Tony Di Bart

Tony Di Bart
Birth name	Antonio Carmine Di Bartolomeo
Born	24 August 1964 Slough, Berkshire, England
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1993–present

Antonio Carmine Di Bartolomeo^[1] (born 24 August 1964, Slough, Berkshire, England) is an English singer performing under the stage name Tony Di Bart. Di Bart is best known for his single "The Real Thing" which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1994.

Di Bart began his career as a bathroom salesman in Iver, Buckinghamshire, before achieving chart success.^[2] He topped the charts in the United Kingdom for one week during May 1994, with a remixed version of his co written release from November 1993, "The Real Thing".^[3]

Di Bart's subsequent singles did not achieve the same level of commercial success. He still makes appearances when requested, and was one of the judges at a village fete in Iver, Buckinghamshire, in July 2013^[4][5] and in Skegness, Lincolnshire,^[6] in 2014, as he continues to promote "The Real Thing".

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Position							Album
		UK [3]	AUS [7]	BEL [8]	FRA [9]	GER [10]	IRE [11]	NDL [12]
1993	"The Real Thing"	1	193	4	13	44	13	32	Falling For You [13][14]
1994	"Do It"	21	-	10	86	-	-	-
1995	"Why Did Ya"	46	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	"Turn Your Love Around"	66	174	40	-	-	-	44
1997	"We Got The Love"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"Love U More"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	"The Real Thing Remix"	51	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	"I'll Take You There"	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
2002	"Breaking My Heart"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	"I Live For You"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

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2. "Tony Di Bart News Report". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
3. "Official Charts > Tony Di Bart". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
4. "Iver News1". Iverparishcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
5. "Party In The Park". Partyintheparkiver.org. 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
6. "Adult Weekends | Party Breaks | Weekends Away | Butlins Music Weekends". Big Weekends. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
7. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2016-02-17". imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
8. "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
9. "Lescharts.com". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
10. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Tony Di Bart – The Real Thing (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
11. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for Tony Di Bart". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
12. "Nederlandse Top 100: Tony Di Bart (singles)". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
13. "Tony Di Bart Album Falling For You". All Music. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
14. "Tony Di Bart UK Double Album Falling For You". Discog. Retrieved 2013-11-02.