Terrence Parker is an American

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DJ and

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from

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, United States.

Biography

Parker has a long career in DJing. In 2010 he celebrated his 30th music

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. He has been actively DJing in hundreds of cities around the world. These events range from

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s (large and small) to

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s with more than 100,000 people. Since 1988, Parker has released more than 100 recordings on various labels, and has had top 20 hits with his songs "Love's Got Me High", "The Question" and albums such as ''Detroit After Dark'' in the UK,

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, and

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. He is nicknamed "The Telephone man" because he uses a

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Partial discography

*''Tragedies of a Plastic Soul Junkie'' (1996) *''Detroit After Dark'' (1997) *''No Weapons Formed Against Me Shall Prosper'' (1997) (as Seven Grand Housing Authority) *''GOD Loves Detroit'' (2014) *''Life On The Back 9'' (2017)

References

External links

Official Terrence Parker website
African-American DJs Living people American club DJs DJs from Detroit American dance musicians House musicians American remixers Record producers from Michigan American electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American musicians {{DJ-stub