Thomas Righter Snow is an American songwriter for singers and films or TV.
He wrote songs for Selena ("Dreaming Of You",Olivia Newton-John ("Deeper Than The Night", "Make A Move On Me", etc...), Melissa Manchester ("You Should Hear How She Talks About You"), The Pointer Sisters ("He's So Shy"), Barbra Streisand, Rita Coolidge ("You"), Barry Manilow ("Somewhere Down the Road", this song was performed for "Ally McBeal" too), Randy Crawford, Leo Sayer, Bette Midler, MIchael Johnson ("I'll Always Love You"), Dolly Parton, Kim Carnes ("Don't Call It Love"), Linda Ronstadt ("Don't Know Much" duet with Aaron Neville), Trisha Yearwood, and Christina Aguilera ("So Emotional") etc... He also co-wrote ("Dreaming of You") for cross-over star Selena which was posthumously released in 1995.
Along with Dean Pitchford, Snow wrote the song "Let's Hear It For the Boy" sung by American singer Deniece Williams for the movie Footloose soundtrack. It climbed to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 and peaked at number two on the UK singles chart. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
Film works include About Last Night ("So Far, So Good" and "Natural Love" sung by Sheena Easton), Chances Are (Oscar nominated song "After All" sung by Cher & Peter Cetera), etc...
He also released solo albums in the 1970s & 80's.
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