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Music Genre

Pop/Rock

Music Style

New Wave, Power Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave, Album Rock

Music Mood

Playful, Lively, Freewheeling, Exciting, Brash, Rousing, Exuberant, Quirky, Manic, Confident, Boisterous, Passionate, Fun, Energetic, Urgent

Wikipedia Text

Tommy Tutone is a New Wave band, best known for its 1982 hit "867-5309/Jenny", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although it is usually referred to as a San Francisco band, it was actually based in Willits, California, at the time that "Jenny" was released. The song became so popular that people in the United States to this day dial this telephone number and ask for Jenny as a prank. Regarding the famous number, "We had people threatening to sue us. It was the Buffalo Chief of Police's daughter's number in New York," said frontman Tommy Heath. Although the band is frequently remembered as a one-hit wonder, it had another top-40 hit on the Hot 100 with "Angel Say No" in 1980, predating "Jenny" by a couple of years.

Music Genre (Text)

Rock, Power Pop, New wave

Year(s) Active

1978 – present

Record Label

Columbia/CBS Records, Spectra Records

Associated Acts

Mona Gnader

Group Members

Tommy Heath, Pete Costello, Jimmy James, Greg Georgeson, Andy Gauthier

Past Group Members

John Cowsill, Terry Nails, Jon Lyons, Mickey Shine, Victor Carberry, Jim Keller, Greg Sutton, Jerry Angel, Joe Lamond