Normally I wouldn't know any Kiss or Tommy James trivia but in this case I found out by accident. I challenged a claim that Tommy James had 23 gold records and outsold the Beatles for a time. I didn't believe it and I still don't. No matter what his website and other sites claim ("Tommy has had 23 gold singles, 9 gold and platinum albums, and has sold over 100 million records worldwide"), Hanky Panky is his only RIAA-certified gold record. Nothing against Tommy James, but he doesn't even have 23 chart singles, much less gold records. Anyway, while looking up Tommy James, I accidentally came across the Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley information.
Also found out that Roulette Records, who Tommy recorded for, was notorious in the industry for its owner's antics and his alleged connection with the Genovese family. In an industry as dishonest as the record business, you have to be really bad to stand out.