Tommy Boy Entertainment (formerly known as Tommy Boy Records) is an independent record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman.
After borrowing $5,000 from his parents, the label was an outgrowth of Tom Silverman's Disco News bi-weekly publication (later titled Dance Music Report), which spanned 14 years, beginning in September 1978.
In 1985, Warner Bros. Records bought 50% of the label, eventually buying all of it in 1990. Silverman and Monica Ly...
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Tommy Boy Entertainment (formerly known as Tommy Boy Records) is an independent record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman.
After borrowing $5,000 from his parents, the label was an outgrowth of Tom Silverman's Disco News bi-weekly publication (later titled Dance Music Report), which spanned 14 years, beginning in September 1978.
In 1985, Warner Bros. Records bought 50% of the label, eventually buying all of it in 1990. Silverman and Monica Lynch became Vice Presidents of Warner as well. Warner allowed Tommy Boy to use independent distribution as it saw fit, with the option to put artists through the major-label channel through Warner Bros. Records or its sister label Reprise Records. Silverman bought 50% back from Warner Bros. in 1995. Also the same year, the first incarnation of Penalty Recordings, a joint venture with Neil Levine, was created, but it was absorbed by Tommy Boy in 1999. The imprint Tommy Boy Gospel was launched in 1998 under the direction of Max Siegel and Marvie...
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