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Me, the Mob, and the MusicMe, the Mob, and the Music is Tommy James’ wild and entertaining true story, part rock n' roll fairytale and part mob epic.Read More
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Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, November 4, 2011
...Tommy James had a good reason for taking so long to tell his story: The company that released his records was actually a front for a notorious crime family. click image...
Guardian.co.uk, October 6, 2011
...mallet in Millets." Here's the playlist: I Love My Label – Nick Lowe Mony Mony – Tommy James and the Shondells Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr Securicor – Jeffrey Lewis NatWest Barclays Midlands Lloyds – Manic Street Preachers The Big Three...
Salon, August 8, 2011
...pages to the lucrative heisting operation the rapper-actor ran before he made music his job. And '60s hitmaker Tommy James's "Me, the Mob, and the Music" is an artist memoir distinguished by its substantial portrait of American pop's most legendary...
Radio Survivor, June 2, 2011
...in Billboard….” You can see the seeds of many of today’s “industry standards” beginning to sprout in Tommy James’ account. In the first place, we notice that radio play comes before sales for James and Roulette, as well as other small...
The American Conservative, May 17, 2011
...still understating the level to which Christianity influenced rock and roll in the 1960s and ’70s. For instance, Tommy James and the Shondells were rocketed to fame primarily by sexual songs like “Hanky Panky,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,”...
