In 1966, this was one of my favorites ( I was 8!). I was really loving that bass. What a great year for music. Actually the entire period of the sixties was stellar, starting from my earliest memories of music in 1963. Feeling that pit in my stomach now, missing those times.
+Marathon for Truth Me, too. If I had a time machine...I would go back, get a transister radio, and sit on the beach listening to that music pour over me.
Always loved the Outsiders when I was growing up in nearby Dayton. All their hits got prominent airplay. They had a fantastic 'mirror image' of this song with another hit called 'I'll Give You Time'. Give it a listen!
Jerry Tiffe is the stand out vocal for the chorus parts and the ending. Jerry and Sonny were friends at that time and Sonny was kind enough to ask my brother to sing the background vocals.
'66 sonny geraci..cleveland the outsiders HOW GREAT WAS THIS ONE...i remember this on my first and only 9v transistor radio Hampton, Virginia WGH.....but used to love tuning in the other 50,000 watt monsters at night on that same radio and hearing this and others.....if i remember,,,louisville, chicago, nyc, phila, cklw det/windsor if the sky was clear
I saw The Outsiders live in person when they were touring with The Gene Pitney Show on 5_17_66 at Salina,Kansas's Memorial Hall along with some other rock stars of that era. I will never forget what happened to Sonny a teenage girl tried to pull him off of the stage. Boy did she get into trouble she got kicked out of the auditorium.
Listening to this music I used to have so much energy and strong going so far by walking over New York City I was an teenager 17 now I'm 73 wow time passed so fast Time Won't Let Me go fast & strong any more like does years 1964 . but listening back again WABCRADIO 77 lift my heart againg ! .
When this song came out, I was with a group out of Rochester, New York called "The Dead End Kids", we were touring the mid-west. We were in Michigan and our agent booked us to open for The Outsiders at a show near Kalamazoo, Mi. Needless to say, we were pretty excited to do this gig. When we arrived to set up, their tour bus was parked outside. We met their set up man and asked him if we could meet Sonny and the band. We went to the dressing room, and much to are dismay, Sonny told us to get the fu*k out. So when it came time to open, We opened with "Time Won't Let Me". Needless to say, Sonny and the band came flying out of the dressing room waving their arms for us to stop. It was our way of saying Fu*k You Sonny. To top it off, they really sucked live. The "Dead End Kids" are listed on the WestMichiganHystericalSociety.com
Hey ! Hey ! HEY !!...Grew up in the tail end of the 60s all of the 70s and 80s...those 3 decades of pure honest music "GREAT GOD IN HEAVEN HOW I MISS THAT MUSIC" !!...Play it again Sam 😎
I was born in 1950 female went to Saint Alphonsus in Dearborn Michigan latchkey child last 3 years had every freaking song from the 60s played on my turntable and blasted them loved it will never forget it and I'm still there
A great song from the year of my birth...1966! I believe this was The Outsiders' only major chart hit, peaking @ #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Bravo, Sonny Geraci & Co.!
I was in the Navy when this song came out. I recall being in the studio of an Armed Forces Radio station. Those big studio speakers really set this song off nice!
Yes, the Capitol swirl is awesome! And let's not forget who recorded on it as well as the Outsiders, whose song here is also from my birth year, 1966. The Beatles. Sonny Geraci before Climax-Precious & Few
Bob Pankiewicz and i would do constant pushups in gym class to the beat while singing this song...back when i had upper body strength---This ones for you, Bob. RIP
Everything about Capitol Records was awesome right down to their Capitol Records Building or Tower in L.A. The Tower Built in the form of a stack of 45s on a turntable platter. It is now considered an L.A. historic landmark.
Thank You for all the work you did to put this together. It lets me relive part of my life. I am 70 and lived through all you records. My high school sweetheart dying at age 16, paid trip to Southeast Asia, my wife who died 6 years ago. I get in such a zone I forget to like the presentation (sorry). I grew up with 45 and 33 rpm lol.
Sonny Geraci went on to become the lead singer of the group Climax and had a hit with 'Precious and Few' in the early 70s (Video found elsewhere on RU-vid).
The Outsiders appeared live on stage in a teen dance hall which I frequented in "66" and "67". That night they broke out first off with their hit song Time Won't Let Me. Before the end of "67" the dance hall was shut down. What's the matter with people?
Thanks WowI find out 60 years later LMAO I assumed it was a b side from a popular group like IDK turtles or jerry & pacemakers or lovin'spoonful no idea this was 1963 Wow I never had face to match some songs or even some groups was no MTV back then someday someone will say "I remember song about fish heads or who sang Whip it? thank you again
the london record label was slick as well (cooler than the capitol design i.m.o)...quite modern looking for the time. i was a lil fella aged 6, 1968...knew nothing about rock N roll...my sister had ALL the beatles and stones 45s and still does (someday they'll be mine)...i liked the way the records looked so i played them...all. and in those moments of listening to those records...my life instantly changed. :)
Also, being a Pittsburgher, the Outsiders, something actually good that came out of Cleveland lol! Take no offense anybody, because I actually like Cleveland and the Indians are my 2nd team behind the Pirates and I feel sorry for the Browns
I don't understand your obsession about mono mix sounding music and disdaining stereo. What's the big deal if some songs are in stereo? It's much cleaner and better quality, you actually prefer music in which you hear static in the duration of songs? If you think about it, these bands when recording these songs it never sounded like that. Plus, stereo has been used frequently since the 70s, so it's not so new.
The Giant CK It's real sad to see how much of a child you are. A middle aged man insulting me and telling me to "go in my safe space", very mature. It's sad that people like you can't take criticism and if someone has an opposite opinion, you attack others. Now with that, I think you need a safe space because my opinion towards something so stupid like the "superior" mono, and "inferior" stereo music upsets you so much.
