Tommy Page
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Tommy Page, full name Thomas Alden Page, is an American singer born May 24, 1970 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He has released ten albums over the course of twelve years. He may be best known for having once appeared on an episode of Full House where he made an appearance at Stephanie's tenth birthday party.
He has so far had a No.1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with I'll Be Your Everything (in 1990), which was a collaboration with the New Kids On The Block. The collaboration was not a surprise as prior to working on this song, Tommy was the opening act for the New Kids On The Block's 72-date, 51-city US tour.
Prior to his major break in the U.S., Tommy Page was a huge success in Asia, thanks to promotional tours in Asia and his hit ballad, A Shoulder To Cry On (which was also his first US Top 30 hit in 1988). He even recorded a duet with Sally Yeh (one of Hong Kong's divas) called I'm Always Dreaming of You.
Tommy was barely 16 when he was a cloakroom attendant in a popular New York nightclub called Nell's, taking the coats of stars like Whitney Houston, Rob Lowe and the Beastie Boys. The job gave Tommy a chance to play his demo tape to the house DJ, who then used the demos as part of his club mixes. The unknown sounds were so impressive that soon Tommy was introduced to Sire Records founder, Seymour Stein.
When Tommy turned 18, he was asked to write the theme tune for the film, Shag (1989 film) and later released it as his first single.
Tommy's self-titled debut album was released under Sire Records (Warner Music) in November 1988 and contains hits like A Zillion Kisses, Turning Me On and, of course, A Shoulder To Cry On.
The follow-up album, Paintings In My Mind (which was dedicated to his grandmother) gave Tommy his first and only No.1 single in the US, I'll Be Your Everything. Other singles which were released from the album after that were When I Dream of You and Turn On The Radio (another New Kids On The Block collaboration).
Tommy's 3rd album is From The Heart where his vocals reached more higher notes. On this album, the ballads were more orchestral. The first single, Whenever You Close Your Eyes saw Tommy working with Michael Bolton and Diane Warren. Under The Rainbow and Madly In Love were released as singles thereafter.
As an appreciation to his fans in Asia, Tommy released another album, A Friend To Rely On in Asia. It contains the duet with Sally Yeh as mentioned above as well as a remake of Nik Kershaw's Wouldn't It Be Good and a song penned with Donna DeLory (Madonna's backup singer) called Heaven In Your Eyes. As house music was the current trend, the upbeat songs were produced in such form.
Before releasing his next album, Time, Tommy even replaced Donny Osmond for 3 months in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Tommy concentrated on releasing his other albums after that in Asia, especially when he was no longer signed to Sire Records but to Pony Canyon Records instead. He recorded more duets with Asian singers like Liz Kong (from Hong Kong) and Amy Mastura (from Malaysia).
His latest album, Ten 'Til Midnight is only available for sale on-line.
In 2003 he put out a DVD collection of his music videos which is on sale through his website www.tommy-page.com. He is currently working as VP of A&R in a major US record label.
