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Tommy James was born on April 29, 1947 in Dayton, Ohio, USA as Thomas Gregory Jackson. See full bio »

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Zodiac
Zodiac Soundtrack
(2007)
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump Soundtrack
(1994)
High Fidelity
High Fidelity Soundtrack
(2000)
The Boat That Rocked
(2009)

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 2017 Gotham (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Heroes Rise: Heavydirtysoul (2017) ... (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2017 Beat Shazam (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2 (2017) ... (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2017 Timeless (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Karma Chameleon (2017) ... (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
  Good Girls Revolt (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Dateline (2016) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
- Puff Piece (2016) ... (performer: "Good Lovin'" - uncredited)
  The Kettering Incident (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2016) (writer - 3 episodes, 2016)
- Madness (2016) ... (performer: "Crimson &Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson &Clover" - uncredited)
- The Search (2016) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
- Anna (2016) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2016 10 Cloverfield Lane (performer: "I Think We're Alone Now")
 2016/I Christine (performer: "Sweet Cherry Wine") / (writer: "Tighter, Tighter", "Sweet Cherry Wine")
  One Hit Wonderland (TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes, 2014 - 2015) (performer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco (2015) ... (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
- Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede (2014) ... (writer: "Hush / I'm Alive")
 2015/III Sisters (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2015 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2015 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tom Hanks/Jessica Chastain/Pentatonix (2015) ... (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2015 Miss You Already (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2015/I The Boy (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
  Motive (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- 6 Months Later (2015) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2014 We Still Kill the Old Way (lyrics: "I'm Alive") / (music: "I'm Alive")
 2014 St. Vincent (performer: "Draggin' The Line") / (writer: "Draggin' The Line")
 2014 Crazy Bitches (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
  Almost Human (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Beholder (2014) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2013/I Blood Ties (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
  The Simpsons (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- What Animated Women Want (2013) ... (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - uncredited)
 2012 Bank Roll (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2012 Best Man Down (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2012 Excuse Me for Living (performer: "Good lovin")
  Breaking Bad (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Gliding Over All (2012) ... (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
 2012 The Expendables 2 (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
 2012 Fringe (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Back to Where You've Never Been (2012) ... (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - uncredited)
  Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- To Be, Act 1 (2011) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #19.22 (2011) ... (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - uncredited)
 2011 Hick (writer: "Crimson And Clover")
 2011 Moneyball (writer: "Mony Mony")
  In Plain Sight (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up (2011) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #19.192 (2011) ... (writer: "Mony Mony" - uncredited)
 2011/I The Roommate (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2010 Broken Hearts (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
  How to Make It in America (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Never Say Die (2010) ... (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
  90210 (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Clark Raving Mad (2010) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2010 The Runaways (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2009 Criminal Minds (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Roadkill (2009) ... (writer: "I'm Alive")
 2009 The Boat That Rocked (performer: "Crimson and Clover" (1968)) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" (1968))
 2008 Life on Mars (TV Series) (1 episode)
- My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi (2008) ... ("Sweet Cherry Wine", uncredited)
 2008 My Best Friend's Girl (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2007 The Nanny Diaries (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
 2007 Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Round 1 (2007) ... (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2007 Zodiac (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
 2006 We Are Marshall (performer: "Draggin' the Line") / (writer: "Draggin' the Line")
  My Name Is Earl (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2006) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
- Robbed a Stoner Blind (2006) ... (performer: "Draggin' the Line" - uncredited) / (writer: "Draggin' the Line" - uncredited)
 2006 Sixty Six (performer: "Mony Mony") / (writer: "Mony Mony")
  Cold Case (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2005) (writer - 2 episodes, 2005)
- Honor (2005) ... (performer: "Draggin' The Line") / (writer: "Draggin' The Line")
- Revolution (2005) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2005 Left Behind III: World at War (performer: "Sweet Cherry Wine") / (writer: "Sweet Cherry Wine")
 2005 Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Health Insurance (2005) ... (writer: "Mony Mony" - uncredited)
 2005 Nearing Grace (performer: "Crimson & Clover") / (writer: "Crimson & Clover")
 2005 Her Minor Thing (writer: "Crimson And Clover" - as Thomas Gregory Jackson)
  Veronica Mars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2005) (writer - 1 episode, 2005)
- M.A.D. (2005) ... (performer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - uncredited)
 2005 Inside Deep Throat (Documentary) (performer: "Draggin' the Line") / (writer: "Draggin' the Line" - as Thomas Jackson)
 2004 Crossing Jordan (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Devil May Care (2004) ... (performer: "I Think We're Alone Now" - uncredited)
 2004 '60s Pop Rock Reunion (TV Movie) (performer: "Draggin' the Line", "Crystal Blue Persuasion", "Crimson and Clover", "Mony, Mony") / (writer: "Draggin' the Line", "Crystal Blue Persuasion", "Crimson and Clover", "Mony, Mony" - as Thomas Gregory Jackson)
 2003 Monster (performer: "Crimson and Clover" (1968)) / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" (1968))
 2003 Real Wild Child: Joan Jett Music Video Anthology (Video) (writer: "Crimson and Clover" (original video)", "Crimson and Clover (Euro television))
 2003 Coffee and Cigarettes (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2002 P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - as Thomas Gregory Jackson)
 2002 May (performer: "Hanky Panky" (1963))
 2001 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Live! (Video) (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 2001 Kuka lohduttaisi Viiviä? (TV Movie) (writer: "Muumi Muumi (Mony Mony)")
 2001 Night Visions (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Dead Air/Renovation (2001) ... (performer: "I Think We're Alone Now")
 2000 On the Beach (TV Movie) (writer: "Mony Mony")
 2000 Frequency (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover" - as Thomas Gregory Jackson)
 2000 High Fidelity (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 1999 New Waterford Girl (performer: "Draggin' the Line") / (writer: "Draggin' the Line")
 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (writer: "Draggin' The Line")
 1999 The Secret Life of Girls (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion") / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
  Sports Night (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1999) (writer - 1 episode, 1999)
- Sally (1999) ... (performer: "Crimson & Clover" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crimson & Clover" - uncredited)
 1999 A Walk on the Moon (writer: "Crimson & Clover" (1968), "Crystal Blue Persuasion" (1969))
 1997 Odoru!! Sanma goten (TV Series) (performer: "Hanky Panky")
 1997 Digging to China (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Last Train to Clarksville", "Crimson and Clover")
 1997 Plump Fiction (performer: "Crimson & Clover") / (writer: "Crimson & Clover")
 1996 Apollo 11 (TV Movie) (performer: "Mony, Mony") / (writer: "Mony, Mony" - as T. James)
 1996 Striptease (writer: "Mony Mony")
 1996 Stars in Their Eyes (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #7.11 (1996) ... (writer: "Mony Mony")
 1995 Little Criminals (TV Movie) (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 1994 Epimaco Velasco: NBI (performer: "Mony, Mony" - uncredited) / (writer: "Mony, Mony" - uncredited)
 1994 Pontiac Moon (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 1994 Forrest Gump (performer: "Hanky Panky" (1963))
 1993 Heaven & Earth (performer: "Mony, Mony") / (writer: "Mony, Mony")
 1993 Indian Summer (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 1991 Off and Running (performer: "CRIMSON & CLOVER") / (writer: "CRIMSON & CLOVER")
 1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (writer: "Draggin' the Line")
  Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1991) (writer - 1 episode, 1991)
- Slumber Party (1991) ... (performer: "Mony, Mony" - uncredited) / (writer: "Mony, Mony" - uncredited)
  The Wonder Years (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1988 - 1990) (performer - 1 episode, 1988)
- The Sixth Man (1990) ... (writer: "Sweet Cherry Wine" - uncredited)
- Don't You Know Anything About Women? (1990) ... (writer: "Crimson And Clover" - uncredited)
- Pilot (1988) ... (performer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - uncredited) / (writer: "Crystal Blue Persuasion" - uncredited)
 1988 Heart and Soul (Documentary short) (writer: "Don't Bring Me Down")
 1988 Rockin' the Night Away (TV Movie) (performer: "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mony Mony") / (writer: "Mony Mony")
 1986 Car Trouble (writer: "Mony Mony")
 1986 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Harry Dean Stanton/The Replacements (1986) ... (performer: "Hanky Panky" - uncredited)
 1980 Mother's Day (performer: "I Think We're Alone Now")
 1970 Rebel (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
 1970 Rabbit, Run (writer: "Tighter, Tighter")
 1970 Ondata di calore (performer: "Crimson and Clover") / (writer: "Crimson and Clover")
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Alternate Names:

Tommy James and the Shondells
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Tommy James & The Shondells' first hit song, "Hanky Panky", was recorded for Snap Records, a small Michigan label, in 1964, but nothing came of it and the group broke up. Two years later, a DJ in Pittsburgh mistakenly played the record on the air instead of the one he meant to play, and he was soon inundated by calls from listeners wanting to know who did the song. It quickly shot to #1 in the ... See more »

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