Robert Weinstein (July 16, 1939 – March 16, 2022) was an American songwriter, singer, and music industry executive, whose hit songs, mostly co-written with Teddy Randazzo, include "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and "I'm on the Outside (Looking In)".
[1] While there, he formed a vocal group, The Legends, with fellow students Marshall Samples, Ron Warwell, Richard "Chico" Brunson, Sampson Reese and Dominick Fleres.
[4] Working as part of Costa's production company, Weinstein and Randazzo had some of their biggest successes with comeback hits for Little Anthony and the Imperials in 1964 and 1965, "I'm on the Outside (Looking In)", "Goin' Out of My Head" and "Hurt So Bad", the last of which was also co-written with Bobby Hart.
During the 1960s, he sang, with Boyce, Hart, Kenny Rankin and others, in Randazzo's revue band, performing regular engagements in Las Vegas and elsewhere.
His songs have been recorded by such musicians as The Box Tops, Dionne Warwick, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra.