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One of my favorite bands from the early 1970s. I was around 10 years old when I got my first transistor radio. The kind that had the white earplug that only went in one ear. And only AM, because FM - what was that?

Which meant I had three choices. Sports, News or Top 40.

So I used to tuck it under my pillow every night and listen to all the Top 40 records at the time. Three Dog Night singles were among the first pop songs I learned.

In a weird twist, I was in Marine Corps Boot Camp in Parris Island in early 1981. I went to chapel one Sunday morning and the guest speaker was Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night! I was in the front row so he was literally right in front of me, as he talked about how he was on top of the world with number one records until he fell into sin and drugs and then finally saved by Jesus.

It was one of those surreal episodes that I thought I just imagined. In fact, almost all of boot camp was a surreal experience for me. But years later, I learned that Chuck did go through quite a rough patch during the middle 1970s and that as part of his therapy, he would go around the country and do these kinds of talks at church services.

Anyway, it's a shame about Cory and damn I'm getting old!