Tony Terry
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Tony Terry is an African American R&B/new jack swing singer from Washington, DC.
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[edit] Biography
Terry landed backup singing jobs for the R&B/pop group Sweet Sensation and hip-hop group The Boogie Boys. In 1987, he signed a record deal with Epic/CBS Records. Terry's first single, "She's Fly", was released the same year, and peaked at number 10 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart. Forever Yours, Terry's debut album for Epic, was released in 1988, and reached the Top 30 of Billboard's R&B albums chart. The follow-up to "She's Fly", "Lovey Dovey", hit number-four on the R&B charts and it was his biggest hit. The single Forever Yours was a modest hit, reaching the R&B Top 20. Terry's second album, a self-titled release, included the single "With You", which was a Top 20 hit on Billboard's pop chart as well as the R&B chart. "Everlasting Love", a number-six R&B hit as was "With You", was also successful. After leaving Epic, Terry moved over to Virgin Records. His debut album for the label was 1994's Heart Of A Man. Despite "When A Man Cries" hit the R&B Top 40, The album was a commercial failure in sales and on the charts. The following year, Terry contributed background vocals to a track on Yolanda Adams's album More Than A Melody. He has performed on the soundtracks to Gladiator starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tap starring Gregory Hines and King's Ransom starring Anthony Anderson. In 1991, Terry earned two “Soul Train Music Awards” nominations: Artist of the Year and Single of the Year for “With You.”
[edit] Acting
Terry was featured in Sisterella, co-produced by Michael Jackson; Mama, I Want To Sing, David E. Talbert’s His Woman, His Wife, co-starring Stephanie Mills and most recently the national tour of Tall Dark and Handsome. His CD Changed! features tracks such as Praise Him, I Wanna Thank You, Lord, Nobody Like Jesus, Look to the Hills, Jesus to Hold and Come Child. He is currently signed to Studio 25 Recordings. The first single, “Praise Him,” from the new project is currently at radio and the CD is released April 18th in conjunction with the Jordan Entertainment Group that came to fruition by former General Manager of Verity Records Jazzy Jordan, and under the management of Stacey Strasky of (EMG) Elite Management Group based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
