Tony Fox Sales | |
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
September 26, 1951
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments |
Bass guitar Backing vocals |
Years active | 1965-present |
Labels |
EMI Perseverance Records |
Associated acts | Tony and The Tigers Utopia Chequered Past Tin Machine The Cheap Dates |
Tony Fox Sales (born September 26, 1951) is an American rock musician. Normally on bass guitar, Sales and his brother, Hunt Sales, played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop, and Tin Machine with David Bowie.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of 1950s/'60s TV comedian Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926–October 22, 2009) and Barbara Fox (born June 23, 1931), Tony grew up in Detroit, Michigan, with his younger brother, Hunt Sales (born 1954).
His first musical group was with Hunt, a drummer, in Tony and The Tigers. The band also included Jon Pousette-Dart, son of artist Richard Pousette-Dart and later the leader of the Pousette-Dart Band. The band appeared on a TV show hosted by Steve Allen in 1965 and performed two songs, "I'll Be On My Way" and "When The Party's Over," vintage clips of which are featured on YouTube.
Tony and The Tigers released the song "Turn It on Girl," which was a minor local hit in Detroit, appeared on the show Hullabaloo a couple times, December 20, 1965, hosted by Jerry Lewis, and April 4, 1966, hosted by their father, Soupy Sales. The band also appeared on the local Detroit/Windsor dance show Swingin' Time hosted by Robin Seymour.