American Musician and Composer. Greenspoon, who was the son of silent screen actress Mary O'Brien, will best be remembered as a member and keyboard player for the band, Three Dog Night. He attended Beverly Hills High School and studied at the LA Conservatory of Music. In 1963, he and future Academy Award-winning producer, Michael Lloyd, had their first chart success with the surf group, The New Dimensions. In the 1960's, he played regularly in clubs on the Sunset Strip in the bands Sound of the Seventh Son and The East Side Kids before moving to Colorado in 1966 with the members of The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band to form the group Superband. He moved back to Los Angeles in 1968 where he met Danny Hutton, and formed Three Dog Night. Among other artists and groups he recorded or performed with were, Jimi Hendrix, America, The Beach Boys, Beck, Nils Lofgren, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Buddy Miles, Stephen Stills, Jeff Beck, Chris Hillman, Duck Dunn, Hal Blaine, Leon Russell, The Wrecking Crew and Linda Ronstadt. Greenspoon died from metastatic melanoma which was diagnosed in 2014.
American Musician and Composer. Greenspoon, who was the son of silent screen actress Mary O'Brien, will best be remembered as a member and keyboard player for the band, Three Dog Night. He attended Beverly Hills High School and studied at the LA Conservatory of Music. In 1963, he and future Academy Award-winning producer, Michael Lloyd, had their first chart success with the surf group, The New Dimensions. In the 1960's, he played regularly in clubs on the Sunset Strip in the bands Sound of the Seventh Son and The East Side Kids before moving to Colorado in 1966 with the members of The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band to form the group Superband. He moved back to Los Angeles in 1968 where he met Danny Hutton, and formed Three Dog Night. Among other artists and groups he recorded or performed with were, Jimi Hendrix, America, The Beach Boys, Beck, Nils Lofgren, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Buddy Miles, Stephen Stills, Jeff Beck, Chris Hillman, Duck Dunn, Hal Blaine, Leon Russell, The Wrecking Crew and Linda Ronstadt. Greenspoon died from metastatic melanoma which was diagnosed in 2014.
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