Phone Number Immortalized in Song Lives on for DJ

After five years fielding thousands of calls to one of rock and roll's most celebrated phone numbers, Spencer Potter is hanging up on Jenny.

Her seven digits are familiar to anyone who paid attention to pop music in the early 1980s: 867-5309, immortalized by the band Tommy Tutone.

Potter and his roommates requested the number on a lark for their home phone in northern New Jersey. They got it, along with about 30 to 40 calls a day.

The 28-year-old Potter tells The Star-Ledger of Newark that he's selling his business, A Blast Entertainment, and moving to New York. The business and the phone number are for sale on eBay, where the high bid was about $300 by Saturday morning.

Potter says he doesn't regret getting the number, though he says he's heard enough bad renditions of the song from callers to last a lifetime.

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