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Emmett Peter "Sonny" Geraci (pronounced "Jer-ah-see"; November 22, 1946 – February 5, 2017) [1] was an American singer, best known as lead singer of musical groups The Outsiders and Climax. Biography
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 ...
The hit record was sung by Sonny Geraci. ... U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [4] 1 U.S. Record World The Singles Chart [11] 1 U.S. Record World The M.O.R. Chart [12] 3 Year-end ...
This album includes all four sides of the band's first two singles, all of which were written by Tom King and Chet Kelley. Their best-known song, "Time Won't Let Me" was a Top 5 single in early 1966, and used elements of both Merseybeat and Motown that were dominating the charts in that time period: a brass section, a la the Motown sound, with the big beat formula of the Beatles.
"Time Won't Let Me" is a garage rock song that was recorded by the Outsiders in September 1965. The song became a major hit in the United States in 1966, reaching No.5 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of April 16 of that year. [2]
Climax descended from the 1960s hit band The Outsiders. [3] Former Outsiders members Geraci, Nims, and D'Amico, along with new member Guttman recorded and released one single under the Outsiders name ("Changes"/"Lost in My World") and another issued as a solo single by Geraci ("Lovin' You"/"Think I'm Fallin'"), but when Tom King of the original band threatened legal action, the name of the ...
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The first two tracks are both sides of the second single that was released by Sonny Geraci for the new band that he organized in Los Angeles; the single was released under the name "the Outsiders" but was later credited to Climax. The earlier single released in this manner was included in the bonus tracks on the first of the two Liberty Bell CDs.