( CNN ) -- Paul Revere , leader of the 1960s rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders , died Saturday at his home in Idaho , the band 's website reported . He was 76 . Revere -- whose birth name was Paul Revere Dick , according to a biography on the Internet Movie Database -- was frontman for the band that often performed in three-cornered hats and other clothing harking back to the Ameican Revolution . Revere was born in Nebraska and played in bands in Idaho and Oregon , according to a tribute on the band website written by Roger Hart , who managed the group in the early days . Hart said he took the band to Hollywood and signed them to a deal with CBS/Columbia Records . The band recorded a string of hits in the 1960s and early 1970s , including `` Kicks , '' `` Hungry '' and `` Indian Reservation . '' Revere , the band 's organist , had a hyperactive effervescent stage personality and came to be known as `` the madman of rock ' n ' roll . '' In a tribute on the band 's website , a fan remembered seeing the band for the first time . `` My dad took me to a Paul Revere and the Raiders concert in Buffalo NY in April of 1967 , '' she wrote . `` I think other than the male acts he was the ONLY man there . He said he was deaf for a week afterward , but he admitted he 'd enjoyed the show and the Raiders . The Raiders were always fun and in good taste , parents did n't have to worry . '' The band 's fame grew as the Raiders appeared on `` Dick Clark 's American Bandstand , '' `` Where the Action Is , '' the `` Ed Sullivan Show , '' the `` Tonight Show with Johnny Carson '' and even the `` Batman '' television show , Hart wrote . Revere recognized his debt to Clark . In a CNN.com story , Revere wrote about seeing his mentor six weeks before Clark 's death in 2012 . `` I gave him a hug and told him everything I have and everything I am I owe to him , '' Revere wrote . The band became a fixture on the oldies circuit in later years and had a tour scheduled to start in November . Revere 's cause of death was not disclosed , but Hart said Revere died `` peacefully . '' Besides Revere , the original Raiders included Mark Lindsay , Phil Volk , Drake Levin and Mike Smith , the website said . Levin and Smith have died . People we 've lost in 2014 .
American Bandstand recorded the hits `` Kicks , '' `` Hungry '' and `` Hungry '' , died at his home in Oregon . The Raiders appeared on Band and other TV shows . Revere was knicknamed `` the madman of rock ' n ' roll ''