Thomas Righter Snow (born 1947 in

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) is an American songwriter.

Biography

Snow has written songs for

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Even a Fool Would Let Go "Even a Fool Would Let Go" is a country and pop song by songwriters Tom Snow and Kerry Chater (a former member of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap). The song lyrics meditate on a tempting but imprudent and perhaps adulterous ("neither one of us is f ...

" with Kerry Chater – a song covered by a number of artists including

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and

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). "Love Not War" (with Barbara Griffin),

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Deeper Than the Night "Deeper Than the Night" is a song by Olivia Newton-John. It was released as the second single from Newton-John's tenth studio album, ''Totally Hot''. The song reached No. 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 18 in Canada. On the adult co ...

", " Make a Move on Me"), and Melissa Manchester ("

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"),

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' million-selling 1980 hit "

He's So Shy "He's So Shy" is a song recorded by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters for their seventh studio album ''Special Things'' (1980). Written, as "She's So Shy" and intended for Leo Sayer, in December 1979 by Tom Snow and Cynthia Weil, "He's So ...

" (with lyrics by Cynthia Weil),

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, Rita Coolidge (" You", which was also an Australian top 10 hit for

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in 1977 and in 2005),

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("Somewhere Down the Road", a song which was performed on '' Ally McBeal''), Randy Crawford,

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Gettin' Ready for Love "Gettin' Ready for Love" is a 1977 hit song by Diana Ross. It was the first single from her ''Baby It's Me'' LP. The song was released on October 16, 1977 by Motown Records. It was written by Tom Snow and Franne Golde, and produced by Richard Per ...

"),

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"), Leo Sayer,

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, Michael Johnson ("I'll Always Love You"),

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, Kim Carnes ("

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"),

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("More than Fascination"),

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(" Don't Know Much" duet with Aaron Neville), Trisha Yearwood, Amy Grant ("Good For Me"), and Christina Aguilera ("So Emotional"). He also co-wrote "Dreaming of You" for the crossover Mexican-American star Selena, which was released posthumously in 1995. Along with Dean Pitchford, Snow wrote the song "

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" sung by American singer Deniece Williams for the film soundtrack '' Footloose'', which climbed to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 and peaked at number two on the

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. The track was certified Platinum by the RIAA and nominated for an

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for Best Song. He also wrote the song "Did You Hear Thunder" with Pitchford for the George Benson album '' While the City Sleeps...'' (1986). Other films that Snow has written songs for include '' Oliver & Company'', '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', '' Scooby Doo on Zombie Island'' with New York City's Jack Feldman and

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, '' About Last Night...'' ("So Far, So Good" and "Natural Love" sung by Sheena Easton), '' Chances Are'' (Oscar-nominated song " After All" sung by

and Peter Cetera). On November 11, 2011, at an independent TED event, Snow delivered a TED talk which he entitled "The Mulch Pile." ''TEDxAmericanRiviera'' Snow also released solo albums in the 1970s and 1980s. Tom Snow was a member of the band Country, which released a sole album on Clean Records, a subsidiary of

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in 1971. Snow sang co-lead and played piano. The band included Michael Fondiler, who shared lead vocals and played rhythm guitar, Bob DeSimone on drums, Steve Fondiler on bass and Ian Espinoza on lead guitar and dobro. Their little-known but assured self-titled debut featured Mark and Matt Andes of Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne and

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. Vexed by management troubles – Michael O'Bryant was replaced by Peter Asher – the album sank without a trace. Re-released on the Slipstream label in 2013, the album garnered favourable reviews. Snow left after the first album, but the rest of the band continued, and a second album was recorded but never released. A single from those sessions, "Strange Arrangement", was released, which featured Snow and the rest of the band but was credited as a solo work by Ian Espinoza. It also failed and Clean Records pulled the plug. The band now has the original masters and plans are afoot to finally release this album, which was to be entitled ''Bigalo Jive''. UK fanzine ''Fantastic Expedition'' told the Country story in its Issue No. 8. Snow co-wrote Melissa Manchester's "Your Love is Where I Live", which also features

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, on Manchester's '' You Gotta Love the Life'' (2015).

Discography

;Solo albums * ''Taking It All in Stride'' (Capitol, 1975) * ''Tom Snow'' (Capitol, 1976) * ''Hungry Nights'' (Arista, 1982)

References

External links

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Tom Snow Online Scholarship From Berklee College of Music

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