The single is available everywhere I-tunes, Google Play, basically it’s everywhere you digitally download. He played the song for me and I was just wrapping up a project, so this was one of the last songs that I recorded and ended up being the first song on the album. I knew he was a singer and songwriter but we never worked together but we worked out together quiet often. Dance for Hours is a song that came to me while I was working out with a friend of mine. Tony Terry: Well, I’ve been working on my new project for about 2 or 3 years, and during that time I’ve recorded hundreds of songs, literally. Talk about how you ended up with this song. You just released a new single called “Dance for Hours.” It’s a different vibe from what listeners are used to hearing from you. Let’s switch gears a bit and talk about your new music. I was so busy with the tour, I just didn’t have time, so I quit the tour and got back to doing my own thing. I stopped touring with her, while I was having a wonderful time with her, it was time for me to focus on me and my own music. It was a six year working relationship, we went to some exotic locations around the world and we had some command performances, so it was just amazing. So I was actually a last minute replacement because one of the guys got sick and couldn’t go, so they called me to go to Japan. Moving forward a few years, I get a phone call from Roberta Flack asking me to do a tour with her, I didn’t know her music well enough to perform it, but I knew of the music. Tony Terry: I was in a 7 th grade talent show and I sang her single “The Closer I Get to You” with a girl I was in school with and won. What was that experience like? How was it life-changing?
Shameika Rhymes: You also linked up with another North Carolina native, Roberta Flack, and went on tour with her for six years.
I get back there as much as I can, my family is still there, working as Chief of Police, the Mayor, and more so we’re representing there as much as we can. Tony Terry: Yes, I’m from Pinehurst North Carolina. Shameika Rhymes: A little known fact about you is that most don’t realize you have ties to North Carolina. News producer Shameika Rhymes chatted with singer-actor Tony Terry to ask five questions about his ties to North Carolina, his new music, and upcoming projects. Tony Terry is more than just a singer, he’s also an actor that draws from his theatrical background as a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts to flex his acting chops on stages across the country. With the new release, Terry is reminding listeners that he has more in his repertoire than just ballads. After a brief hiatus, the soulful singer is back with a new single called “Dance For Hours” off his forthcoming album slated to be released later this year. Five Questions With R&B Singer Tony TerryĪs Black Music Month comes to a close, you can’t mention some of the greatest R&B love songs without mentioning R&B crooner Tony Terry’s wedding anthem hit “(When I’m) With You.” The North Carolina born singer topped the charts in the late 1980’s and early 90’s with hits that are still being played today.
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