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Tracy
Tracy, Tracey, or Tracie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tracy (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname, also encompassing spelling variations Places United States * Tracy, California ** Tracy Municipal Airport (California), airport owned by the City of Tracy ** Deuel Vocational Institution, a California state prison sometimes referred to as "Tracy" ** Tracy station, a train station in southern Tracy, California * Tracy, a neighborhood in Wallingford, Connecticut * Tracy, Illinois * Tracy, Indiana * Tracy, Iowa * Tracy, Kentucky * Tracy, Minnesota * Tracy, Missouri * Tracy, Montana * Tracy, Oklahoma * Tracy City, Tennessee Elsewhere * Tracy, New Brunswick, Canada * Tracy Glacier (Greenland) Music * Tracie (singer) (Tracie Young, born 1965), British singer * ''Tracie'' (album), a 1999 album by Tracie Spencer * "Tracy" (The Cuff Links song), by The Cuff Links on their first album ''Tracy'' in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy, Minnesota
Tracy is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,076 based on the 2020 census. U.S. Route 14 serves as a main arterial route in the community. History Tracy was platted in 1875. It was named for John F. Tracy, a railroad official. A post office called Tracy has been in operation since 1877. The city was incorporated in 1893. On June 13, 1968, Tracy was hit by an F5 tornado which killed nine people and injured 150. Until the 1960s, Tracy was a highly active railroad town on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway as a concentration point for numerous branch lines in the area serving heavy agriculture. Today, Tracy holds an annual summer festival called "Boxcar Days," which takes place Labor Day weekend as a sign of the railroad's influence on the town. Tracy is a division point on the Canadian Pacific Railway (formerly the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad), where railroad crews from both east and west exchange trains. Geography According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy (The Cuff Links Song)
"Tracy" is a song written by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, the title track of the Cuff Links debut LP. Background The single was released in 1969 by The Cuff Links and featured Ron Dante on vocals.Tracy - By: The Cuff Links ''MusicVF.com''. Accessed September 17, 2015 Dante recalled recording the vocals for "Tracy" stating, "I put on a lead voice, doubled it a few times, and then put about 16, 18 backgrounds." Chart performance The song spent 12 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, while reaching No. 5 on ''Billboard''s Easy Listening chart, No. 4 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy, Missouri
Tracy is a city in Platte County, Missouri, Platte County, Missouri within the United States, located along the Platte River (Missouri River), Platte River. The population was 269 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. History Tracy was laid out in 1872, and named for J. W. Tracey, a superintendent of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. A post office called Tracy has been in operation since 1882. Geography Tracy is located on the northwest side of the Platte River (Iowa and Missouri), Platte River directly across from Platte City, Missouri, Platte City. Missouri Route 92 serves the city and Interstate 29, I-29 passes to the northeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 208 people, 81 households, and 56 families living in the city. The population density was . There were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy, California
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 93,000 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Tracy is located inside a geographic triangle formed by Interstate 205 (California), Interstate 205 on the north side of the city, Interstate 5 in California, Interstate 5 to the east, and Interstate 580 (California), Interstate 580 to the southwest. History Until the 1760s, the area that became the city of Tracy was long populated by the Yokuts, Yokuts ethnic group of loosely associated bands of Native Americans and their ancestors. They lived on hunting and gathering game and fish from local rivers and creeks. After encountering the Spanish colonists, the Yokuts suffered from new infectious diseases, which caused social disruption, as did the Spanish efforts to impress them into labor at Mission San José (California), Mission San José. Mexican and American explorers later arrived, pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy (name)
Tracy (; also spelled Tracey, Traci, Tracci, Tracee, Treacy or Tracie, or Trasci), is an English language, English given name and surname. As a British personal name, it was originally adopted from Norman surnames such as those of the family ''de Tracy'' or ''de Trasci'' from Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, France. Derived from the Gaulish male name ''Draccios'', or Latin ''Thracius'' ("of Thrace, Thracian"), and the well-identified Celtic suffix '':fr:-acum, -āko'' ("place, property"), such Norman surnames themselves sprung from several Tracy place-names in France. The Irish surname Tracey, which may similarly have contributed to the adoption of the English personal name, is derived from the native Irish O'Treasaigh septs. The name is taken from the Irish word "treasach" meaning "war-like" or "fighter". It is also translated as "higher", "more powerful" or "superior". It may also be derived from the Irish word for three, with an association to the Tuatha Dé Danann. The first referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Glacier (Greenland)
Tracy Glacier (), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named by Robert Peary after Benjamin F. Tracy (1830 – 1915), United States Secretary of the Navy, who granted him three years' leave in order to engage in Arctic explorations. Geography The Tracy Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet into the head of the Inglefield Fjord just east of Josephine Peary Island. Its terminus lies between two nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ...s. Mount Lee, the northern one, separates it from the Farquhar Glacier to the northwest and a larger nunatak, the Smithson Range, separates it from the Heilprin Glacier to the south. Although the Tracy Glacier is contiguous to the Heilp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey (film)
''Tracey'' is a 2018 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Jun Li and starring Philip Keung as the titular protagonist, a 51-year-old married man and father whose craving for feminization increases, leading him to transition from male to female both mentally and physically. Filming for ''Tracey'' began on 5 December 2017 and the film premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival on 28 October 2018 before it was theatrically released on 22 November 2018 in Hong Kong. Plot Travis Tung's family consists of wife Anne, son Vincent, and daughter Brigitte (who lives with her husband Jeffrey). Vincent describes his mother as having mysophobia and being racist against their housekeeper. She prohibits sex in the house, which is interesting as she and her husband sleep in separate rooms. After going to work, Tung secretly changes into women's underwear underneath their clothing. While taking their dog Bowie (named after the singer) for a walk, Tung thinks they spot an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Thermal Generating Station
The Tracy Thermal Generating Station is a retired 660-megawatt heavy fuel oil-fueled thermal power station built from 1962 by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company and completed by Hydro-Québec after the History of Hydro-Québec#1963: Second stage of state control, buyout of all private electric utilities by the government of Quebec in 1963. Commissioned between 1964 and 1968, the plant is located on the banks of the Saint Lawrence River in the city of Sorel-Tracy, in the Montérégie Administrative regions of Quebec, Region. Mainly used as a peaking power plant, peaker plant, the Tracy facility was usually running during Cold wave, cold spells in the winter. It was sometimes operated year-round to supplement Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric generation during low-water years. Although it was operated only sporadically, the generating station has been criticized for its contribution to air pollution as it was one of Quebec's major sources of carbon dioxide (), sulfur dioxide (), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank A
Frank, FRANK, or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a Germanic people in late Roman times * Franks, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Aargau frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracie (song)
"Tracie" is a song by English jazz-funk band Level 42, written by Gary Husband and Mark King, and recounts King's times with his childhood sweetheart, Tracie Wilson. It appeared on the band's 1988 album '' Staring at the Sun'', and features keyboardist Mike Lindup playing harmonica. It was remixed, and a new lead vocal recorded, for issue as a single in early 1989, peaking at number 25 in the UK, and at number 14 in the Netherlands. The music video for the single was the last to feature Alan Murphy before the guitarist's death in October 1989. The photo of the band on the sleeve of the single is taken by Linda McCartney. Personnel * Mark King – bass, vocals * Mike Lindup – keyboards, vocals, harmonica * Gary Husband – drums * Alan Murphy – guitars * Wally Badarou – keyboards * Dominic Miller – guitars *Krys Mach – saxophone Charts References Level 42 songs 1988 singles Songs written by Mark King (musician) 1988 songs Songs written by Gary Husba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Point In Wasting Tears
''No Point in Wasting Tears'' is the debut album by Ironik and was released on 29 September 2008. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 21 but fell to number 36 in its second week. It was removed from the UK iTunes Store, but subsequently fully re-released on 11 May 2009, following the success of the album's third single, " Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)," which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. Singles * The first official single from the album was " Stay With Me". The song charted at #5 on the UK Singles Chart. * The second single was "I Wanna Be Your Man," which was released in digital form on 18 September, where it charted at #128 until the physical release one week later, when it peaked at no #35. * The third single is a remix of Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer), which now features Chipmunk as well as Sir Elton John. The song was released on 27 April 2009. The song entered the UK Singles Chart on 3 May at #3. It is Ironik's highest charting single to date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy (Mogwai Song)
"Tracy" is a song on the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai's 1997 debut album, ''Mogwai Young Team''. The song was written by the band's guitarists Stuart Braithwaite and John Cummings (musician), John Cummings and bassist Dominic Aitchison prior to the 1997 ''Mogwai Young Team'' recording sessions. The song features glockenspiel, guitar, guitar and drums, bookended by a Sampling (music), sample from a phone call between Stuart Braithwaite and Will Simon (an employee of the band's American record label, Jetset Records, Jet Set) and between the band's drummer Martin Bulloch and Colin Hardie (the band's manager at the time), revolving around a fictional disagreement between Braithwaite and Aitchison. The song differs from the genre the band usually employed at the time, known as "serious guitar music"; instead of being predominantly guitar-based and featuring heavy Dynamics (music), dynamic contrast, it features a glockenspiel ostinato, remaining dynamically quiet throughout. "Tracy" re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
