 Tommy Valando

Thomas F. Valando (March 1, 1916 – February 14, 1995) was a 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 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".