Thomas Alden Page was born into the family of Miriam and Frederick Page along with sister Janet, and brothers Bill and Jimmy on May 24, 1970. He is currently living in Greenwich Village, New York and has recently bought an oldstone farmhouse as a weekend house in Pennsylvania For the past 4 years, Tommy has been working on the other side of music business promoting artists in the US with major logos. Because he is very busy working on the other side of the music business, "Ten Til Midnight" will be his last album.
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. (I guess he accomplished that problem already!) 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 a hit. 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. (That was before he got "discovered"--more on that later on? 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. Good thing he missed the car next to him huh?? =)
OK, on to his music career. He had piano lessons but for some strange reason he could not read the music that was a part of his lessons. Weird and frustrating, don't you think?!? 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 unfortunately?? 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 recorded "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 the moment, Mark Kamins, the person who had so called "discovered" Madonna was in the club and he heard the song. (talk about good timing!!) He liked it the song so much and asked about the artist and found Tommy. That became the start of his music career as a solo artist?one whom we all love and can't get enough of!!)
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. (Did everyone see it??) Then came his last U.S. released album From the Heart. Why his last U.S. album? Well, my guess would be that the U.S. fans began to favor the up and coming music (why?!!) instead BUT his Asian fan base never left him.
Overseas, Tommy recorded and released a few more albums and also gave several headlining sold out tours. His albums also went gold and received a number of awards. (GO TOMMY!) Unfortunately Pony Canyon, Tommy's record company 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 infuriated 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. Tommy never wants anyone to take advantage of his true fans. (There are still some copies available so get them while you still can)
Source: http://tommy-page.com
