13 Facts About Jimmy Greenspoon

James Boyd Greenspoon was an American keyboard player and composer, best known as a member of the band Three Dog Night.

Jimmy Greenspoon was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Beverly Hills.

Jimmy Greenspoon attended Beverly Hills High School along with Richard Dreyfuss, Bonnie Franklin, his childhood friends producer, Michael Lloyd and drummer, songwriter, singer Art Guy.

Jimmy Greenspoon attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and studied with west coast piano instructor, Harry Fields.

Jimmy Greenspoon worked on the Sunset Strip in the 1960s with the groups Sound of the Seventh Son and The East Side Kids.

Jimmy Greenspoon's bands held residence at The Trip, Stratford on Sunset Brave New World, Bidos Litos, Ciros, and The Whiskey.

In late 1966, Jimmy Greenspoon moved to Denver, Colorado, with the members of The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and formed the group Superband.

In 1968, Jimmy Greenspoon moved back to Los Angeles, where he met Danny Hutton, and subsequently formed Three Dog Night.

Jimmy Greenspoon played with Three Dog Night the entire time they existed in his lifetime, from their formation in 1967 until their breakup in 1976 including all their albums, then again when they reformed in 1981 until his death in 2015, a total of 43 years.

Jimmy Greenspoon was the longest-tenured of the band's musicians, closely followed by guitarist Michael Allsup who spent 40 years onboard.

Jimmy Greenspoon served as an Entertainment and Media Consultant with the Murry-Wood Foundation and composed original music for the movie Fragment, produced by Lloyd Levin.

In 2014, Jimmy Greenspoon was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, and stopped touring with Three Dog Night.

Jimmy Greenspoon died of cancer on March 11,2015, in North Potomac, Maryland, at the age of 67.