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Hooker Tom

Hooker (Tom)   (USA)

AKA : Thomas Barbey, T. Beecher
Italo-disco member
Added : 06/08/2011
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Only One
Bad Reputation
Fighting For Our Love
No Time To Say Goodbye
Together
Flip Over
Talk With Your Body
Toccami
I Want To Love
Come Back Home
Dove Andiamo
Indian Girl
Give It To Me
Real Men
Looking For Love
Only One
Help Me
Atlantis
Feeling Okay
Bad Reputation
Hey Girl
Cry
No More Heaven
Living In The Sunshine
Fighting For Our Love
Runaway
Change Your Mind
Nobody Loves Me
Illusions
Tell Me
My Russian Lady Night
I Want You Tonight
King Of The World
Find A Day And A Time
Future Brain
Future Brain
Bad Boy
Catch The Fox
Everybody's Talkin'
Running Up That Hill
Love Is Life
Ventura Highway
Idiot
Incredible
Fixation
You Dj You Rock
Kept Boy
Big Boys Don't Cry
No Time To Say Goodbye
Dancing To The Night
Face To Face
Swiss Boy
Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar
-- Back In +ime --
River Of My Past
Shine Like A Diamond
You're Right
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Latest Tom Hooker news

21/12/2018 : Tom Hooker is back with a new song entitled You're Right, from album No Time To Say Goodbye.

18/08/2018 : Tom Hooker and Miki Chieregato project Tam Harrow's new single is entitled Big Boys Don't Cry, from next album Pretty Ugly.

04/12/2016 : Discover the videoclip for Tom Hooker's new song Tell Me.

01/11/2016 : Discover a preview of Tom Hooker's forthcoming single Tell Me. Video release is planned next week.

03/06/2016 : New song from Tom Hooker and Miki Chieregato's project Tam Harrow is entitled Go to Mexico.

08/05/2014 : Tom Hooker and Miki Chieregato will release a new single entitled Fixation under project name Tam Harrow.

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Tom Hooker albums

Only One Only One 1986
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Bad Reputation Bad Reputation 1988
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Fighting For Our Love Fighting For Our Love 1992
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No Time To Say Goodbye No Time To Say Goodbye 2018
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Together Together (with Tam Harrow) 2020
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Tom Hooker singles

Flip Over Flip Over 1980  
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Talk With Your Body Talk With Your Body 1981  
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Toccami Toccami 1981  
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I Want To Love I Want To Love 1981  
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Come Back Home Come Back Home 1982  
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Dove Andiamo Dove Andiamo 1982  
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Indian Girl Indian Girl 1984  
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Give It To Me Give It To Me 1984  
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Real Men Real Men 1985  
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Looking For Love Looking For Love 1986  
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Only One Only One 1986  
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Help Me Help Me 1986  
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Atlantis Atlantis 1987  
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Feeling Okay Feeling Okay 1988  
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Bad Reputation Bad Reputation 1988  
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Hey Girl Hey Girl 1988  
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Cry Cry 1988  
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No More Heaven No More Heaven 1989  
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Living In The Sunshine Living In The Sunshine 1990  
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Fighting For Our Love Fighting For Our Love 1992  
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Runaway Runaway 1994  
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Change Your Mind Change Your Mind 2011  
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Nobody Loves Me Nobody Loves Me (with Elastic Band) 29th Jan 2014  
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Illusions Illusions 21st Feb 2014  
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Tell Me Tell Me 3rd Nov 2016  
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My Russian Lady Night My Russian Lady Night 16th Dec 2016  
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I Want You Tonight I Want You Tonight (with Linda Jo Rizzo) 4th Aug 2017  
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King Of The World King Of The World 12th Sep 2017  
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Find A Day And A Time Find A Day And A Time 2018  
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Future Brain Future Brain 13th Feb 2018  
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Tom Hooker remixes

I Look Into Your Eyes (Remix) I Look Into Your Eyes (Remix) 2017  
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Featurings and collaborations

Future Brain Den Harrow - Future Brain 1985  
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Bad Boy Den Harrow - Bad Boy 1985  
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Catch The Fox Den Harrow - Catch The Fox 1986  
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Everybody's Talkin' Elastic Band - Everybody's Talkin' 5th Aug 1992  
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Running Up That Hill Elastic Band - Running Up That Hill 29th Jan 1994  
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Love Is Life Elastic Band - Love Is Life 28th Jun 1994  
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Ventura Highway Elastic Band - Ventura Highway 1995  
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Idiot Tam Harrow - Idiot 16th Jan 2014  
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Incredible Tam Harrow - Incredible 19th Feb 2014  
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Fixation Tam Harrow - Fixation 8th May 2014  
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You Dj You Rock Tam Harrow - You Dj You Rock 12th Jun 2014  
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Kept Boy Tam Harrow - Kept Boy 27th Oct 2014  
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Big Boys Don't Cry Tam Harrow Project - Big Boys Don't Cry 2018  
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No Time To Say Goodbye Tam Harrow - No Time To Say Goodbye 21st May 2018  
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Dancing To The Night Tam Harrow - Dancing To The Night 2019  
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Face To Face Italove - Face To Face 17th Nov 2023  
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Compositions

Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar TH and the Funk Guitar - Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar 1991  
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Love Is Novecento - Love Is 1993  
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Marimba Day (Everybody Dancing) Novecento - Marimba Day (Everybody Dancing) 1993  
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Love Inspection GHYBLJ - Love Inspection 1995  
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Songwriting

Future Brain Den Harrow - Future Brain 1985  
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Bad Boy Den Harrow - Bad Boy 1985  
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Catch The Fox Den Harrow - Catch The Fox 1986  
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USSR Eddy Huntington - USSR 1986  
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Up And Down Eddy Huntington - Up And Down 1986  
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May Day Eddy Huntington - May Day 1988  
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Physical Attraction Eddy Huntington - Physical Attraction 1989  
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Band Bang Baby Eddy Huntington - Band Bang Baby 1989  
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Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar TH and the Funk Guitar - Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar 1991  
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Love Is Novecento - Love Is 1993  
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Marimba Day (Everybody Dancing) Novecento - Marimba Day (Everybody Dancing) 1993  
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I Wanna Love Bolhero - I Wanna Love 1994  
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Runaway Tom Hooker - Runaway 1994  
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Love Is Life Elastic Band - Love Is Life 28th Jun 1994  
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Love Inspection GHYBLJ - Love Inspection 1995  
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Aliases - Records released under other names

Swiss Boy Lou Sern - Swiss Boy 1986  
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Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar TH and the Funk Guitar - Sex-O-Phone & Funk Guitar 1991  
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-- Back In +ime -- +om ++ooker - -- Back In +ime -- (album) 2017  
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River Of My Past +om ++ooker - River Of My Past 2017  
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Shine Like A Diamond +om ++ooker - Shine Like A Diamond 22nd Jan 2017  
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You're Right +om ++ooker - You're Right 2019  
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Tom Hooker biography

American singer and photographer Tom Hooker aka Thomas Barbey was born Thomas Beecher Hooker on November 18, 1957, in Greenwich, Connecticut. His granddad, John Barbey, co-invented "Lee" jean, and one of his aunts, Harriet Beecher Stowe, wrote famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

His family moved to Europe when he was only six months old. At the age of 10, he started his musical career as a drummer. At 13, he created his first band. At 15, he first appeared in public at a concert as a drummer/singer. He studied languages in Switzerland.

In 1980, he moved to Italy, where he was discovered by Italian producers Roberto Turatti and Miki Chiregato. His first hit was Flip Over, b/w the track We Can Start It All Over Again. He had his first major success in 1986 with Looking for Love. The same year, he released Swiss boy under the scene name Lou Sern. He co-wrote (under the name T. Beecher) and sang lead vocals on the first two Den Harrow albums.

By 1988, he moved to photography and his music style changed with his single No More Heaven. His last single was Run Away, a nice eurodance track released under One Way records and licensed in Germany under ZYX, which was unfortunately a commercial failure. During the 90s, he did some English vocal coaching, advising artists such as Spagna.

In 1994, Hooker left the music scene to move to America to marry Suzanne Berquist. He settled in Los Angeles and changed his name to Thomas Barbey, his mother's maiden name. He began a career as a visual artist, creating surreal photographs, called photomontage. He currently exhibits in galleries in many countries around the world. "I'm retired and I'm rich. I know it may sound strange to you but I was also doing it for the money. It was just a job. A very fun one at times" he explained in an interview.

2010 : In October, he collaborated with his longtime musical colleague and fellow composer, Miki Chieregato, to produce and release a brand new single and video, Change Your Mind. Miki and him published a video in 3 languages to prove that he was the real singer on Future Brain, accusing Den Harrow to have written threats against him and his family. Afterwards, Den Harrow recorded a filmed answer in Italian...

2011 : he released a new recording and music video of the Den Harrow track Future Brain, which featured himself. The same year, Miki and Tom released the single No Elevation.

Tom Hooker biography was last updated Wed, January 6th 2021

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