Philip Michael Thomas (Co-writer, Executive producer) was born May 26, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio.  He is a 1967 graduate from San Bernardino High School in California. He attended Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, UC Riverside and UC Berkley. Mr. Thomas received the degree of Doctor of Arts (Honoris Causa) from Shaw University in 1997 for his contribution to the arts. He has been writing children’s music and lyrics for over forty-years. In 1996 he co-produced “We are the children of the world” (A children’s television show with puppets and music in Spanish and English in Costa Rica. 

Music has always been a big part of Philip’s career. He released his first album Living The Book of My Life on his Spaceship/Atlantic record label in 1986.  He teamed up with music legends Ashford & Simpson to produce his second album titled Somebody.  The album was released on Spaceship/Atlantic Records in 1988. Philip was cast in the Debbie Allen Special as a choreographer with Ms. Allen for her television special, and he sang the sophisticated tune Falling from his Somebody Album. Philip and Kathy Rayhill composed My, My, My, My AM… I.
The song was adopted as the Miami City anthem in 1994.  He co-hosted the television special Celebrate the Soul of America with Dionne Warwick and Dianne Carrol as well as the Motown Christmas Special with Smokey Robinson.

Philip co-starred in two Italian mini-series Extra Large and We are Angels with Bud Spencer, and several of his songs were featured in the soundtrack.  He co-produced and starred in the Spanish independent film,Mistaken Woman, and he also sang the title track. In 2001 Philip produced the music for Sandi’s Golden Workout DVD, and in 2006 he produced the music for her Tune-up DVD workout.

Philip gained international recognition in 1984 for his starring role as Ricardo Tubbs on the Emmy Award-winning television series Miami Vice. 

Established in 2014, Strange Disc Records is an Upstate NY based record label that releases high quality reissues of hard to find & never before released albums. We specialize in film soundtracks, electronic, punk and other specialty genre releases.

Strange Disc is distributed by the Grammy nominated Light In The Attic label. Our releases can be found in record stores & with online retailers across the globe.

To view our complete catalog of releases, please visit our website www.strangedisc.com

Samuel L. Waymon, award-winning composer, singer, pianist, has composed Broadway and film music.
For Booking/Inquiries: samwaymon545@gmail.com

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