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Everyone knows the hits 'Hanky Panky', 'Mony Mony', 'I Think We're
Alone Now', 'Crimson and Clover', 'Crystal Blue Persuasion'. They
are nuggets of rock and pop history. However, few know the unlikely
story of how these hits came to be. In 1966, Tommy James' record
'Hanky Panky' was re-discovered by a Pittsburgh DJ who started
playing it on heavy rotation, prompting a tremendous response.
James found himself in the office of Morris Levy at Roulette
Records, where he was handed a pen and ominously promised 'one
helluva ride'. Morris Levy, the legendary 'godfather' of the music
business, needed a hit and 'Hanky Panky' would be his. The song
went to #1; James went on to record many more hits; and Levy
continued to reign. Me, the Mob, and the Musictells the intimate
story of the complex and sometimes terrifying relationship between
the bright-eyed, sweet-faced blonde musician from the heartland and
the big, bombastic, brutal bully from the Bronx, who hustled,
cheated, and swindled his way to the top of the music industry. It
is also the story of this swaggering, wildly creative era of rock
n' roll when the hits kept coming and payola and the strong arm
tactics of the mob were the norm, and what it was like, for better
or worse, to be in the middle of it.
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