Thomas Daniel Mottola was born on July 14,1948 and is an American record executive.
23 Facts About Tommy Mottola
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Tommy Mottola is currently the Chairman of Tommy Mottola Media Group and was previously the Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years.
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Tommy Mottola was born in The Bronx to a middle-class Italian-American family.
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Tommy Mottola graduated from Iona Grammar School in 1962 and Iona Prep in 1966.
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Tommy Mottola attended military school for a time, and then high school.
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Tommy Mottola helped Hall and Oates land a record deal and several high-profile endorsements.
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Tommy Mottola was recognized for managing the black rock group Xavion successfully using new media for promotion, such as music videos and corporate sponsorship for music tours.
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In 1988, Tommy Mottola was hired by Sony Music by Walter Yetnikoff to run its US operations.
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Tommy Mottola revitalized Sony Music's publishing division by making such acquisitions as the Beatles catalog and enabled Sony to become the first major music company to make commercial digital downloads available.
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Tommy Mottola is widely well known for signing Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia, Shakira, the Dixie Chicks, as well as for releasing digitally remastered compact discs of older recordings made by Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Andy Williams, Pink Floyd among others.
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Tommy Mottola worked with Michael Jackson from the time he began recording his Dangerous album.
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Tommy Mottola admitted he was "taken aback and surprised" by Jackson's remarks.
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Tommy Mottola was the head of Sony Music Entertainment until January 2003.
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Since leaving his post as chief of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola has been building a new entertainment company, complete with recorded music, television production, theater, and fashion, alongside a branding and management company that had recently launched.
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Tommy Mottola was instrumental in re-launching the various careers of such artists as Marc Anthony and Lindsay Lohan.
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Tommy Mottola bought out the rights to Casablanca Records, and resurrected it, signing Lohan and Mika.
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Tommy Mottola published a book titled Hitmaker in January 2013, written alongside Cal Fussman.
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Tommy Mottola produced the recent musical adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale.
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Tommy Mottola brought the idea for A Bronx Tale musical to producer group Dodger Properties and "put the musical on his back".
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In 2018, Tommy Mottola's Tommy Mottola Media signed a multi year first look deal with eOne to develop scripted and unscripted TV.
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Tommy Mottola converted to Judaism to marry his first wife, Lisa Clark, daughter of ABC Records head Sam Clark, in 1971.
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On June 5,1993, Tommy Mottola married his second wife, Mariah Carey.
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Tommy Mottola married his third wife, Thalia, on December 2,2000, at New York City's St Patrick's Cathedral.