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Wells, Cory

LC control no.n 91078281
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Personal name headingWells, Cory
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Variant(s)Lewandowski, Emil
See alsoCorporate body: Three Dog Night (Musical group)
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LocatedMalibu (Calif.)
Birth date1941-02-02
Death date2015-10-20
Place of birthBuffalo (N.Y.)
Place of deathDunkirk (N.Y.)
Field of activityRock music Singing
AffiliationThree Dog Night (Musical group)
Vibratos
Enemys (Musical group)
Profession or occupationSingers Rock musicians
Found inTouch me [SR] p1978: label (Cory Wells)
Los Angeles times WWW site, viewed Oct. 22, 2015 (in obituary dated Oct. 21, 2015: Cory Wells, a founding member of the vocal trio behind Three Dog Night, which had nearly two dozen top hits in the late 1960s and 1970s, died Tuesday [Oct. 20, 2015] in Dunkirk, N.Y., at 74; singer; rocker; the group formed in 1968 when co-founder Danny Hutton and Wells met on tour with Sonny and Cher; born Emil Lewandowski in Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 2, 1941; in the early 1960s he moved to California with the Vibratos, which evolved into Cory Wells and the Enemys; released his first solo album in 1978; lived in Malibu for many years until his home was destroyed in the 1994 fire that swept through the area)
Associated languageeng