Tommy Heath

Thomas Allen Heath (born 1947) is an American musician best known as the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and occasional keyboardist of the band Tommy Tutone, who are most famous for their 1981 single, "867-5309/Jenny." A common misconception is that "Tommy Tutone" is Heath's stage name, rather than the name of the band. The band was originally known as "Tommy and the Tu-tones", which was shortened to "Tommy Tutone". Heath left the band after the release of their third album, 1983's National Emotion. In 1994, Heath released the album Nervous Love under the Tommy Tutone name, but without the involvement of any of the other original band members.

Heath has said of the enduring popularity of "867-5309/Jenny" overshadowing the band's other output, "I'm proud to be a one-hit wonder. I'd rather be a three-hit wonder, but it's better than being a no-hit wonder."

Heath later became a computer analyst and software engineer and moved to Portland, Oregon. He married his girlfriend, Lisa Scholtz, on June 9, 2008 while on vacation in Lake Tahoe, California.

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1. Tommy Tutone
2. Tommy Tutone 2
3. Tommy Heath (baseball)
4. 867-5309/Jenny
5. Jim Keller
6. Thomas Heath
7. Tommy Shelby
8. Radio Nowhere
9. Small Heath
10. I Love the '80s (American TV series)
11. Hawaii Islanders
12. 1951 New York Giants (MLB) season
13. Lefty O'Doul
14. List of Oregon musicians
15. Tri-City Atoms
16. The Devil Bat
17. Tommy Flowers
18. Heath Slater
19. Gangrel
20. National Emotion