Biography

Growing up as an Air Force brat exposed Heath to a smörgåsbord of musical influences. From his grade school days in Texas listening to Buddy Holly and Elvis, to high school in Montana when surf and folk music held his attention, on to his early college days in Japan when he was caught in the tidal wave of Beatle-mania that hit that country with a vengeance. With three albums of work from the 80s, a European released pop-means-R&B album entitled Nervous Love in the mid-90s, and immortality status from any number of New Wave compilations, Heath maintains he's never stopped writing, recording and performing. Although he pays his bills with work as a software engineer, he's always thought of himself as a musician and performer first. Thus, the tag "come back" doesn't really resonate with this artist who's phone number song served as the soundtrack to the lives of millions over two decades ago.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tommy Heath

Tommy Tutone is the name of the band, not the lead singer. The group, led by Tommy Heath and Jim Keller, originally called itself Tommy and the Two-Tones. They had a minor hit two years earlier with "Angel Say No," which went to #38 in the US.

He owns 12% of the publishing rights to "867-5309".

As of November 2009, he was 51 and the father of three daughters, retired from being a software engineer and once again getting back into writing, recording and performing.

Tommy Tutone is the name of the band, but it was my nickname before it was the band. In the small towns I used to live in, everyone had a nickname and the name of my college band was Tommy and the Two-Tones. We had these jean jackets with the names embroidered on them, and it stuck. Later on, when we signed to CBS, they thought that Tommy Tutone was a "hit name" and it went on to remain confusing forever.