Tommy Faragher

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Tommy Faragher
Singer, keyboardist and musical composer for the family music group The Faragher Brothers hailing from Redlands, California.
The group recorded two albums for ABC Records ("The Faragher Brothers" 1976 and "Family Ties" 1977) and two albums for Polydor Records ("Open Your Eyes" 1978 and "The Faraghers" 1979).
Tommy signed a publishing deal with 20th Century Fox in 1980 and wrote songs for Peter Criss and Dusty Springfield.
In 1983, Faragher became a featured artist on the soundtrack for the Sylvester Stallone directed John Travolta movie, Staying Alive. Singing two songs "Look Out For Number One" and his own composition "We Dance So Close To The Fire" earned him a Grammy Nomination.
As a keyboardist and vocalist, Tommy worked as a session musician contributing to artists such as, Peter Criss, Melissa Manchester, Ringo Starr, Dusty Springfield, The Pointer Sisters, Patti Austin, Chris Thompson, Randy Edelman, Lou Rawls and Robbie Nevil.
In 1985 Faragher produced the Vanity album Skin On Skin for Motown giving him a top ten R & B single with his composition "Under the Influence".
Signing a publishing deal with MCA Music in 1986 brought Tommy to New York where he produced records for Brenda K Starr, The Jets, Elisa Fiorillo and Arthur Baker.
In 1989 Faragher wrote the top five hit "With Every Beat Of My Heart" for Taylor Dayne. He produced the Paul Young number one AC hit "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" for the Fried Green Tomatoes soundtrack.
Writing and producing tracks for The O'Jays, Al Green, Evelyn Champagne King and Richard Elliot for much of the first part of the '90s, Faragher wrote and produced the top fifteen hit "The Right Kind Of Love" performed by Jeremy Jordan for the Beverly Hills 90210 Soundtrack.
Following that, Tommy wrote and produced a top five record in England, "Oh, Baby, I..." for the girl group Eternal.
Tommy signed a publishing deal as staff writer for Warner Chappell Music in 1996.
In 2000, Faragher was an on screen music producer for the Australian hit tv show "Pop Stars", which spawned the 'American Idol" phenomenon. As executive music producer for the project he mixed the "Bardot" album which shot to number one on the Australian charts as well as the single "Poison" which also went to number one.
Tommy also wrote and produced the single "I Should Have Never Let You Go" which made the top fifteen in Australia.
Faragher signed a worldwide publishing deal with Sony Australia in 2001.