The Outsiders (American band)

The Outsiders
The band in 1967. Tom King (seated), and standing left to right: Mert Madsen, Sonny Geraci, Ricky Baker, and Bill Bruno.
The band in 1967. Tom King (seated), and standing left to right: Mert Madsen, Sonny Geraci, Ricky Baker, and Bill Bruno.
Background information
OriginCleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Genres
Years active1965–1970
LabelsCapitol
MembersRicky Biagiola
Jimmy Aschenbener
Rik Storm
Rob Mitchell
Past membersTom King (died 2011)
Sonny Geraci (died 2017)
Mert Madsen
Al Austin
Ronnie Harkai (died 2022)
Denny Benson
Rick Biagiola (Rick Baker)
Bill Bruno
Richard Kriss
Jim Fox
Walter Nims
Rob Mitchell
Nick D'Amico
Mike Geraci
Evan Vanguard
Tommy Baker
Richard D'Amato
Pete Shelton
Richie D'Angelo
Dan Donavan
Mike Schillinger
Joe Prodrasky
Mario Vinciguerra
Ron Durback
Websitetheoutsidersusalive.com
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The Outsiders were an American rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio, that was founded and led by guitarist Tom King. The band released the hit single "Time Won't Let Me" in early 1966, which peaked at No. 5 in the US in April. The band had three other Hot 100 top 40 hit singles in 1966, but none on the Hot 100 afterwards, and released a total of four albums in the mid-1960s.

Allmusic described the act's style: "Part of the secret behind the Outsiders' musical success lay in the group's embellishments [with horns and strings], which slotted in perfectly with their basic three- or four-piece instrumental sound ... however bold and ambitious they got, one never lost the sense of a hard, solid band sound at the core."[1]

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce, AllMusic, Biography of the Outsiders. Retrieved February 5, 2008.