Paul Revere

He wasn't the frontman, the lead singer, or the key musician in the group that bore his name, but Paul Revere, who led Paul Revere & the Raiders from 1960 until his death in 2014, was the idea man who built the act from just another band on the Pacific Northwest teen scene into one of the great rock & roll show bands of their day, with their own TV show and a long string of hit records. And while the Raiders' days as stars were over by the mid-'70s, Revere tirelessly (and successfully) dedicated himself to keeping the band alive on the oldies circuit, and he was barnstorming w...