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Tommy James. Tommy James (born Thomas Gregory Jackson; April 29, 1947) is an American musician, [1] singer, songwriter, and record producer, widely known as frontman of the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Shondells, [2] who were known for their hits including "Mony Mony", "Crimson and Clover" and "I Think We're Alone Now".
Tommy James and the Shondells is an American rock band formed in Niles, Michigan, in 1964. They had two No. 1 singles in the U.S. – "Hanky Panky" (July 1966, their only RIAA Certified Gold record) and "Crimson and Clover" (February 1969) – and also charted twelve other top 40 hits, including five in the Hot 100's top ten: "I ...
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The Official YouTube Channel of Tommy James and the Shondells Tommy James has 23 gold singles, nine platinum albums and has sold over 100 million records worldwide. More than 300 artists have ...
Tommy James' road to superstardom began when a nightclub DJ in Pittsburgh discovered a two-year-old record by "The Shondells" and played it at his weekend dances. The crowd response was so overwhelmingly positive that radio deejays started spinning it and an enterprising record distributor bootlegged it, selling 80,000 copies in ten days.
Apr 4, 2024 · Continuing with our top 10 Tommy James And The Shondells songs list we turn to their Cellophane Symphony album. The record was released in 1969. The song “Sweet Cherry Wine,” was a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number seven. The impact of the late 1960s psychedelic and progressive rock movements seemed to inspire the modest ...
Jan 28, 2023 · Tommy James was 19 in the summer of '66 when “Hanky Panky,” a breakthrough single he’d recorded two years earlier, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Apr 16, 2024 · Tommy James was a 19-year-old from Dayton, Ohio with a No.1 regional hit in Pittsburgh called Hanky Panky when he entered Levy’s orbit in 1966. Over the next six years James and his band The Shondells would give Roulette 23 gold singles and nine platinum albums. In 1968 James’s sales outstripped The Beatles in US.
Apr 29, 2022 · April 29, 2022 Jim Sullivan. Tommy James turns 75 today (Image: Discogs) Tommy James, who hits the 75-year-old mark April 29, has many stories to tell and four years ago he told me a few. These are stories of gain, stories of loss, stories of conflict, and, yes, stories of survival. There’s the string of hits he and his band the Shondells had ...
