Sonny Geraci

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Sonny Geraci (22 November 1946 - 5 February 2017) was an American musician and singer, best known as the former lead singer of The Outsiders and Climax. Geraci is of Italian-American heritage from the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. Geraci first became known as the original lead vocalist with The Outsiders, a band from Cleveland, Ohio. The Outsiders recorded for Capitol Records, turning out four Top 40 hits: "Time Won't Let Me", "Respectable (What Kind of Girl Is This)", "Girl in Love", and "Help Me Girl", which was arranged by Chuck Mangione. Geraci's biggest hit song was "Precious and Few" (first released as a single on July 16, 1971) as lead vocalist for Climax, which reached #3 on the Billboard charts. Climax released their debut album, "Climax featuring Sonny Geraci", in 1972. Despite the success of the single, Geraci never released another album with Climax and the group disbanded in 1975. A second album of material was almost completed but never released. In 1983, Sonny assumed the pseudonym Peter Emmett for an MCA project called "The Peter Emmett Story". Intended as a comeback vehicle for Geraci, he was backed in the studio by Donnie Iris's band, The Cruisers. A band called North Coast, pictured on the album sleeve, was put together after the recording had been made with The Cruisers. The band played shows in the Cleveland/Akron area before disbanding a few years later. In 2002, He filled in for his friend Rob Grill as lead vocalist for The Grass Roots and became an

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Greatest Hits: Precious And Few

On The Verge

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Precious & Few

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Classic Pop Orchestra And All-Star Singers

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Music Of The Millenium 1970-1979

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Greatest Hits: Precious And Few (Sonny Geraci)

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Sonny Geraci: Greatest Hits

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Music Of The Millenium 1960-1969

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Precious Few

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Climax

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Greatest Hits - Precious and Few

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Merry Christmas from the Hudecks 2007

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