:12Z")
Oh, I so enjoyed them back in the day. I think I’ll go listen to Pieces of April in his honor. RIP Cory. You filled my dreams when I was young. Oh darn it, now I’m crying. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/6 "2015-10-22T00:33:56Z")
I never could keep these three faces straight in my mind.[Chuck Negron did interviews about heavy heroin use](http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101729,00.html) and being homeless. He cleaned up. Don’t recall much about the other two. great band. I didn’t know they had reformed and were touring again. I guess losing Wells will end their run. > [@](#): > > Three Dog Night was distinctive for having three lead singers: Wells, Hutton and Chuck Negron. They drew from a variety of influences, Wells and Hutton told CNN in 2004. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/7 "2015-10-22T07:00:10Z")
Pictures of the three vocalists at this link. Cory is the one with the stash. > **[Cory Wells of Three Dog Night dies in upstate New York aged 74](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3283842/Cory-Wells-Three-Dog-Night-dies-suddenly-age-74-upstate-New-York-four-decade-music-career.html)** > > Wells experienced acute back pain weeks ago and died suddenly on Tuesday in Dunkirk, where he had lived, bandmate Danny Hutton said. His biggest hit was Mama Told Me Not To Come. This is one of those groups that I heard a lot on the radio. But can’t recall ever seeing on tv. None of the shows, Midnight Special, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert , Soul Train, or the others. They may have appeared and I missed them. But I watched nearly every weekend back then. My favorite song has to be Joy to the World. Man they sang the heck out of that song. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/8 "2015-10-22T09:29:15Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Pictures of the three vocalists at this link. Cory is the one with the stash. > [Cory Wells of Three Dog Night dies at the age of 74 in New York | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3283842/Cory-Wells-Three-Dog-Night-dies-suddenly-age-74-upstate-New-York-four-decade-music-career.html) > > This is one of those groups that I heard a lot on the radio. But can’t recall ever seeing on tv. None of the shows, Midnight Special, Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert , Soul Train, or the others. They may have appeared and I missed them. But I watched nearly every weekend back then. > > My favorite song has to be Joy to the World. Man they sang the heck out of that song. The guy in the middle with the stash is Chuck Negron, not Cory Wells. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/9 "2015-10-22T09:55:54Z")
[Here’s Cory leading off, “Eli’s Coming.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CuNBengxaQ) Pretty damn cool. Weird. I’ve been listening to them quite a bit the past few weeks, and now this. I was thinking of starting a thread about them. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/10 "2015-10-22T10:40:23Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > …This is one of those groups that I heard a lot on the radio. But can’t recall ever seeing on tv… So I guess you missed it when Wells appeared on [The Beverly Hillbillies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD9V1bh7HFA)? Jane Hathaway seemed to dig him. mmm ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/11 "2015-10-22T17:15:18Z")
“Time goes on and time goes by. Born in bed, in bed we die.” R.I.P. Cory ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cory-wells-3-dog-night-vocalist-has-died/735407/12 "2015-10-22T17:44:13Z")
Three Dog Night, Chicago, and Blood Sweat and Tears were the soundtrack to my high school years. Since I had a terrific time in high school, those songs always bring a smile. Thank you, Cory, for your role in that soundtrack. Rest well.