Artist · chart history
Tommy Tutone
Band San Francisco United States Formed 1978
Tommy Tutone formed in 1978 in San Francisco, United States. Tommy Tutone has 30 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “867-5309/Jenny”, which appears on 27 lists with a best position of #54. The station that charted Tommy Tutone most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1982.
Tommy Tutone was Tommy Heath's band, named after his own nickname. Heath, the singer and rhythm guitarist, grew up in Philadelphia, Texas and Montana before landing in San Francisco during the Summer of Love, and in 1978 he put the group together with Jim Keller and Terry Nails. They played clean, punchy power pop, all bright guitars and big hooks, and their first single, "Angel Say No", made the top 40 in 1980, which got them the opening slot on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Damn the Torpedoes tour.
Then came Tommy Tutone 2 in 1981, on Columbia, and "867-5309/Jenny", a jangling, lovesick rocker built around a phone number that went to number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The number itself got a life of its own: the song set off a nationwide craze of prank calls to it. In 2006 VH1 ranked it the 36th greatest song of the '80s, and rock radio's listeners are still dialing it up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tommy Tutone on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 867-5309/Jenny | 27 | #54 | – | 1982 | |
| 2 | 867 5309 | 2 | #361 | – | – | |
| 3 | Eight 867 5309 Jenny | 1 | #948 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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