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Tommy McManus, founder of the Acchords originally  hails from Brooklyn, NY.  He began his show business career at the tender age of 3 when he appeared on the "Johnny Olsen Show"  in 1948 on  NBC .  By his mid teens, Tommy  was an accomplished vocalist, songwriter, musician, comedian and character actor. 

During those teenage years Tommy could be found    playing the Manhattan nightclub circuit, Brooklyn Paramount Theater and The Rockaways.  From 1959 -1963  Tommy was known as  " The Hottest Sax in Town"  where he was spotted by talent scout Lucky Leighton who signed him to perform with  the Clay Cole Orchestra. 

Tommy has appeared on the" Joe Franklin Show " "Jack Bilby All-Star Show" television shows and with Roy Scheider and Meryl Streep in the motion picture " In The Still of the Night. 

You may have caught Tommy's Winner Ford  commercials on late night TV  or heard one of his 130 voice impressions performed in radio and TV commercials throughout the Metropolitan Area.

Today Tommy continues to perform and is  considered to be one of the finest vocal  and comedic talents around.
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