However, his mother Adrienne bribed her son to stay in school by promising him a Gibson Les Paul guitar upon graduation.

He also found financial support by walking race horses at tracks and delivering film to developing outlets, and for a time was a member of a Central Pennsylvania band named Telepath.

Keifer came closer to his dream of being a successful artist by forming the hard rock band Cinderella with good friend and bassist Eric Brittingham.

[5] It was then that Jon Bon Jovi in 1985, at the Empire Rock Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convinced his Mercury A&R manager Derek Schulman to sign the band.

Bon Jovi has been quoted as saying, "I saw Tommy Keifer onstage delivering some pretty nifty, growling vocals.

Keifer and company experienced much success with their albums, Night Songs, Long Cold Winter, and Heartbreak Station.

Keifer enjoyed the reputation of being a prolific songwriter with hits such as "Shake Me", '"Nobody's Fool", "Gypsy Road", "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)", "Coming Home", "Shelter Me", and "Heartbreak Station".

After the Heartbreak Station tour Keifer lost his voice and was diagnosed with paralysis of the left vocal cord.

He was forced to learn how to sing again because of the paralysis of his left cord, but he eventually began working on material for a solo album.

Keifer and Cinderella completed their 20th anniversary tour with fellow rock veterans Poison in 2006, who were also celebrating twenty years in the music business.

On Sunday July 22, 2017, Keifer was an act featured in Loud-N-Lima's 3-Day Music Festival in Lima, Ohio fеaturing many artists from the hair metal era's peak.

In a November 23, 2009, interview with Metalzone, Keifer said that while Cinderella never disbanded, they were on a hiatus due to his vocal problems and required rehabilitation.

Little did we know it'd be nine years later... it's done and we went through some crazy stuff and mixed and remixed and reworked things over and over and probably made a lot of mistakes along the way, but finally got it where we were all happy with it, so here it is."