Front man of the 1960's rock legends, Tommy James & The Shondells

Born in Dayton, Ohio on April 29, 1947. He is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who is widely known as the front man of the 1960s rock band Tommy James & the Shondells, known for their hits, "Mony Mony," "Crimson & Clover," "Hanky Panky," "Crystal Blue Persuasion," "Sweet Cherry Wine," "I Think We're Alone Now," "Mirage," and many others.

Tommy James & The Shondells had two No. 1 singles in the U.S., "Hanky Panky" (July 1966) and "Crimson and Clover" (February 1969). They also charted twelve other top 40 hits, including five in the Hot 100's top ten, and 32 in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart List. They also had 23 Gold Records, 9 Platinum Albums, and have sold over 100 million records worldwide.

The band was inducted into the Michigan Hall of Fame which is where they originated from and their first hit single, "Hanky Panky" was recorded.

Tommy James, a very long time resident of New Jersey, was inducted into the prestigious New Jersey Hall of Fame, and his life-size hologram can be viewed at the N.J. H.O.F. exhibit at Newark Airport, Terminal C, in Newark, N.J. He was also given the Pittsburgh Legend Award and was voted the Juke Box Artist of the year by the Amusement and Music Owners Association of New York.

In February 2018, Tommy James became host of a weekly radio program called "Gettin' Together with Tommy James" on Sirius XM Radio channel 73, 60s Gold.

Tommy James's critically acclaimed autobiography "Me, The Mob and The Music" is on Rolling Stone's "Top 25 Best Music Memoirs" list, and is now in production for a motion picture with producer Barbara De Fina, whose credits include "Goodfellas," "Casino," "Cape Fear," "Color Of Money," "Age Of Innocence and "Silence," and the screenplay is being written by Matthew Stone whose credits include "Intolerable Cruelty," "Man Of The House," and "Big Trouble."

Autographed, 8 x 10, color photograph of Tommy James singing and playing his electric guitar in concert at "The Bottom Line" night club in New York City. Boldly signed in black sharpie pen at the upper right corner. Choice condition. I obtained this directly from my friend, Tommy James's wife and manager Carol Ross, who is a very important person in the music world herself. She was instrumental in finding and getting the iconic rock group, "Kiss," discovered and signed to a record contract. She has also worked with other stars such as Paul McCartney, and in the beginning of her career she had a role on the extremely popular western TV series, "Gunsmoke." Tommy James is a very popular 1960's musician and his autograph is always desirable! He is still going strong today putting on excellent concerts. I saw him in person 3 years ago and he was fantastic! His songs brought back a lot of great memories of growing up in my hometown of Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Tommy is also a heck of a nice guy, down to earth, and extremely friendly which always makes meeting your teenage heroes a real pleasure, which is not always the case! His best selling book, "Me, The Mob and the Music," about his early days in New York City, and his record company being controlled by organized crime is a fascinating story and a great read! It is very sad how much money the mob stole from him! In fact speaking of his book when I asked him if he would be so kind as to sign a couple for me to give out as gifts to friends of mine, he was as cordial as can be, adding their names, a salutation, and mention of their birthdays and Christmas and not take a penny from me for the cost of the books! There again, many celebrities can care less about taking that extra step of kindness for a fan or a friend! Little gestures like that mean a lot to us collectors, and I have been very fortunate through out my life to befriend many celebrities of all genres who could not have been nicer to me! To all of them I say a very grateful and heartfelt thank you!