Tommy James and Shondells on yhdysvaltalainen rock-yhtye, joka perustettiin vuonna 1964, Nilesissä, Michiganissa. Yhtyeen jäsenet ovat Tommy James, John Golden, Bobby Guy, Glenn Wyka. Yhtye nautti suurta suosiota 1960-luvun lopussa. Heidän tunnetuimpia kappaleitaan ovat: "Crystal Blue Persuasion", "Crimson And Clover", "Mony Mony", "I Think We're Alone Now", "Sweet Cherry Wine" ja "Mirage".
Jotkin yhtyeen kappaleista ovat nousseet suuriksi hiteiksi toisten artistien esittäminä, kuten Billy Idolin "Mony Mony" ja Tiffanyn "I Think We're Alone Now", jotka olivat peräkkäin Yhdysvaltain singlelistan ykkössijalla marraskuussa 1987.[1]
Diskografia
Albumit
- 1966 Hanky Panky (#46)
- 1966 It's Only Love
- 1967 I Think We're Alone Now (#74)
- 1967 Something Special!:The Best Of Tommy James & the Shondells (#174)
- 1967 Gettin' Together
- 1968 Mony Mony (#193)
- 1968 Crimson & Clover (#8)
- 1969 Cellophane Symphony (#141)
- 1969 The Best of Tommy James and the Shondells (#21)
- 1970 Travelin' (#91)
- 1983 Short Sharp Shots
Singlet
- 1964: "Hanky Panky" / "Thunderbolt"
- 1965: "Hanky Panky" / "Thunderbolt"
- 1966: "Hanky Panky"/ "Thunderbolt"
- 1966: "Lots of Pretty Girls" / "Say I Am (What I Am)" (#21)
- 1966: "It's Only Love"/ "Don't Let My Love Pass You By"
- 1967: "I Think We're Alone Now" / "Gone, Gone, Gone"
- 1967: "Mirage" / "Run Run Baby Run"
- 1967: "I Like the Way" / "Baby I Can't Take It No More"
- 1967: "Gettin' Together" (/ "Real Girl"
- 1967: "Out of the Blue" / "Love's Closing In On Me"
- 1968: "Get Out Now" / "Wish It Were You"
- 1968: "Mony Mony" / "One Two Three And I Fell"
- 1968: "Somebody Cares" / "Do Unto Me"
- 1968: "Do Something to Me" / "Gingerbread Man" -
- 1968: "Crimson and Clover" / "I'm Taken" "Some Kind Of Love"
- 1969: "Sweet Cherry Wine" / "Breakaway"
- 1969: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" / "I'm Alive"
- 1969: "Ball of Fire" / "Makin' Good Time"
- 1969: "She" / "Loved One"
- 1970: "Gotta Get Back to You" / "Red Rover"
- 1970: "Come to Me" / "Talkin' and Signifying"
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