The Society of Seven opened at the Main Showroom of the Outrigger Waikiki in 1969 for what was originally a four-week engagement in place of Tommy Sands.  There was considerable turnover in the roster in the years that followed- three members of the group, Danny Ruivivar, Terry Lucido and Gary Bautista (who joined in 1984), died, and more than 14 others came and went during the next four decades.  However, two members of the original 1969  SOS group-SOS leader Tony Ruivivar and vocalist Bert Sagum, both also members of the original Fabulous Echoes group-were still there when the group celebrated its 32nd anniversary at the Outrigger in 2001.  That is believed to be the record for a Waikki act as the headliner of single major venue (Don Ho was a Waikki headliner for 43 years, but he headlined several different venues between 1964 and 2007; Danny Kaleikini, another major Hawaiian entertainer, headlined the Maile Terrace at what was then the Kahala Hilton, a few miles outside Waikki, for 27 years (1967-1994).

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In 2001, a second troupe was formed, Society of Seven LV.  When the formation of the SOS LV was first announced the publicists said that the original SOS group would remain based in Waikki and the younger group, with the "LV" short for Las Vegas would be based in Las Vegas.  However, the original SOS eventually moved to Las Vegas and the Society of Seven became the resident version of the group at the Outrigger, though the original Society of Seven has returned to Hawaii for several concert-style performances at the Hawaii Theater in downtown Honolulu.

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The original SOS group received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) in 2007.  The group was voted "the Best Show in Waikki" by the readers of Honolulu Magazine.