Tom Zanetti

Tom Zanetti
Birth name Thomas Byron Courtney[1][2]
Born (1989-07-02) July 2, 1989[3]
Belle Isle, Leeds[4]
Genres Dance[5], House music[6]
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, producer[7]
Years active 2000-present[8]
Labels Sony Music[9]
Associated acts Sadie Ama

Thomas Byron Courtney (born 2 July 1989) known professionally as Tom Zanetti is a British singer-songwriter and model, best known for his hit single, "You Want Me" featuring British R&B singer, Sadie Ama which charted in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland and Scotland.

Career

Zanetti started his musical career at the age of 17, where he was performing for free, until he realised that he could be just put on his own events instead.[8] Zanetti is an entrepreneur,[10] He owns his own companies, most notably Sleepin' Is Cheatin, which provide musical events and entertainment.[11] Zanetti also owns four festivals which have four businesses overseas in Tenerife, Ibiza and Magaluf which are "doing really well", according to his interview with the Official Charts website. Zanetti's also setting up his own clothing label and barbers.[12] Zanetti owns a restaurant called La Fuego Tapas Restaurant and Bar which is located in Leeds.[13] Zanetti's interest in dance music was apparent from an early age. Zanetti recorded a CD with him MCing over a bassline before he went to work night clubs in the city, as well as promoting them. Zanetti decided to create music festival, Insomnia, with his business partner, Kane "Kokane" Towning, who he describes as a "brother".[14]

Personal life

Zanetti has lived in Gipton, Belle Isle and Rothwell in Leeds. Zanetti went to school in Rothwell to Royds School and he got expelled and moved to Tinshill Learning Centre until he was 16. Regardless of being expelled, Zanetti claims that he "got on with his work and was in top set for everything", he just wasn't always there and didn't always follow the rules.[15] Zanetti found out he was going to be a dad at the age of 16, which he wasn't prepared for at that age. Zanetti has had many jobs at a young age, which include working in a warehouse, where he made pallets from 6am to 6pm, he was also a butcher, window cleaner, bricklayer and milkman. Zanetti's girlfriend, Lizzie died in a car accident on August 10, 2010.[16] Zanetti has one son, Deaconn (11 October)[17][18], who has made an appearance in one of his music videos.[19]

Filmography

Filmography

List of film performances
Year Title Role Notes Source
2016 Road Ronnie [20][21]
List of television performances
Year Title Role Notes Source
2014 The SIC Life With Tom Zanetti Himself Reality TV show [22][23][24][25]
2015 First Dates Himself Series 3, Episode 7 [26][27][28][29][30]
2017 Katie Price: My Crazy Life Himself Series 6 [31][32][33]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions
BEL IRE SCO UK
[34]		 UK
Dance
"Goin' In" (featuring Jack Walton) 2014 — — — — —
"Darlin'" 2015 — — — — —
"Darlin'" (Amine Edge & DANCE Remix) 2016 — — — — —
"You Want Me" (featuring Sadie Ama) 39 38 29 22 7
"Uber" (with LiTek featuring Curtis Clacey)[35] 2017 — — — — —
"More & More" (featuring Karen Harding)[36] — — 81 73 —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ "COURTNEY THOMAS BYRON" - ACE Repertory". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "My surname on my passport is Courtney, which is my Dad’s surname – he’s from an Irish background. After my parents split up I took my mum’s surname which is Zanetti. As a kid I used to think it sounded cooler as well!". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "TOM ZANETTI BIRTHDAY PARTY - I would like to invite you to celebrate my birthday on Saturday 2nd July in Leeds.". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "the 27-year-old from Belle 
Isle is on the cusp of the big time.". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Genres: Dance, Music - You Want Me (feat. Sadie Ama) - Single by Tom Zanetti on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fans of House music will already be well aware of Tom Zanetti". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "I’m a vocalist and producer and I run a lot of businesses". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. 1 2 Copsey, Rob. "I started performing my own tracks in clubs when I was 17. I was doing it for free for about a year, until I realised I could just put on my own events instead. The shows kept getting bigger and better, and it all went from there". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "℗ 2016 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited" - You Want Me - iTunes". www.itunes.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Copsey, Rob. "Get to know the singer/DJ/producer/songwriter and all-round entrepreneur poised for a 2017 takeover". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "SIC Events - SIC". www.sleepinischeatin.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "I’m setting up a clothing brand and barbers next year as well.". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Zanetti, Tom. "e have opened La Fuego tapas restaurant & bar in Leeds tonight opposite the bus station. We haven't taken any bookings for this evening and just letting people come in as they pass by. Official opening is tomorrow and we are fully booked. So if you are hungry and you want to come and sample our delicious food or even come in for cocktails please do and you will be greeted with a warm welcome :) thankyou x". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Kane is not just my business partner and DJ he is my brother". Skiddle.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "I have lived in many places in Leeds, Gipton, Belle Isle and Rothwell which is where I went to school. I went to Royds School but got expelled and was sent to Tinshall Learning Centre until I was 16. Although I got expelled I got on with my work and was in top set for everything, I just wasn’t always there and didn’t follow the rules!". leedscitymagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "5 years ago today was the worst day of my life, im not posting on here for sympathy and certainly dont want to dampen anybodies day, but i wanted to mention something publicly. I lost my girlfriend Lizzie in a car accident which crushed me, my son and my whole family". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Happy 10th birthday to my beautiful son Deaconn, I love this boy more than life itself. Can't believe I have a 10 yr old son haha, it's crazy and I wouldn't change him for the world if it was offered to me". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Happy birthday to my beautiful son Deaconn". Twitter. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "FNDTV - TOM ZANETTI // TIZZY MC ' GOIN' IN ' {sprayout} FNDTV EXCLUSIVE". www.youtube.com. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Tom Zanetti - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  21. ↑ Zanetti, Tom. "Not been able to tell many people until now, but Iv been cast in a British film which will be coming out in the cinema this year. I'm playing a nutcase London gangster haha so have to use an accent, and got some really cool scenes. Very grateful, and excited to have been involved. Really enjoyed it and hope it works for the team who created it as they are all amazing, worked extremely hard and spent a lot time and money to make it right. The film is called 'ROAD' see link for trailer below, hope you enjoy the trailer, and if you hating or being negative we don't give a fuckkkkkk. I'm grateful for everything in life and very inspired by people who believe in themselves and try to get somehere no matter how difficult it can be". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  22. ↑ Zanetti, Tom (5 November 2014). "New TV show starting at 11pm on freeview channel 8 thurs 6th November. Watch the advert on my TOM ZANETTI Fb page x". @tomzanettitz. Twitter. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  23. ↑ Pell, Mike. ""It’s Literally Non Stop From When I Wake Until I Sleep - MTV Meets Tom Zanetti". MTV.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  24. ↑ Pell, Mike. "Tell us about the reality show The SIC Life. How/why did you get picked for that? "I was contacted by a local channel called Made In Leeds TV. They just asked me to film a show based on my every day activities, so they sent a cameraman to live at my house the very next day and that’s how it started. We have episode four out shortly, which shows the journey to signing our record deal, filming the official video for my single ‘Darlin’ and me being apart of the BBC Radio 1Xtra Academy with Charlie Sloth and Melissa Steel. Keep your eyes pealed for that one!"". MTV. MTV.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  25. ↑ Zanetti, Tom. "I know this sounds mental but i have been given my own TV show hahaa :) iv had a film crew live at my house, and follow me around for the past couple weeks to parties, meetings, gym, activities with my son, filming me at home, shopping and even in the shower haha all for a programme called 'The SIClife with Tom Zanetti' which will be going on the 'made in leeds' channel 8 on freeview tomorrow night! then sky channel 117 next month. The first episode will be played at 11:30 tomorrow night (thursday 6th nov) please watch if you get a minute, i have been as genuine as possible and it touches alot of personal parts in my life aswell. I hope i come across interesting and decent ha. I realise alot of people who watch it wont even know me haha and i wondered why they wanted to film a show about me, i actually even argued as i didnt ewant to do it but figured it would be good and you only live once so why not please watch the advert below for an insight into the show x". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Dropping into the petrol station for those flowers worked well then, Tom". Twitter. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  27. ↑ "@C4FirstDates what was I meant to do? Grow them myself?ha just thought it would be a nice gesture to break the ice, us both being so nervous". Twitter. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  28. ↑ Sky, J. "Talk to me about your First Dates appearance. Are you still looking for love and what impresses you? Haha I wasn’t looking for love that was a dare by Kane! He got in touch with them and when I got through I just went ahead with it. I can’t believe I actually did it . Looking back I was very brave as I’m very shy in person to be honest". www.worldofjsky.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  29. ↑ Loxton, Suzi (15 April 2015). "First Dates - Wednesday 15th April - First dates - Tom and Aliiee". www.mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  30. ↑ "Tom is a suave, confident restaurant owner looking for a refined lady. His date Alliee is a dance teacher who doesn’t really do dates, and isn’t immediately floored by Tom’s well-rehearsed advances: including petrol station flowers and champagne. Changing tack to reveal his “deeper” side, Tom’s chances start to look up, and the shared plate of ice cream might not be the only thing that’s starting to melt.". www.channel4.com.
  31. ↑ Hornbuckle, Jon (5 July 2017). "Who is Tom Zanetti? DJ and producer who appeared on My Crazy Life set with Katie Price". The Sun. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  32. ↑ Yaqoob, Janine (6 May 2017). "Katie Price's husband 'going crazy' at home as she lives it up with DJ in Miami". Mirror. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  33. ↑ Reporter, MailOnline. "Kieran Hayler claims Katie Price told DJ Tom Zanetti she loved him". Mail Online. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  34. ↑ "Tom Zanetti | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  35. ↑ "Uber (feat. Curtis Clacey) – Single by LiTek on Apple Music". Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  36. ↑ "More & More (feat. Karen Harding) – Single by Tom Zanetti on Apple Music". Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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