George Harrison wrote songs for Tommy James and the Shondells after the success of “Mony Mony.” Tommy James rejected the songs for one reason. “Mony Mony” inspired a hit cover by Billy Idol. Tommy ...

Tommy James co-wrote “Mony Mony” with producers Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry, and singer/songwriter Bobby Bloom. In a 2009 interview with Songfacts, James explained the origins of the party anthem’s ...

In 1987, British pop-punk icon Billy Idol scored his first (and only) U.S. chart-topper with an energetic cover of a 1960s ...

Tommy James of Tommy James & The Shondells joins Bob Sirott to talk about how his hit “Mony Mony” got its name, how he ...

“Mony Mony” means nothing – literally nothing. In the late ’60s, Tommy James and the Shondells crafted the tune as a party song, with an emphasis on the beat and little thought given to the ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Tommy James And ...

Tommy James might have been asked to blow out as many as 66 candles on his last birthday cake in April. Fans never would have known it Saturday night at the Fair Park Coliseum at the Panhandle-South ...

Best known for hits like “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” “Crimson and Clover,” and “Mony Mony,” legendary artist Tommy James boasts an impressive career with 23 gold singles, 9 platinum albums, and over ...