Tommy James

Published: May 12, 2019, 12:35 p.m.

In the nineteen sixties, he had a string of hits with the Shondells– Hanky Panky, Crimson and Clover, I Think We’re Alone Now - 23 gold singles, 9 platinum albums, 100 million records sold.  Yet his record company simply declined to pay his royalties: $40 million. Tales of music and the mob.