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‘Crime doesn’t pay!’ Tommy James, the 100m-selling pop star robbed by the mob – The Guardian
He made hits such as I Think We’re Alone Now and Mony Mony, but a gangster label boss kept up to $40m of his royalties. As his complete Roulette recordings are…
MusicHe made hits such as I Think Were Alone Now and Mony Mony, but a gangster label boss kept up to $40m of his royalties. As his complete Roulette recordings are rereleased, why no hard feelings?
Fri 22 Jan 2021 04.00 EST
I hope youre ready, kid, because youre about to go on one hell of a ride, Morris Levy, the boss of Roulette Records, told Tommy James as the teenager signed a contract with the label. It was 1966 and James, 19, a small-town boy with the fastest-selling hit single in Pittsburghs…
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