NEW YORK - eTradeWire -- Ton-Up Records is pleased to announce the release of Philip Paul Kelly's new single, Only the Lonely. Kelly brings his vocal talent, described as Neil Diamond meets The Phantom of the Opera, to the Roy Orbison classic and the single's B-side, Come Close, a ballad written by composer Paul Castrataro (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Fags & Cellphones, Rockquem For A Wrestler). Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox) signed Kelly to his label Ton-Up Records in 2022 and released his first single, Savior.

Kelly made his theater debut at 14 and has gone on to star and co-star in national tours of some of Broadway's biggest shows, including Titanic and Camelot. He has appeared in regional productions of Elf The Musical, 1776, A Christmas Carol, The Full Monty, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, and La Cage Aux Folles. Other notable performances include the workshop and concert of Ragtime on Ellis Island as Admiral Peary with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Georgia Engel, Brandon Victor Dixon, Michael Park, and Laura Michelle Kelly.

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Listen: https://philippaulkelly.lnk.to/OnlytheLonely

Ton-Up Records & Music Publishing is an independent record label and music publishing company formed in 2009 by musician Eddie Star (Eddie Star & The Zero Effect, JoyBox).  In addition to Star's music, its roster includes the legendary Punk & Western band Blood on the Saddle, Greg Davis, Philip Paul Kelly, Toy Machine Gun, and the solo catalog of 1960s legend Dean Ford of The Marmalade fame.

https://tonuprecords.com/