Tommy describes himself as being a very positive, sensitive, and serious person. In the very beginning, one of his most serious problems was how to become famous. Tommy's biggest thrill was when "I'll be Your Everything" became the #1 hit. Back then his biggest disappointment was when "A Zillion Kisses" never became as successful as he would have liked. When asked what kind of odd jobs he used to have, he replied that he used to push shopping carts at Shop Rite. He also used to work at Record Town and sold keyboards at Macy's department store. (This was before he got "discovered") The first time Tommy heard himself on the radio, he almost drove off the road! He was driving in his car on a Sunday afternoon in January '89 on Melrose Avenue and "A Shoulder To Cry On" started playing. When he heard the intro of it, he screamed, rolled down the window, and turned it up because he wanted everyone to hear it.
On to his music career... when he was younger, Tommy had taken piano lessons but for some strange reason he could not read the music that was a part of his lessons. But that didn't stop Tommy. He joined a band (Broken Promises) with his brother, Bill, and their friend. Broken Promises released a record but the band did not stay together for various reasons. Since music was always a part of his heart and soul, Tommy had been working on his own, writing songs and then recording "Turning Me On." While working as a coat-check boy in a club, Tommy who had befriended the DJ, asked him to play his song. At that same moment, Mark Kamins, the person who had so called "discovered" Madonna was in the club and he heard Tommy's song. He liked the song so much, he asked about the artist and found Tommy. That became the start of his music career as a solo artist…
Tommy recorded his title album and although not very popular at first, he opened for The New Kids on the Block in their tour. That gave Tommy enough exposure to create his own fan base, which steadily grew as the second album came out with the #1 hit "I'll Be Your Everything." He had his own tour and also guest starred on Full House at the time. Then came his last U.S. released album From the Heart. It was his last U.S. album since U.S. fans began to favor the up and coming music trend BUT his Asian fan base never left him. Overseas, Tommy recorded and released a few more albums which included A Friend to Rely On, Time and Loving You and also gave several headlining sold out tours. His albums also went gold and he received a number of awards. Unfortunately Pony Canyon, Tommy's record label in Japan, had to be closed down and left us with what was thought to be the last album "Loving You."
As most of you should know, currently his last album is "Ten Til Midnight" and was not released by any record label. Tommy had distributed the album to several people and probably several record companies. Someone offered a copy on EBAY and a bidder was willing to pay over $1000 for it. While that prompted Tommy to sell his albums on EBAY (with help from his brother), he was at the same time very upset that someone would sell his albums for that price and that someone would spend that kind of money on a cd when he would have rather just given it to that person for free. Taking advantage of his fans is something Tommy will not tolerate.
Jimmy Page was the only distributor of this album and will be for any other media types that Tommy will offer. Since Tommy has been so busy working on the other side of the music business, he did not have time to write his own songs. Ten til Midnight is a compilation of some songs he wrote, along with a collection of some of his favorite songs. Tommy sees his music career as a fairy tale dream like Cinderella (where the clock is about to strike 12 thereby ending all the magic.) When he realized that he wouldn't be making albums forever, he chose the name Ten til Midnight, (kind of like when you're counting down and cherishing all those special moments before the "magic" ends). This might seem like sad news, but Tommy will always continue writing songs so his music will always go on.
Aside from "Ten til Midnight," Tommy has also put together a DVD collection of all his videos. The DVD were distributed by Jimmy through the internet. Copies of Ten til Midnight are currently sold out but there are still a few copies of the video collection left.
TOMMY PAGE BIO
Name : Thomas Alden Page
Birthday : May 24 1970
Birthplace : Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Current residence : New York City
College : New York University
Height : 6 feet
Weight : 170 pounds
Hair color: : black
Eye color : hazel
Family: Father – Frederick
Mother – Miriam
Brothers – Bill, Jimmy
Sister – Janet
pets: Sammy (mutt ) and Snoopy (Jack Russell)
Favorite color: Green for the house
Dk Blue-Black for clothes
Blue for the sky
Favorite dish: Lobster
Favorite place in the world: New York City & my country house in PA
Favorite songs: "When I'm With You" by Sheriff,
"Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt,
"Shoulder To Cry On" by me,
"Something Good" from Sound Of Music
Favorite thing to do: play piano, spend time at home listening to music and hanging with my family
Favorite memory from childhood: hearing my song on the radio for the first time
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