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'''Thomas F. "Tommy" Valando''' (March 1, 1916 &ndash; February 14, 1995) was a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] producer and owner of a New York City music publishing company, Tommy Valando Publishing Group, Inc.

Valando played a role in the emergence of [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] songwriters on the Broadway scene. In the early 1950s, he was responsible for composer [[Jerry Bock]] getting onto Broadway with the score for ''Catch a Star''. In 1964, he introduced [[John Kander]] and [[Fred Ebb]] who became a prominent songwriting team.

Valando's company published the scores to such Broadway shows as:
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* [[Fiorello!]] (1959)
* [[She Loves Me]] (1963)
* [[Fiddler on the Roof]] (1964)
* [[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]] (1966)
* [[Zorba the Greek (musical)|Zorba]] (1968)
* [[Company (musical)|Company]] (1970)
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* [[Follies]] (1972)
* [[A Little Night Music]] (1973)
* [[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]] (1979)
* [[Woman of the Year (musical)|Woman of the Year]] (1981)
* [[Sunday in the Park with George]] (1984)
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==Thoroughbred horse racing==
Valando and his wife Elizabeth Jones Valando owned several racehorses, including the 1990 [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion Two-Year-Old]] colt [[Fly So Free]] who won the [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile]].

The Valandos were living in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] at the time of his death in 1995. Elizabeth continued their involvement in thoroughbred racing and was the owner of [[Nobiz Like Shobiz]], who was rated as a top contender for the 2007 [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] series of races.

==References==
* [http://www.fredebbfoundation.org/fred-ebb.htm Fred Ebb Foundation]
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