Tom & Mick

Tom & Mick & Maniacs
The Maniacs in 1966, left to right: Bernt Liljegren, Christer Jarlstrand, Tommy Körberg, Leif Gyllander and Örjan Englund
Background information
Also known as
  • Tom & Mick
  • The Maniacs
  • The Bootleggers
OriginEnköping, Sweden
Genres
Years active
  • 1965–1968
Labels
Past members
  • Tommy Körberg
  • Michael Johansson
  • Örjan Englund
  • Lasse Englund
  • Leif Gyllander
  • Bo Gyllander
  • Christer Jarlstrand
  • Bernt Liljegren
  • Gunnar Kullenberg
  • Ingvald Waldenström
  • Lars Norberg
  • Stephan Möller
  • Johnny Lundin

Tom & Mick (also known as Tom & Mick & Maniacs or simply The Maniacs) were a Swedish band formed in 1965 in Enköping, Sweden. They were only active for three years though managed to release an album and a handful of singles, of which "Please, Please, Please" became their first hit. During their last two active years, they were fronted by Tommy Körberg (Tom) and Michael Johansson (Mick), one of the first dual-vocalist pop groups in Sweden at the time Retrospectively, they are best known for their single "Somebody's Taken Maria Away" which topped the Swedish charts, and for starting the career of Körberg, who would go on to become one of the most well known musicians in Sweden.

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