Tommy Page (born Thomas Alden Page, 24 May 1970,
Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an
American singer.
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). The album also featured "Don't give up on love" , a
duet with freestyle/dance singer Safire. Safire & Tommy co-wrote the song which was released as a single overseas. The two
currently remind close friends.
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 in A&R at a
major U.S. record label. Page is one of the producers on Ashley Tisdale's album, Headstrong, and also a friend of the Tiffany, the two
recorded "Close Our Eyes" together.
Dicography
Albums
Tommy Page
Sire Records, WB 1988
- "A Zillion Kisses" (Tommy Page and L. Russell Brown)
- "Turning Me On" (Page/Brown)
- "African Sunset" (Page/Brown)
- "I Think I'm In Love" (Page)
- "Hard to be Normal" (Page/Brown)
- "I Love London" (Page/Brown)
- "Making My Move" (Page/Brown)
- "Love Takes Over" (Page/Shelly Peiken)
- "A Shoulder To Cry On" (Page)
- "Minetta Lane" (Page/Brown)
Republic of Idols (AKA R.O.I.)
Sire Records Warner Pioneer Corp., 1989
- "Republic of Idols" (AKA "R.O.I.")
- "Turning Me On" (Page/Brown)
- "A Shoulder to Cry On" (Page)
- "Shag"
- "Christmas Without You"
- "Republic of Idols (instrumental)"
Paintings in My Mind
Sire Records, WB 1990
- "I'll Be Your Everything" (Page/Jordan Knight/Danny
Wood)
- "I Break Down" (Page)
- "Turn On The Radio" (Page/Jordan Knight/Donnie Wahlberg)
- "Don't Give Up On Love" (duet with Sa-Fire) (Page/Brown/Wilma
Cosme)
- "When I Dream Of You" (Page)
- "Till The End Of Time" (Page/Brown)
- "Just Before (I Was Gonna Say I Love You)" (Page)
- "Don't Walk Away" (Page/Brown)
- "You're The Best Thing (That Ever Happened To Me)" (Page)
- "Paintings In My Mind" (Page)
From the Heart
Sire Records, WB 1991
- "Whenever You Close Your Eyes" (Michael Bolton/Diane
Warren)
- "Under the Rainbow" (Page/Brown)
- "Madly in Love" (Page)
- "You Are My Heaven" (Warren)
- "I Still Believe (Prelude)" (Page/Jeremy Lubbock)
- "I Still Believe in You And Me" (Page)
- "Written all Over My Heart" (Page/Peter Wolf/Ina
Wolf)
- "My Shining Star" (Page/Brown/Michael Jonzun)
- "Can't Get You Outta My Mind" (Page/Brown)
- "I'll Never Forget You" (Page/Brown)
- "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (Eric Carmen/Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Madly in Love
Sire Records, WB 1991
- "You Make Christmas Feel Like Heaven"
- "Christmas Without You"
- "Whenever You Close Your Eyes" (Bolton/Warren)
- "Under the Rainbow" (Page/Brown)
- "Madly In Love" (Page)
- "You Are My Heaven" (Warren)
- "I Still Believe (Prelude)" (Page/Lubbock)
- "I Still Believe In You And Me" (Page)
- "Written All Over My Heart" (Page/Wolf/Wolf)
- "My Shining Star" (Page/Brown/Jonzun)
- "Can't Get You Outta My Mind" (Page/Brown)
- "I'll Never Forget You" (Page/Brown)
- "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" (Carmen/Rachmaninoff)
A Friend to Rely On
Sire Records, WB 1992
- "Wouldn't It Be Good" (Nik Kershaw)
- "Heaven in Your Eyes" (Page/Donna de Loty)
- "Can't Live Without The Music" (Page/Brown)
- "Searching For My Smile" (Page/Brown)
- "I'm Always Dreaming Of You" (Page)
- "Can't Live Without the Music (dub)" (Page/Brown)
- "Once in a Lifetime" (Page/Peter Wolf/Kenny Nolan)
- "I'm Falling in Love" (Page)
- "Never Had It So Good" (Page/Alexandra Forbes)
- "Turn On The Radio (House Mix)" (Page/Knight/Whalberg)
- "A Zillion Kisses (Big Beat Mix)" (Page/Brown)
- "A Friend to Rely On (Instrumental)" (Page) (Instrumental version of "A Shoulder to Cry On")
Time (first & second version)
Pony Canyon
First version: 1994 (with black and white close up cover)
Second version: 10/21/94 (with full-body picture and brown border)
The first 11 tracks are on both versions:
- "Tell The World" (Page/Brown/Art Labriola)
- "Places in My Heart" (Page/Elliot Wolff/Stacey Piersa)
- "Time" (Page/Brown)
- "Why" (Page/Brown/Bill Kennor)
- "Something in Your Eyes" (Page/Piersa)
- "Gonna Turn It Out" (Page)
- "Spend Tonight With You" (Page/Brown)
- "If I Had a Wish" (Page/Labriola)
- "I'm Only Thinking of You" (Page/Michelle Vice)
- "Now That I Found You" (Warren/Bolton)
- "Time (Reprise)" (Page)
- "Can't Get Enough of You" (Duet with Liz Kong) (Page) (only on the first version)
- "Special Message" (Page) (Spoken word, only on the fist version of the Hong Kong release)
Loving You
Pony Canyon, 09/20/96
- "Prelude: "Loving You" from Passion" (Stephen Sondheim)
- "I Keep Hoping" (Warren)
- "Fly Again" (Page/Chuck Wild)
- "I Can't Change the Way You Don't Feel" (Warren)
- "My Heart Keeps on Calling Your Name" (Dave Koz/Tito
Soemarsono/Victoria Shaw/Allan Rich/Joseph Huang)
- "Like Air" (Page/Labriola)
- "The Hardest Thing I've Ever Had to Do" (Page)
- "I See Your Smile" (Page/Labriola)
- "Word of Honor" (Page/Brown)
- "When I'm Loving You" (Page/Vice)
- "That's What I Think" (Cyndi Lauper/Eric
Bazilian/Rob Hyman/Allee Willis)
- "The Best Part" (duet with Kara Beth or Amy Mastura
depending on region of release)
- "Missing You"
- "Reprise: "Loving You" from Passion"
Ten Til Midnight
2000
- "Dance to the Beat of My Heart" (Ari Gold)
- "Right on Track" (Dan Gilroy/Stephen Bray)
- "Dream Come True" (Brian Bristol/Angela Lewis)
- "Only in My Imagination (Save a Prayer)" (Page/Labriola/Nicholas James Bates/Simon Le Bon/John Taylor/Roger
Taylor/Andy Taylor)
- "It's Your Love" (Stephony Smith)
- "Paint It Blue" (Warren)
- "Notice Me" (Nikki/Paul David Wilson)
- "Kissing in the Rain" (Page/Labriola)
- "You're the Only One" (Ty Lacy/Daryl Brown)
- "A Shoulder to Cry On (2000 Version)" (Page)
- "Right On Track (Instrumental)" (Gilroy/Bray)
Soundtrack, guest, and compilation appearances
- Shag: The Movie soundtrack (features the titular song "Shag")
- Dick Tracy soundtrack (features the song "Blue Nights")
- Cookie soundtrack (features the song "Never had It so Good")
- Full House episode #110 that aired on January 14, 1992 during Season 5, titled
"Crushed" (features the song "Stephanie")
- Tiffany's All the Best (features the duet "Close Our Eyes")
Singles
- "A Shoulder to Cry On" Sire #7-27645
- B-side - "Christmas Without You"
- B-side "A Shoulder to Cry On"
- "A Zillion Kisses" (Remixes CD single)
- "A Zillion Kisses (7" Version)" 3:01
- "A Zillion Kisses (7" Remix - Phil Harding and Ian Curnow)" 3:01
- "A Zillion Kisses (Big Beat Single Edit - Harding and Curnow)" 3:04
- "A Zillion Kisses (Big Beat Mix - Harding and Curnow)" 7:39
- "A Zillion Kisses (Endless Kiss Mix - Harding and Curnow)" 5:27
- "Turning Me On" Warner 07P7-6003
- A-side "Turn Me On (Power Mix)"
- B-side "Turn Me On (7" CHR Mix)"
- "Turning Me On" (Remixes CD single)
- "Turning Me On (Aroused House Mix)"
- "Turning Me On (U-Stumulate Mix)"
- "Turning Me On (12" Mix)"
- "Turning Me On (Cocktail Mix)"
- "Turning Me On (Pianopella)"
- "I'll Be Your Everything" (Sire Records 7-19959)
- B-side - "I'm Falling in Love"
- B-side - "I Break Down"
- B-side - "Turn on the Radio"
- B-Side - "You're The Best Thing (That Ever Happened To Me)"
- "Repbulic of Idols" (AKA "R.O.I.")
- B-side - "A Shoulder to Cry On"
- B-side - "Don't Give Up On Love" (duet with Sa-Fire)
- B-side - "I Break Down"
- "You Make Christmas Feel Like Heaven"
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