The Romantics will preform Live Friday June 3 at 12 Noon at the CSX studios…and On June 4th at Belle Isle Grand Prix at 6pm

The Romantics’ original lineup consisted of lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and harmonicist Wally Palmar, lead guitarist and vocalist Mike Skill, bassist and backing vocalist Rich Cole, and drummer and lead vocalist Jimmy Marinos. All four band members made songwriting contributions to the group, but Palmar and Skill were considered the band’s primary tunesmiths. After a few years of playing local and regional gigs in Detroit and the Midwest, this lineup of the Romantics recorded the band’s self-titled debut album for Nemperor Records in September 1979 with British producer Pete Solley. The group’s true record debut was the 1978 single on Spider Records, “Little White Lies” / “I Can’t Tell You Anything”, followed that year by the Bomp single “Tell It to Carrie” / “First in Line” (on the Bomp! Records label). All of these were re-recorded later for the first LP.

The album yielded the hit “What I Like About You“, which reached No. 49 in the US, No. 12 in the Netherlands, and No. 2 in Australia, where the band was especially popular