Tommy James(II)
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tommy James was born on 29 April 1947 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Frequency (2000) and Zodiac (2007).
Composer
Actor
Soundtrack
- Alternative names
- Tommy James & The Shondells
- Born
- Other worksCD (w/Tommy James & The Shondells): "Hanky Panky and Other Favorites" (Columbia)
- Publicity listings
- TriviaTommy James & The Shondells' first hit song, "Hanky Panky", was recorded for Snap Records, a small Michigan label, in 1964, but nothing came of it and the group broke up. Two years later, a DJ in Pittsburgh mistakenly played the record on the air instead of the one he meant to play, and he was soon inundated by calls from listeners wanting to know who did the song. It quickly shot to #1 in the Pittsburgh area and then took off in the rest of the Northeast. James, not being able to find any of the members of the original Shondells who had recorded the song, hurriedly put together a new group. The "Hanky Panky" masters were bought by Roulette Records of New York, which distributed it nationwide and signed James & The Shondells to a contract.
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