Danny Tenaglia

Italian American DJ and record producer

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Danny Tenaglia

Background information
Birth name| Daniel Tenaglia
Also known as| Soulboy, Code 718, King Street Crew, Hambone, NYLX, NYDC, The Look, DATAR,
Born|  (1961-03-07) March 7, 1961 (age 64)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres| Tribal house, US garage, techno
Occupation(s)| Record producer, DJ, remixer
Instrument(s)| Keyboards, drum programming
Website| Dannytenaglia.com

Musical artist

Daniel "Danny" Tenaglia (born March 7, 1961) is an Italian American DJ and record producer.[1]

## Biography

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### Early life

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Tenaglia left New York in 1985 and started DJing in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub, playing classic New York and Chicago house.[citation needed] He returned to New York five years later. At this time, he started to create some remixes, including Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (1991),[2] Jamiroquai's "Emergency on Planet Earth" (1993), and Madonna's "Human Nature" (1994).

### DJ career

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Tenaglia's first mainstream success was with a remix of the Daou's "Surrender Yourself" (1993).[citation needed]

Subsequent to this Tenaglia released three label compilations - Mix This Pussy (1994) and Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? (1995) for TRIBAL, and Gag Me with a Tune (1996) for Maxi.[citation needed]

### As a producer

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In 1996, after working for a short time at the New York nightclub Roxy, Tenaglia started a Saturday night residency at Twilo. In 1998, he moved his residency over to NY club Tunnel.[citation needed]

In 1998, Tenaglia released another album titled Tourism. The album featured the track "Elements", which was #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart for two weeks in 1998.[citation needed] "Music Is The Answer" featuring Celeda (also on the LP Tourism) was on the top 40 charts in the UK.[citation needed]

In 1999, Tenaglia released his first installment in the UK-based Global Underground series of DJ mixes titled Athens.

In the two years that followed, Tenaglia released another Global Underground installment titled London, remixed Billy Nichols' "Give Your Body Up To The Music", was nominated for a Grammy (for his remix of Depeche Mode's "I Feel Loved," also nominated for Best Dance Song), and won a Dancestar Lifetime Achievement award.[citation needed]

In 2003, Tenaglia released Choice: A Collection Of Classics, a two-CD mixed compilation. It featured artists such as Blaze, Adeva and Imagination, along with his own liner notes explaining the significance of each track. He also won another Dancestar award, this time 'Best Party' for "Be Yourself."[citation needed]

### Later years

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Tenaglia continues to play clubs and has played in NYC locations including Avalon, Crobar, Pacha NYC, Roxy and Webster Hall.[citation needed] In 2007, Tenaglia participated in the Dance parade. In 2008 he released a single on Tommy Boy Records, "The Space Dance". The track reached number 1 on the Billboard Club Charts during November 2008.[citation needed]

Immediately following, Tenaglia released his first compilation album in five years, entitled Futurism, also on Tommy Boy Records. The compilation featured tracks from artists including Davide Squillace, The Wighnomy Brothers and Afefe Iku.

Tenaglia still continues to tour across the world.

## Awards and nominations

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Tenaglia was nominated for Best Remixed Recording at the 44th Grammy Awards. He is also a three time International Dance Music Award winner,[3] 3 time DJ Awards winner and 2 time Muzik Awards recipient.

### Grammy Awards

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Year[4] | Nominated work  | Category  | Result

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2002 | Depeche Mode's "I Feel Loved" [5] | Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical  | Nominated

### DJ Awards

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Selected awards  Year  | Award  | Nominated work  | Category  | Result

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2000  | DJ Awards | Danny Tenaglia  | DJ's DJ [6] | Won
2000  | DJ Awards  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best House DJ [7] | Nominated
2001  | DJ Awards  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best Set of the Season  | Won
2002  | DJ Awards  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best Set of the Season  | Won
2007  | DJ Awards  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best Progressive House DJ  | Nominated

### International Dance Music Awards

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Selected awards  Year  | Award  | Nominated work  | Category  | Result

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2001  | IDMA | Danny Tenaglia  | Best International DJ [8] | Won
2002  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Won
2002  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best Global DJ  | Nominated
2003  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Won
2003  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best Global DJ  | Nominated
2004  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2005  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2006  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2007  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2008  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2008  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia "Futurism"  | Best Full Length DJ Mix CD  | Nominated
2009  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2010  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best American DJ  | Nominated
2012  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia  | Best North American DJ  | Nominated
2014  | IDMA  | Danny Tenaglia "Balance 025"  | Best Full Length DJ Mix CD  | Nominated

### Muzik Awards

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Selected awards  Year  | Award  | Nominated work  | Category  | Result

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2002  | Muzik | Danny Tenaglia  | Best Re-Mix for Green Velvets "Flash"[9] | Won
2002  | Muzik  | Danny Tenaglia  | "Best International DJ"  | Won

## See also

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* List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

## References

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1. ^ "Danny Tengalia Biography" Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today, IMO Records, Retrieved on 11 February 2012.
2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 336\. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
3. ^ Bein, Kat (30 November 2011). "Danny Tenaglia Pays Homage to Carl Cox, Nicole Moudaber & NYC Scene on 'See You Next Tuesday' Remix: Exclusive". Billboard.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. ^ "Awards Winners and Nominees". Grammy.com. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
5. ^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". Cbsnews.com. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
6. ^ Karup, Lenny; Pacual, Jose. "DJ Awards 2000 Winners". DJ Awards. Ibiza, Spain: DJ Awards SL. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
7. ^ Krarup, Lenny; Pascual, Jose. "DJ Awards 2000 Past Editions". DJ Awards. Ibiza, Spain: DJ Awards SL. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
8. ^ Cynthia Salinas. "Winter Music Conference warms Miami Beach - April 2, 2002". CNN. No. 2 April 2002. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
9. ^ "ERICSSON MUZIK AWARDS - ALL THE RESULTS - NME". Nme.com. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

## External links

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* dannytenaglia.com Danny Tenaglia official website

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