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Tommy Tutone is a New Wave band, best known for its 1982 hit “867-5309/Jenny”, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although it is usually referred to as a San Francisco band, it was actually based in Willits, California, at the time that “Jenny” was released. The song became so popular that people in the United States to this day dial this telephone number and ask for Jenny as a prank. Regarding the famous number, “We had people threatening to sue us. It was the Buffalo Chief of Police’s daughter’s number in New York,“ said frontman Tommy Heath. Although the band is frequently remembered as a one-hit wonder, it had another top-40 hit on the Hot 100 with “Angel Say No” in 1980, predating “Jenny” by a couple of years. A common misconception is that Tommy... Read on...