In the 1980s she was used as a vocalist by record producer Nigel Wright on many of his megamix-styled medley projects. Originally projects like Enigma[2] and This Year's Blonde[3] were set up as rivals to the success of Jaap Eggermont's Starsound/Stars on 45, though in the late 1980s Wright increasingly targeted the house scene with 'Jack Mix' act Mirage (with Mirage including a co-credit for Ackerman on their pre-house 1985 medley "Into the Groove").[4] Other 1980s work included touring with Dead or Alive, singing lead on "Ice" from Rick Wakeman's 1988 solo album Time Machine, backing vocals on some of Shakatak's albums and performing backing vocals during Eric Clapton's 1988 anniversary tour. On Clapton's tour she performed alongside Tessa Niles, a vocalist who she has sung backing vocals with on various albums by Gary Numan.
She has recorded several of her own tracks and had a couple of hit singles in the 1990s when she was the featured credited vocalist on a number of dance cover versions. Her biggest hit as a featured vocalist was on a version of Minnie Riperton's "Loving You", which got to No. 25 in 1990[5] (credited to Massivo ft Tracy and released on Debut Records), whilst a cover of the Brenda Russell's hit, "Get Here".[6] was a No. 37 hit in 1993 (with an act called Q taking the main credit).[7] She also featured on a track by The Space Brothers' alter ego Lustral called "Everytime", a club hit that never really crossed over into the mainstream but spent one week at No. 30 in 1999.[8] She had also toured with Boyzone in the 1990s and was a vocalist for Almighty Records'Hi-NRG ABBA covers project Abbacadabra, alongside other singers such as Karen Boddington, Belle Lawrence and Martin Jenkins.[9]
Personal life
Ackerman lives in Berkshire and is married to property developer Steve Bromwich.
Songs co-written by Ackerman
allSTARS*: "Tearing Up the World" (co-written with Ray Hedges and Nigel Butler) from the album allSTARS* (2002)
Andy Abraham: "Hang Up" (co-written with Absolute) from the CD Impossible Dream (2006)
B*Witched: "C'est La Vie", "Rev It Up", "Rollercoaster", "Blame It On The Weatherman", "Freak Out" (all co-written with Ray Hedges and Martin Brannigan) from the CD B*Witched (1999)
B*Witched: "Never Giving Up" (co-written with Andy Hill) from the CD B*Witched (1999)
Boyzone: "Will I Ever See You" (co-written with Absolute), B-side of "Every Day I Love You More" (1999)
Celine Dion: "Ain't Gonna Look The Other Way" or the changed title "I Choose life" from the CD A New Day.. Live in Las Vegas (2004)
Cher: "Alive Again" (N Bracegirdle/R Hedges/T Ackerman) from Living Proof (2002)
Chicane: "Locking Down" (1997), "Daylight" (2008) and "Spirit" (2007)
Darius: "Resolution" from the CD Live Twice (2004)
Edyta Górniak: Impossible, Sit Down, Invisible, How Do You Know, The Story So Far, The Day Before The Rain, Cross My Heart and Make It Happen from the CD Invisible (2003)
Will Young: "If That's What You Want" (co-written with Absolute), B-side of "Don't Let Me Down" (2002)
This Year's Blonde
The first medley by This Year's Blonde to hit the charts was "Platinum Pop", which reached No. 46 in 1981. This track was a medley of songs made famous by Blondie and included "Hanging on the Telephone", "Denis", "Dreaming", "Union City Blues", "(I'm Always Touched) By Your Presence Dear", "Sunday Girl" and "Dreaming". Their second record was a medley of songs by Madonna with "Who's That Girl", "La Isla Bonita", "Open Your Heart", "Lucky Star", "Holiday", "Into the Groove" and "Papa Don't Preach" being covered. Titled "Who's That Mix", the record released by Debut Records charted at No. 62 in 1987.[10][11][3]
References
↑ "Providing the glorious background vocals are such dance/ pop divas as Juliet Roberts, Tracy Ackerman, and Katie Kissoon". Billboard. 24 June 2000. p.68.
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