The Raspberries

The Raspberries were a rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio in the 1970s. Heavily influenced by the British Invasion era - especially The Beatles, The Who, The Hol

The Raspberries were a rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio in the 1970s. Heavily influenced by the British Invasion era - especially The Beatles, The Who, The Hollies, and The Small Faces - and its Mod sensibility, they helped pioneer the power pop style. Their most well known songs were "Go All The Way" from their first album, "Raspberries", " I Wanna Be With You", from their second album, "Fresh", and "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" from their fourth album "Starting Over".

The group had its roots in two popular 1960s Ohio bands, The Choir and Cyrus Erie. The Choir had a more extensive repertoire of original songs, notably "It's Cold Outside," which parlayed its massive local success into a nationally-charting single (peaking at #68). But though the Choir had the hit, Cyrus Erie was the better-drawing local act, relying instead on cover versions. Frequent personnel changes occurred, with musicians sometimes jumping from one band to the other, then back again. Both acts had disbanded by 1970, and members from each combined to form the Raspberries.