| Star hopes for success with 'Time' Tommy Page was in the territory last week to record one last track for his new album as well as to promote his lastest single. MIMI CHAU speaks to the star. Pop singer and songwriter Tommy Page was proud to be back, he said, smiling at a throng of Hong Kong journalists and fans last week. The international star was here (his third visit since 1988) to promite his lastest single, Tell the World. He was also a gust of RTHK's "Blue of the Blue" concert, held last Saturday. Page had another reason to be here. "I am recording one last track for my new album. It's a duet I'm doing with my colleague Liz Kong at Pony Canyon Inc. Page, 23, burst upon the showbiz scene in 1988 with his duet album, Tommy Page, which had the nit single, A Shoulder to cry on. Then in the summer of 1989, he toured with the New Kids on the Block as their opening act. An extensive round of touring followed, including Japan and Southeast Asia. In 1990, he put out Painting in my Mind, a platinum-seller worldwide. Its single, I'll be your Everything, hits the No. 1 slot on the Billboard charts. Even while at the centre of the pop craze and teen adulation, Tommy has had his mind set on music of a different kind. '"It's fun being a teen idol," he said, "but I felt I could reach a wider audience with the kind of music that has always meant the most to me." His third album, From the Heart (1991), and his fourth, Friend to Rely on (1992), secured PAge's reputation as singer cum songwriter. His fifth, Time, will be released in Asia in October. Going back to his Tell the World promotion, what has Page to tell? "The title track is a very happy song. If you have a problem, listening to it might help to get your mind off things," Page told Young Post. Page has spent two years on this album, and has confidence in it. "I chose the songs carefully. They are stronger than my earlier songs." Love, of course, is the cardinal theme. "I wish I really was in live!" the singer said. "I just write from the imagination, about my idea of the perfect love." Page wants to reach a wider audience, and also maintain an image of consistency. "I don't want just one night of success, I want to be able to produce good songs all the time." Taken from Young Post, South China Morning Post, 23.8.1994 |
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| Comforting music... Tommy Page strikes a different chord. |
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