Biography
Tom Keane has known music all his life and was born into a family of musical pioneers. His father, Bob Keane who founded Del-Fi Records and discovered and produced musical icons from Sam Cooke and Richie Valens to Barry White, David Gates and Bobby Fuller (I fought the Law). His Mother was a singer who sang as a teenager with Spike Jones during WWII in the USO tour entertaining the troops. She later enjoyed success as part of the Nilsson Twins who recorded for Capitol Records during the 1950's. Tom wrote his first song at age 5, played drums in early grade school, and eventually mastered the piano by the age of 11. He started performing in clubs as a singer at nine years old, and it was during this time Ray Parker, Jr. (Ghostbusters) heard him sing and asked him to record a song he wrote called "I caught you creepin" which became Tom's first professionally recorded song.
In 1974 he and his brother John began their careers as The Keane Brothers. This led to their first album produced by David Foster. Motown Great, Lamont Dozier, produced the second album. The albums were released domestically and abroad and their success led to a CBS variety television show.
During the formative years of his career, Tom collaborated as writer and musician with many producers and artists, such as: David Foster, Burt Bacharach, Peter Allen, George Benson, Kenny Rogers, Patti La Belle, Chicago, Al Jarreau, Patti Austin, Jermaine Jackson, Chaka Kahn, Barbara Streisand, and Celine Dion to name a few.
Tom Keane has been awarded a Grammy nomination for" Though The Fire", for which he co-wrote with David Foster and Cynthia Weil (You've Lost That Loving Feeling) and a Golden Globe nomination for the title song of the Michael J. Fox hit movie "Secret of My Success". The song "Will You Still Love Me", recorded by Chicago, and co-wrote by Tom Keane, David Foster and Richard Baskin, became a number one hit and has over 3 million broadcast performances. "Through The Fire" has become a classic R&B standard and has also enjoyed a million broadcast performances. In 2005, Kanye West used "Through the fire" for the basis of his debut hit, "Through the wire". His "College Dropout "CD sold over 5 million copies.
In 2007, Tom decided to re invent his Father's legendary Record Company, Del-Fi. Renamed, DMG-Del-Fi Music and media Group. DMG's first signing; Needmore (www.myspace.com/needmore) was released spring of '09 to iTunes. DMG's latest signing is 16 year old singer-songwriter, CEEJ.
Tom is still very active in writing songs for artists, film and television. Never straying too far from his roots as a musician, producer and songwriter. Most recently, Tom produced "Ryujin Kiyoshi" for EMI/Japan. A phenomenal 18 year old Japanese songwriter who's first CD was released in March of 09' and has topped the Japan / iTunes charts. Tom also just completed writing and producing 2 songs for the sequel of the hugely successful "Hoodwinked" animated feature for the Weinstien Co. entitled, "Hoodwinked Too!" Both songs performed by NBC's "Heros" star, Hayden Panettierrie. "Hoodwinked Too!" Is scheduled for release in the spring of 2011. Tom has also written for the multi platinum artist Anita Baker and jazz super group, FourPlay.
