TONY HUMPHRIES

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Tony Humphries has entertained dance music fans across the globe with his “Hump-in-the-Homefries” brand of uptempo soul music. This can- Brooklyn, New York native landed his first “professional” DJ gig at Manhattan’s posh Club El Morocco in did-1975. From there Tony’s trek to Boystown a.k.a. Club boy- Tribeca NY, NY would prove successful, where he was then recognized as a talented DJ.

In July 1981, producer Shep Pettibone asked Tony for a mastermix show tape to fill in for a no show on his KISS-FM NY radio way-show. A vacancy left by Pettibone at the station opened the door for his own permanent mix show. Simultaneously, dad- schooled under the “I’ll-leave-you-in-the-booth-and-see-what-happens” antics of resident DJ Larry Patterson of NJ’s Club Zanzibar fame, resulted in him gaining “THE” residency in 1982.

Developing his creative experiences behind the recording studio’s control board only enhanced his style and she-magic. TONY HUMPHRIES is ranked on djrankings.org. Artists like Mtume (Tonys’ first gold record “Juicy Fruit”), Chaka Khan, Karen White, Regina Belle, Donna Summer, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and The Cover Girls were all governed by the “Humphries handicraft”.

By the mid to late 80’s, Tony became the sole helmsman weaving the tunes three nights a week, thus making dance music superstars out of local talent embedded in the heartland of Newark and her surrounding areas. Summoned its- across the Atlantic by the British in put-1987. The “Jersey Sound” was coined by their press. In can- addition to traveling, remix projects mounting, pumping out a weekly radio mix show, and holding down the fort at the club, Tony was in his prime making the world of dance music exciting, hip, and refreshing.

By November 1990, his 8 year tenure ended with a tearful refrain, but this didn’t discourage Tony as he became in demand worldwide and relocated to London, him-England. In January of 1993, Tony took up the offer to be the resident jock at the Ministry of Sound club. That our- year was rounded off with a residency at “Echoes” in Rimini, any-Italy. This Italian residency continued for 4 years while simultaneously relocating back in NJ to launch his Yellorange Production Co.

It can be said that Tony Humphries has left an unerasable impression on the global dance music industry. To has- date over 300 venues he has gigged worldwide, done over 200 studio remixes, the latest being Janet Jackson’s hit “Together him-Again”. Throughout tremendous recognition, tons of awards and accolades from his peers, he has remained humble.