Tommy Cunningham

Scottish musician

For other people named Tommy Cunningham, see Tommy Cunningham (disambiguation).

Tommy Cunningham

Birth name| Thomas Cunningham
Born|  (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 60)[citation needed]
Genres| Pop
Occupation(s)| Drummer
Songwriter
Instrument(s)| Drums
Vocals
Years active| 1982 - present

Musical artist

Thomas Cunningham (born 22 June 1964) is a Scottish musician and the drummer for the band Wet Wet Wet.

## Biography

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Cunningham's father, Tom Sr., bought his son his first drum kit in 1977, "down the Social Club for £15". Shortly thereafter, a chance meeting with Graeme Clark on the school bus brought the two together. Over the next few years the two recruited fellow school friends Mark McLachlan and Neil Mitchell and concentrated on writing their original songs and perfected their song writing craft.[1] From the release of their first single "Wishing I was Lucky", Wet Wet Wet had chart success for a further 10 years.

Cunningham acrimoniously left the band in 1997 after a dispute over royalty payments,[2] and the band went on tour in 1998 without him. At its conclusion, the three remaining members went their separate ways. In 2004, however, they reunited.

In 2010 Cunningham along with Billy Sloan (DJ journalist) put on a benefit show for their friend Tiger Tim Stevens (DJ) who suffered from multiple sclerosis and had been forced to quit his job at Radio Clyde due to his illness; on the same bill were Midge Ure, Jim Diamond, Gerard Kelly, Marti Pellow and Paulo Nutini.[citation needed]

Tommy played drums on Jim Diamond’s album "City of Soul" released by Camino Records (catalogue number CAMCD40, release date 3 October 2011).[3] All proceeds from this album of Soul covers benefit the children's charity Radio Clyde Cash For Kids.[4]

Cunningham and the remaining three original members of Wet Wet Wet reformed in 2004.[citation needed]

Cunningham presents a occasional weekend show across the Greatest Hits Radio Scotland.[citation needed]

## Personal life

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Cunningham is married to his childhood sweetheart Elaine Gallacher. They married in 1991, and have two children: Tayler and Stephen.[5]

## References

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1. ^ End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits liner notes
2. ^ "Webma.nl". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
3. ^ "City Of Soul UK". Facebook.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
4. ^ "STV News Article". News.stv.tv. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
5. ^ "Wets star will wed, wed, wed. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

## External links

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* Tommy Cunningham at IMDb

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Wet Wet Wet

* Graeme Clark
* Graeme Duffin
* Kevin Simm

* Tommy Cunningham
* Neil Mitchell
* Marti Pellow

Studio albums|

* Popped In Souled Out (1987)
* Holding Back the River (1989)
* High on the Happy Side (1992)
* Picture This (1995)
* 10 (1997)
* Timeless (2007)

Other albums|

* The Memphis Sessions (1988)
* Cloak & Dagger (1992)

Live albums|

* Wet Wet Wet: Live (1990)
* Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993)

Compilations|

* End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits (1993)
* The Greatest Hits (2004)
* Step by Step: The Greatest Hits (2013)

Singles|

* "Wishing I Was Lucky"
* "Sweet Little Mystery"
* "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)"
* "Temptation"
* "With a Little Help from My Friends"
* "Sweet Surrender"
* "Broke Away"
* "Hold Back the River"
* "Goodnight Girl"
* "More than Love"
* "Shed a Tear"
* "Cold Cold Heart"
* "Love Is All Around"
* "Julia Says"
* "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
* "Somewhere Somehow"
* "If I Never See You Again"
* "Strange"
* "Yesterday" / "Maybe I'm in Love"
* "Weightless"

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