Todd Terry
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| Birth name | Todd N. Terry |
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| Born | (1967-04-18) April 18, 1967 Brooklyn, New York City, United States |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Website | toddterry.com |
Todd N. Terry (born April 18, 1967)[1] is an American DJ, record producer and remixer.
Contents
1 Career
2 Record labels
3 Discography
3.1 Singles
3.2 Selected remixes
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Career
Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop.[1]
Terry began in the 1980s by DJing at parties in New York, playing Italo disco and hip-hop - then later, house music, upon its mid-80s emergence.[1][2] He debuted, as Masters at Work, with the 12-inch, "Alright Alright" (1987, Fourth Floor)[3] and an edit from this was then included on the Chicago house vanguard compilation Jackmaster 1 (1987, D.J. International).[4]
Much of Terry's early work in the late 1980s is considered a milestone in the development of both progressive and modern deep house. He was responsible for releasing two of the house era's most respected crossover remixes:[1] "I'll House You" by the Jungle Brothers (late-1988) and "Missing" by Everything but the Girl (August 1994). Beside that, he did a major improvement to early "Tech-House" with songs like "Can you Party", "Party People", "Yeah Buddy" and "The Chase", which were released under his alias Royal House, first one reaching #14 in the UK.[5]
Terry's tracks "Something Goin' On" and "Keep on Jumpin'" were UK Top 10 hits,[6][7] with the vocals on both provided by Jocelyn Brown and Martha Wash.
Freestyle diva Shannon was the featured vocalist on the UK top 20 hit "It's Over Love" in 1997, which topped the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart in the US, as did "Just Wanna Dance"/"Weekend".[8][9] An album, Ready for a New Day, was also released in 1997, featuring "Something Goin' On", "Keep on Jumpin'" and "It's Over Love". It reached #84 in the UK Albums Chart.[10]
In 1999, Terry released Resolutions on Astralwerks Records, which successfully embraced the then still avant-garde drum 'n' bass aesthetic.[1] He mixed on the albums One Half of a Whole Decade and Live & Remastered.[citation needed]
Throughout his career, Terry has used several aliases such as Hardhouse, Swan Lake, Orange Lemon, Royal House, and Black Riot.[11]
He recorded as CLS, Masters at Work (with Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and "Little" Louie Vega), Dredd Stock, House of Gypsies, Limelife, Hard House, Tyme Forse, and the Gypsymen (where under that alias, scored a number-one Billboard Hot Dance/Club play hit in 1992 with "Hear the Music").[citation needed]
Terry co-produced the song "Shake" on P.M. Dawn's debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience. The song ended with the repeated lyric "Everyone thank Todd Terry". He also produced "The House of Isis" from Isis' 1990 album Rebel Soul.[citation needed]
In October 2004, "Weekend" by the Todd Terry Project appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on house music radio station SF-UR.[citation needed]
In 2007, Terry formed the Todd Terry All Stars bringing together Kenny Dope, DJ Sneak and Terry Hunter releasing the first single "Get Down" featuring and co-written by Tara McDonald. The follow up, "Play On" also featured Tara McDonald and was released in 2007 on Strictly Rhythm Records/Defected Records and then re-released in 2009 with a remix by Eddie Thoneick.[citation needed]
Record labels
InHouse Records was launched by Terry in 1999. It has been the vehicle through which Todd is able to release tracks to his fans without a filter.
Currently Inhouse has over 500 commercially available tracks in the catalog including releases by House of Gypsies, Roland Clark, Shawnee Taylor, Kelly Sajda, Gypsymen, Black Riot, Leon Cormack, Lewis Beck, DJ E-Clyps and Todd Terry All Stars.
In 2000, Terry launched SoundDesign Records, the home to some of the harder tracks and artists he is working with, including releases from Danny Genius, Space Kadets, and Friscia and Lamboy.
In 2013, Terry released the album Todd Terry vs. That Trap Shitt on Tommy Boy Entertainment.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
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US | US Dance [12] | AUS | AUT [13] | BEL | FIN | FRA | GER [14] | IRE | NED [15] | NOR | NZ | SWE [16] | SWI | UK [17][5] | |||||
| 1988 | "Party People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | Can You Party (as Royal House) | ||
| "Can You Party" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | ||||
| "Bango (To The Batmobile) / Back To The Beat" | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | To The Batmobile Let's Go (as The Todd Terry Project) | |||
| "Weekend / Just Wanna Dance" | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | 56 | ||||
| 1989 | "The Circus" | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Check This Out" | — | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 96 | (as Hardhouse)[18] | |||
| "Yeah Buddy" | — | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Can You Party (as Royal House) | |||
| "A Better Way" Ft. Ian Star | — | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | ||||
| "Get Funky" | — | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | (as Royal House) | |||
| 1995 | "Back From The Dead" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 106 | EP | ||
| "Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)" (by Everything but the Girl) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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| "Weekend '95" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | ||||
| "A Day In The Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Day In The Life | |||
| 1996 | "Just Make That Move" (featuring Tonya Wynne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | |||
| "Driving (Todd Terry Remix)" (by Everything but the Girl) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | The Best Of Everything But The Girl | |||
| "Keep On Jumpin'" (featuring Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown) | — | 1 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 47 | — | — | 56 | — | 8 | Ready for a New Day | |||
| 1997 | "Something Goin' On" (featuring Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown) | — | 1 | — | — | 57 | — | — | 93 | — | 64 | — | — | 43 | — | 5 |
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| "It's Over Love" (featuring Shannon) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | ||||
| 1998 | "Reach Out Preacher" (featuring Roland Clark) (US only) | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ready for a New Day" (featuring Martha Wash) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | ||||
| "Can You Feel It '98" (as CLS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | 46 | Non-album single | |||
| 1999 | "Let It Ride" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | Resolutions | ||
| 2001 | "Raining / Enough Is Enough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 2018 | "DJs Gotta Dance More"[19] (with A-Trak) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Figure Of Jazz" (with Junior Sanchez) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Selected remixes
Anita Doth - "Universe"
Annie Lennox - "Little Bird"
Bizarre Inc. - "I'm Gonna Get You"
Björk - "Hyperballad" Re Mix
The Cardigans - "Love Fool" Re-Mix
The Corrs - "Dreams"
Cher - "We All Sleep Alone"
Craig David - "What's Your Flava?"
Daft Punk - "Around The World"
Dr. Alban - "This Time I'm Free"
Duran Duran - "Electric Barbarella"
Demi Lovato - "Cool for the Summer"
Everything But the Girl - "Driving"
Everything But the Girl - "Missing"
Everything But the Girl - "Wrong"
Garbage - "Stupid Girl"
Hercules & Love Affair - "Do You Feel The Same?"
Janet Jackson - "If"
Jewel - "Intuition"
Kylie Minogue - "Breathe"
Michael Jackson - "Stranger in Moscow"
Martha Wash - "Runaround"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Moloko - "Sing It Back"
Playgroup featuring KC Flightt - "Front 2 Back"
The Rolling Stones - "Saint of Me"
Robyn & La Baglatelle Musique - "Love Is Free"
Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever"
Snap! - "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
They Might Be Giants - "S-E-X-X-Y"
Ultra Naté - "Joy"
Usher - "U Got It Bad"
Yazoo - "Don't Go" Re-Mix
Yes - "Owner of a Lonely Heart" Re Mix
10,000 Maniacs - "More than This"
Natalia Lesz - "Arabesque"
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
^ abcde Bush, John Todd Terry Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-02
^ Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Virgin Books; .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 0-7535-0252-6, pg. 337
^ "Discogs:Masters at Work (Todd Terry):Alright Alright", Discogs; retrieved 2013-07-30
^ "Discogs:V/A:Jackmaster", Discogs; retrieved 2013-07-30.
^ ab "ROYAL HOUSE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "Tod Terry", Chart Stats; retrieved 2011-0702
^ "Todd Terry Featuring Martha Wash And Jocelyn Brown", Chart Stats; retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ "Todd Terry Chart History: Singles", Billboard.com; retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ "Todd Terry Presents Shannon", Chart Stats; retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ "TODD TERRY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ Kogan, Frank (1989) "The Todd Terry Project To The Batmobile Let's Go", SPIN, April 1989, pg. 110; retrieved 2011-07-02
^ "Todd Terry - US Dance Club Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "Todd Terry - Austrian chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "Todd Terry - German Chart". officialcharts.de. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "Todd Terry - Dutch chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "Todd Terry - Swedish chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "Todd Terry - UK Chart". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "The Official Charts Company - Todd Terry". The Official Charts Company. 1 November 2018.
^ Bein, Kat (2018-08-01). "A-Trak & Todd Terry Celebrate the House Grind On 'DJs Gotta Dance More': Listen". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
External links
- Official website
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