Jeanie Tracy

Jeanie Tracy
Background information
Birth name	Jeanie Tracy
Origin	Houston, Texas, United States
Genre(s)	House, Hi-NRG, R&B, Gospel, Soul
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1970–present

Jeanie Tracy is a female African American R&B, Dance-pop, Hi-NRG and House music singer-songwriter and actress born in Houston, Texas and raised in Fresno, California.

Career

Growing up Tracy sang in a church choir in addition to studying opera and piano. Tracy's first single, "Making New Friends," was released on the independent "Brown Door" label and became a hit with the UK's rare groove scene. In 1970 Tracy moved to San Francisco and starred in Oscar Brown Jr.'s musical Slave Driver. Tracy went on to win parts in Sing Mahlia Sing opposite Jennifer Holliday and Right Mind. In 1976 Tracy was noticed by Harvey Fuqua who hired to her to write and produce for gospel group Voices of Harmony on his Milk and Honey record label. In 1979 Tracy provided vocals for the experimental soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now. ^[1]

In the early 1980s Tracy recorded with fellow Fuqua protege Sylvester, leading to the 1981 duet "Here Is My Love" for Fantasy Records. The following year Fantasy released her first album, Me and You. The same year Tracy featured as lead singer on trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's album Splash.

She had two hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the mid-eighties. Those singles were "Time Bomb" and "Don't Leave Me This Way" which peaked at #22 on that chart.

After a hiatus from recording, Tracy returned, releasing her second album, It's My Time in 1995 in the UK on Pulse-8 records. The album scored a huge underground hit with the title track in the States. After releasing a steady stream of increasingly popular singles, Tracy experienced a career resurgence in the late nineties which resulted in two Top 20 US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play with "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" (1998) and "Keep The Party Jumpin'" (1999) on San Francisco based AM Records. In 2001 her collaboration with Rosabel (DJ's Ralphi Rosario and Abel), "The Power", spent one week at number one. In 2004, week of June 26, she again reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Cha Cha Heels" another collaboration with Rosabel and TommyBoy Records.

Tracy's third number one came in February 2007 with "Party People", a collaboration with Altar. The rabid success of her singles in recent years has prompted her and her producers to plan a possible full length album. If it materializes, it would be her first album in over a decade. Tracy's follow up single, "Everybody Up", also produced by Altar, was released in April 2008.

Discography

Albums

• Me and You (1982) Fantasy Records
• It's My Time (1995) Pulse-8

Singles

• "Making New Friends" (1975)
• "Here Is My Love" / "Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait)" (1981, with Sylvester)
• "Me and You" (1982)
• "Can I Come Over And Play With You Tonight" (1983)
• "Time Bomb" (1984)
• "Manhunt" (1984)
• "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1985)
• "Living For The City" (1986)
• "Earthquake" (1987)
• "Fire" (1987)
• "Do You Want My Love"
• "I Found Love" (1990)
• "Funkin' With Your Emotions" / "Picture This" (1991)
• "It's My Time" (1993)
• "If This Is Love" (1994)
• "Do You Believe In The Wonder" (1994)
• "Crying In My Sleep" / "Do The Right Thing" / "Do You Wanna Be" (1995)
• "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (1995, duet with Bobby Womack)
• "Answer My Prayer" (1998)
• "Hang In There Baby" (1998)
• "Can't Take My Eyes off of You" (1999)
• "Keep The Party Jumpin'" (1999)
• "The Power" (2001)
• "Cha Cha Heels" (2004)
• "Party People" (2007)
• "Everybody Up" (2008)

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

• - Jeanie's Official Website
• - Jeanie's MySpace Page

References

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