NUMBER ONE FLASHBACK

Tiffany, the teenage shopping mall pop star, with her cover of Tommy James and the Shondells' 1967 hit, "I Think We're Alone Now" was the number one song on the US pop chart during this week, twenty years later from when that band originally charted with the song. 

Tiffany Darwish was born and raised in Norwalk, CA, and began singing at the age of four. By ten, she was performing in country music venues. And it was during this time Tiffany was discovered by singer, Hoyt Axton who took her to Nashville where she began to sing professionally. This lead to an appearance on the early talent competition program, "Star Search" in 1985 where Tiffany placed second. She would met George Tobin, a record producer, who signed the teenager to a recording contract and became her manager. 

Tiffany's self-titled debut was released in 1987 and the first single, "Danny" failed to chart. Tobin came up with a publicity stunt as a way to appeal to young fans. Tiffany would embark on a concert tour at shopping malls across the country. And the plan worked with Tiffany's second single reaching the top of the pop chart at the age of sixteen. With the ballad, "Could've Been" (which also reached number one on the chart) and another hit cover with a reworking of the Beatles' "I Saw Him Standing There", Tiffany's album sold over four million copies and made the teenager a star.

But in the middle of all of this success, Tiffany was drawn in to a legal battle between Tobin and her parents over her career and earnings. This would be resolved and Tiffany released her follow-up album, "Hold an Old Friend's Hand" in 1988. Despite another top-ten hit, "All This Time", the album was a disappointment and Tiffany's career began to cool down. 

Her subsequent albums failed to chart but she has kept busy over the years, appearing in film and reality television. Tiffany still records and tours, releasing a country album in 2011 and last year, the now forty-nine year old performer updated her first hit with a rock & roll arrangement. Here is Tiffany's original video and the 2019 version of "I Think We're Alone Now":