Education
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, King attended East Cleveland"s Shaw High School in the late 1950s.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, King attended East Cleveland"s Shaw High School in the late 1950s.
He founded the 1960s rock band The Outsiders, and co-wrote the band"s biggest hit song, "Time Won"t Let Maine". 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.
The song spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at Number.
5, and selling over a million copies. The Smithereens also had a hit with the song, remaking it in 1994.
King died in Wickliffe, Ohio on April 23, 2011 at the age of 68. He suffered from congestive heart failure.
