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Tracy Young

Theresa “Tracy” Young (born on November 9th, 1970, Washington, DC) is an American Electronic Dance Music DJ and producer. Young is known for DJing a mixture of musical styles including, House, Tribal House, Deep House and Tech-House, and for re-mixing pop artists including Madonna, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Mary J. Blidge, Lionel Richie, Shakira, Pink, Cyndi Lauper, Kelly Clarkson, Deborah Cox, Barry Manilow, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan and Cher. Young has had 40, #1 Club Play hits and has released records on labels such as Warner, Universal, JIVE, Epic and RCA. In 2002, Young launched Ferosh Records.

Biography

Young was born in Charlottesville, Virginia but moved to Arlington, Virginia when she was three years old. After several more moves, including a move to Manhattan, New York City, Young’s family finally settled in Alexandria, Virginia, only a short distance from Washington DC. Young grew up in a divorced family and was influenced not only by her parents (Father who was a real estate agent, step-father who was a Christian Minister and a mother who worked at the Pentagon during the Reagan Administration), but was also influenced by the surrounding neighborhoods and schools she attended. Young attributes a lot of her musical influence to her Alma mater T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA, a predominantly minority dominated school where she graduated as the class President. Young started DJ’ing at 19 years old and started her professional DJ career 1992 at Hill Haven Nightclub in Washington DC.

Career

In 1991 Young launched her career as a Hip-Hop radio DJ on WPGC 95.5FM in Washington, DC, while attending the University of Maryland. She was the DJ for Donnie Simpson’s morning show as well as the music director at WPGC before relocating to Miami in 1998 to work for Interscope Records. Soon after her move to Miami, Young met club impresario Ingrid Casares and landed a residency at Casares’ South Beach Liquid Night Club. Together they orchestrated parties for many artists including Sean Puffy Combs, Russell Simmons, Cher, Ricky Martin and The Smashing Pumpkins. It was at Liquid Night Club where Young met Madonna at the Millennium Eve Party in South Beach and landed a DJ gig for Madonna’s movie premiere of “The Next Best Thing”. From there the relationship blossomed and in 2000 Young was asked to DJ at the wedding for Madonna and Guy Ritchie in Scotland. Independently, Young has performed and produced events for The Emmy Awards, The Grammy Awards, Sundance Film Festival, Roberto Cavalli, Lincoln Automotive, BVLGARI, Gay Olympics with Liza Minelli, Kylie Minogue’s 2011’s US Tour Aphrodite, and Britney Spear’s 21st birthday. In 2002, Tracy Young in in partnership with her Ferosh Records label began producing the annual New Years Day party called GENESIS, which attracts over 3000 international visitors and supports her philanthropic work raising money for the LGBT community and H.I.V./A.I.D.S. related charities such as GLAAD, GMHC, Elton John AIDS Foundation and The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Tracy Young has appeared in MTV‘s House of Style, Sisqó’s Shakedown, BET’s Rap City, E!’s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta, and LOGO’s the A List. A great deal of media attention was given to Young’s relationship with Kim Zolciak from The Real Housewives of Atlanta after the reality star stepped out into the public spotlight with her then girlfriend, and the two released Tracy Young’s remix for the Zolciak single “Tardy for the Party”. The relationship exposé was covered by the tabloid press including US weekly, The View, Chelsea Lately, Entertainment Tonight, The Soup, and Perez Hilton. DJ Tracy Young currently splits her time between Miami and New York where she holds a monthly residency at XL Nightclub located within the newly opened The Out Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Young also tours heavily throughout the world and continues to release both original and remix productions.

Discography

Remixes

2000 Madonna - Music
2001 Movida - Do You Feel Me
2001 Stevie Nicks - Planets Of The Universe
2001 Madonna - Don't Tell Me
2001 Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2
2001 Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl
2002 P!NK - Don't Let Me Get Me
2002 Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes
2003 Cyndi Lauper - Shine
2003 Madonna - Nothing Fails
2003 Gloria Estefan - Wrapped
2005 Jason Walker - No More
2005 Madonna - Hung Up
2006 Superchumbo - U Know I Love It
2006 Janice Grace - Geisha Girl
2006 10 Monkeys featuring Abigail - Lay Down
2006 Shakira - La Tortura
2006 Jason & deMarco - Trying To Get To You - The Remixes
2006 Lionel Richie - I Call It Love
2006 Amber - Melt With The Sun
2006 Rent - Take Me Or Leave Me
2006 Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
2006 Nemesis - Number One In Heaven
2007 Stevie Jewel - One Last Kiss
2007 Amuka - Craving
2007 Amerie - Take Control
2007 Stevie Nicks - Stand Back
2007 Idina Menzel - Defying Gravity
2007 Sarah Atereth - It Doesn't Take Much
2008 Oryon - Bounce
2008 Idina Menzel - Brave/Gorgeous/Defying Gravity
2008 Madonna - 4 Minutes
2008 Britney Spears - Break The Ice
2008 Idina Menzel - Gorgeous
2008 Kristine W - The Boss
2009 Akon - Beautiful
2009 V Factory - Love Struck
2009 Erika Jayne - Pretty Mess
2010 Madonna - Revolver
2010 Margo - Habit
2010 Kim Zolciak - Tardy For The Party
2010 Ceevox - What's Done Is Done
2011 Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
2011 Deborah Cox - If It Wasn't For Love
2011 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger

Compilations

2003 Living Theater (Remixes)
2006 Tracy Young - Danceculture