Tommy Page
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Tommy Page (born Thomas Alden Page, 24 May 1970, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American singer.
[edit] Career
Page 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 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, Page was the opening act for the New Kids on the Block's seventy-two date, fifty-one city U.S. tour.
Prior to his major break in the U.S., Tommy Page was a success in Asia, thanks to promotional tours in Asia and his hit ballad, "A Shoulder To Cry On" (which was also his first U.S. 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".
Page was sixteen 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 Page 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 Page was introduced to Sire Records founder, Seymour Stein.[citation needed]
When Page turned eighteen, he was asked to write the theme tune for the film, Shag (1989 film) and later released it as his first single.
Page'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 Page his first and only No. 1 single in the U.S., "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).
Page's third 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 Page 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, Page released another album, A Friend To Rely On. 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 backing 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, Page even replaced Donny Osmond for three months in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Page 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 U.S. record label.
