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Tommy Newsom

Tommy Newsom is credited on 348 releases across 100 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2019 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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348

Pressings credited

100

Albums

7

Decades active

21

In collections

Biography

Thomas Penn Newsom (February 25, 1929 – April 28, 2007) was a saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for which he later became assistant director. Newsom was frequently the band's substitute director, whenever music director Doc Severinsen was away from the show or filling in for announcer Ed McMahon. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" by Johnny Carson as an ironic take on his low-keyed, reserved persona, he was often a foil for Carson's humor. His conservative brown or blue suits were a marked contrast to Severinsen's flashy stage clothing.

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Credited work

348 releases · 100 albums · active 1957–2019

  • Performance · 643
  • Other credits · 63
  • Production · 3

Studios: Music Hall, Cincinnati · Clinton Recording Studio · Gold Star Studios · RealTime Recording Studio

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