Tommy Tutone

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Tommy Tutone
General information
Genre (s) pop music
founding 1978, 1994
resolution 1983
Website www.tutone.com/
Founding members
Tommy Heath
Guitar, vocals
 Jim Keller
bass
 Terry Nails
Drums
 Mickey Shine
Current occupation
Tommy Heath
Jimmy James
Greg Georgeson
Andy Gauthier

Tommy Tutone is an American pop band founded in 1978 , which in 1982 was able to place a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “867-5309 / Jenny” .

history

The band was founded by singer Tommy Heath and guitarist Jim Keller; the original line-up also included bassist Terry Nails and drummer Mickey Shine. There was a high turnover in the latter two positions, after leaving the band, Nails played for Ozzy Osbourne and Shine for Elvis Costello .

In 1980 the band had their first notable success when their first single "Angel Say No" hit the top 40 on the Billboard charts. The first album was also quite successful with position 68 in the album charts. In the following year the second single "867-5309 / Jenny" climbed to number 4 in the single charts and achieved gold status, the corresponding album reached position 20.

The next album “National Emotion” and the single “Get Around Girl” in 1983, however, missed the audience's taste. The album barely made it into the top 200 and the single never hit the sales charts. Given the failure, the band broke up. Heath revitalized the band in 1994 and released two more albums in 1996 and 1998, but without commercial success.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1980 Tommy Tutone / Tommy Tutone 2 US20 (43 weeks)
US
First published: February 17, 1980
TT2: September 23, 1981
1983 National emotion US179 (3 weeks)
US
First published: April 16, 1983

more publishments

  • 1996: Nervous Love
  • 1998: Tutone.rtf

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1980 Angel Say No
Tommy Tutone 		US38 (8 weeks)
US
First published: May 1980
1981 867-5309 / Jenny
Tommy Tutone 2 		US4 (27 weeks)
US
First published: November 1981

More singles

  • 1982: Which Man Are You
  • 1983: Get Around Girl

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: US