Danny Hutton

Singer Daniel Anthony Hutton was born on September 10, 1942 in Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland. He moved to America when he was a little boy. Hutton worked at the warehouse for Disney/Buena Vista Records in California. Danny did voice-overs for various cartoons and recorded several singles for both the MGM and Hanna Barbera Records labels in the mid 60s. He also auditioned to be a member of the Monkees, but didn't make the cut. Hutton's charming song "Roses and Rainbows" was a substantial local radio hit in Southern California. In 1968 Danny became a founding member of the enormously popular 70s rock group Three Dog Night; he remained with the band until they broke up in 1977. Moreover, Hutton sang vocals with the power trio BBA on their self-titled 1973 debut album. Following the break up of Three Dog Night Danny worked as a manager for such Los Angeles punk bands as Fear and fronted the group the Danny Hutton Hitters (their cover of the Nit Kershaw song "Wouldn't It Be Good" was fe