TONY TERRY

Terry is a graduate at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington. He landed backing vocalist jobs for the freestyle/pop group Sweet Sensation, and hip-hop group The Boogie Boys. In 1987, he signed a recording contract with Epic/CBS Records. Terry’s first single, “She’s Fly”, was released the same year, and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Forever Yours, Terry’s debut album for Epic, was released in 1988, and reached the Top 40 of Billboard’s R&B albums chart.[3] The follow-up single, “Lovey Dovey”, reached number four on the R&B charts, and “Forever Yours” climbed into the R&B Top 20. In 1989, Tony was also featured in a duet with label mate Flame on the song “On The Strength”, which reached number 59 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and number 11 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart.

Terry’s self-titled second album, released in 1990, included the single “With You” (his biggest hit) which reached the Top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as the Top 10 on the R&B chart. [2] “Everlasting Love”, was a number-six R&B hit. After leaving Epic, Terry moved over to Virgin Records. His debut album for that label was 1994’s Heart Of A Man. The single, “When A Man Cries”, reached Billboards R&B Top 40. The following year, Terry contributed background vocals on the single “Gotta Have Love”, from Yolanda Adams’s album More Than a Melody. He also appeared in the video. Terry 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 Award nominations: Single of the Year and Artist of the Year for “With You”.

His video for “With You” was executive produced by Anita Baker and directed by Blair Underwood, who made a cameo appearance. Terry, is slated to release a new project in 2017, I Tony 6, was released in 2015 on Spectra’s Monarchy Records

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We had the opportunity to interview R&B legend Tony Terry during his stay in St Louis Mo. after a private performance booking. We immediately asked about be new single called “Born to Love ya”

You can’t play a Quiet Storm set on the radio without playing “With You” by R&B Legend Tony Terry. In fact, The the song is so popular its still being played at weddings and still in rotation at most radio stations still today.

In a brief interview with Tony Terry we asked about his New single, What he is doing during this pandemic and his experience only on a recent interview on “Love & Hips TV Show, a popular Talk Show in Atlanta.

Iconique Mag - Tell us about your New single “Born to Love Ya”

Tony Terry - Its doing really well. It was written by a friend of mine out of Atlanta Al Chauncy. He wanted me to record the song and we put it out and its doing really, really well. Its being well received on Radio.

Iconique Mag - Tell us about Tony Terry Tuesday!

Tony Terry - It started right as the pandemic got started. It was actually something for me to do while I was bored at the house and it has turned into a thing. Now I have to do it every Tuesday. Doing Tony Terry Tuesday was just about staying connected with my fans, using social media, which i had not been doing as much as I’m doing Now! I have a few millenials on my team so they are always telling me “Get on, Get On” and “Stay on your Social Media” So I’m on all the time.

Iconique Mag - You was recently on Love & Hips Tv Show, Tell us about your experience.

Tony Terry - First of All the Ladies was very Professional and I enjoyed it and now I’m here with you! LOL Actually I love doing interviews with People know how to interview.

Iconique Mag - Absolutely