# George Tobin

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This article is about the record producer. For other people of the same name, see [George Tobin (disambiguation)](/source/George_Tobin_(disambiguation)).

**George Tobin** is a record producer who has produced albums for a long list of musical artists including [Robert John](/source/Robert_John), [Smokey Robinson](/source/Smokey_Robinson), [Kim Carnes](/source/Kim_Carnes), Kicking Harold, and [PC Quest](/source/Pc_Quest_(band)). He is best known, however, for discovering, managing, and producing the teenage singer [Tiffany](/source/Tiffany_Darwish) and showcasing her in malls across the country. From the 1980s, Tobin owned a large recording studio complex in [North Hollywood, California](/source/North_Hollywood,_California), which was frequently rented by people making demo tapes and radio commercials. Tiffany was recording a demo at the studio at age 12 when Tobin heard her and decided that she could be a star; soon, he was managing and producing her.[1] Under Tobin's management, Tiffany released two very successful albums (*[Tiffany](/source/Tiffany_(album))* and *[Hold an Old Friend's Hand](/source/Hold_an_Old_Friend's_Hand)*), and toured for two years with [New Kids on the Block](/source/New_Kids_on_the_Block). Although Tiffany separated from Tobin's management in 1989, the two briefly reunited to record the 1993 album *[Dreams Never Die](/source/Dreams_Never_Die)* which Tobin produced. Ultimately, the album only saw release in Asia before Tiffany and Tobin went their separate ways again.

In the 1990s, he pursued business ventures in [Las Vegas, Nevada](/source/Las_Vegas,_Nevada), including buying radio station KMMK and changing it to [KEDG](/source/KEDG) the Edge. By 2005 his businesses, George Tobin Music and Headliner Records, were based in Las Vegas and [Boca Raton, Florida](/source/Boca_Raton,_Florida). In 2005 Tobin re-released Tiffany's album *Dreams Never Die* with an additional six tracks taken from early Tiffany recording sessions at Tobin's studio and made it available to a wider audience than it had seen previously.

## Selected albums and songs produced by Tobin

- [Kim Carnes](/source/Kim_Carnes), *[Romance Dance](/source/Romance_Dance)* (Produced in association with [Mike Piccirillo](/source/Mike_Piccirillo)) - single "[More Love](/source/More_Love_(Kim_Carnes_song))" #10
- [Natalie Cole](/source/Natalie_Cole), *Happy Love*, (Produced in association with [Mike Piccirillo](/source/Mike_Piccirillo))
- [Robert John](/source/Robert_John), *Robert John* - (Produced in association with [Mike Piccirillo](/source/Mike_Piccirillo)) - single "[Sad Eyes](/source/Sad_Eyes_(Robert_John_song))" #1
- [New Edition](/source/New_Edition), *[All For Love](/source/All_for_Love_(New_Edition_album))* - single "With You All The Way" #7 R&B
- [PC Quest](/source/Pc_Quest_(band)), *[PC Quest](/source/PC_Quest_(album))* & *[Directions](/source/Directions_(PC_Quest_album))* - (Produced in association with [Mike Piccirillo](/source/Mike_Piccirillo)), single "After The Summer's Gone" #41
- [Smokey Robinson](/source/Smokey_Robinson), *[Being With You](/source/Being_with_You_(album))* (Produced in association with [Mike Piccirillo](/source/Mike_Piccirillo)) - single "[Being With You](/source/Being_With_You_(song))" #1 R&B, #2 pop (3 weeks)
- Smokey Robinson, *Yes It's You Lady* (Produced in association with [Mike Piccirillo](/source/Mike_Piccirillo)) - single "Tell Me Tomorrow" #1 R&B, #33 pop
- [Tiffany](/source/Tiffany_Darwish), *[Tiffany](/source/Tiffany_(album))* - singles "[Could've Been](/source/Could've_Been_(Tiffany_song))" #1, "[I Think We're Alone Now](/source/I_Think_We're_Alone_Now#Tiffany_version)" #1, "[I Saw Him Standing There](/source/I_Saw_Him_Standing_There)" #7
- Tiffany, *[Hold an Old Friend's Hand](/source/Hold_an_Old_Friend's_Hand)* - single "[All This Time](/source/All_This_Time_(Tiffany_song))" #6
- Tiffany, *[Dreams Never Die](/source/Dreams_Never_Die)* - single "If Love is Blind"

## References

1. Tuber, Keith (June 1989). ["On Top with Tiffany"](https://books.google.com/books?id=3WAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22George+Tobin%22&pg=RA1-PA245). *[Orange Coast](/source/Orange_Coast_(magazine))*. **16** (6): 245. [ISSN 0279-0483](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0279-0483)

## External links

- [A note from George Tobin](http://www.tiffany.org/forum/tobin.html) (about his experiences with Tiffany)

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