Tommy Tutone
Biography
Tommy Tutone were an early-'80s power pop band led by vocalist Tommy Heath and guitarist Jim Keller. The group's first single, 1980's "Angel Say No," scraped the bottom of the American Top 40, yet it was 1981's "867-5309/Jenny" that sent the group to the top of the charts. Peaking in early 1982, the single hit number four and went gold. Tommy Tutone was never able to duplicate that success and the band broke up after the release of their third album, 1983's National Emotion.
In 1994, Heath returned, using the name Tommy Tutone for a new release, Nervous Love, a collection of various post-Tommy Tutone recordings. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
867-5309 Jenny
2003
Tommy Tutone / Tommy Tutone 2
1997
did everyone here that 867-5309 sold on EBAY for get this... 156,000... god the world we live in is really messed up....
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Tommy played with my brothers band in the early 80's in Ukiah Ca. he thought his S*** did'nt stink it was kind of wierd he was still trying to live off of "Jenny" flash in the pan one hit wonder kind of a dude he was really full of himself my bro blew him away on guitar but that aint sayin much.
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HARD TO BELIEVE ALL THE ONE HIT WONDERS IN THE EIGHTIES ...........T H E 70'S
SURE BUT THESE GUYS WERE GOLD. |
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ahhh,every band on the local circuit could play it and all danced to it.love punkin' out to it back in the 80's.god bless america.
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I danced to the Jenny song at many a band party (and at Club La Vela) in my college days. The southern party band, The Velcro Pygmies, do a mean version of 867-5309.
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ONE OF THE MOST UNAPPRECIATI V E MUSICIANS OF FANS I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. DOWNRIGHT RUDE AND OFFENSIVE TO MYSELF AND OTHERS AT LENORAS GHOST CLUB IN INDEPENDENCE OREGON. WHEN TOMMY TUTONE CALLS YOU A "DICK HEAD "FOR SIMPLY TAKING A POSTER FROM THE WINDOW AFTER RECEIVING PERMISSION FROM THE DOORMAN < WHO DOES THE TERM FIT? RANDY IN SALEM OREGON
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At my high school someone wrote "for a good time call 867-5309 (jenny) on the bathroom wall...lol.
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The phone company still has no idea of the fame this number has. The only number universally given out to those who dont know.......
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this along with Jessie's girl are the two greatest songs of the 80's if not all time.
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Saw him in at a gig for one of the local DJ's birthday. he's got a new album coming out. hell of guy.
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This song instantly takes me back to high school--I'm a Valley Girl again.
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Yeah, 555-5309 just wouldn't make it. PC sucks. I love this one. It is so simple and tight. A good song from those days.
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867-5309/Jen n y , dope a** song.
Friend of my mom's named jennifer had this number when this song came out. |
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I dunno about it not being worthy of a comment . . . "867-5309/Je n n y " is a catchy little ditty.
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