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Tom King (musician)
Thomas R. King (July 13, 1942 – April 23, 2011)〔()〕〔("Tom King Cleveland Rock Pioneer Dies" ''clevescene.com'' ) 25 April 2011〕 was an American songwriter, guitarist, and arranger. He founded the 1960s rock band The Outsiders, and co-wrote the band's biggest hit song, "Time Won't Let Me".
==Life and career==
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, King attended East Cleveland's Shaw High School in the late 1950s. He formed The Starfires, also known as Tom King & the Starfires, at the age of 15. He formed the rock band The Outsiders in 1965, as a continuation of The Starfires. King co-wrote the band's 1966 hit "Time Won't Let Me", from the album of the same name, with brother-in-law Chet Kelley. The song spent 15 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5, and selling over a million copies. The Smithereens also had a hit with the song, remaking it in 1994. King won a BMI award for the song having been played on the radio over four million times.
King died in Wickliffe, Ohio on April 23, 2011 at the age of 68.〔("PASSINGS: Harold Garfinkel, Gerald Allison, Tom King, Ronald D. Asmus, Christian Ferry" ''latimes.com'' ) 5 May 2011〕 He suffered from congestive heart failure.〔
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