Timmy T

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Timmy T
Timmy T (left) co-hosts with Morning personality DJ Toby on KSIQ-FM in 2006
Background information
Born	Timothy Torres (1967-09-21) September 21, 1967 (age 59) Fresno, California
Genres	Pop, freestyle
Occupations	Actor, musician
Years active	1989–present

Timmy Torres (born September 21, 1967), professionally known as Timmy T, is an American freestyle performer and musician. In 1991, Torres topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "One More Try."

Career

Torres started his career in the 1980s in small rap groups in Fresno, but he soon realised that he preferred dance music. He purchased a Moog synthesizer and a Roland TR-808 drum machine at a pawn shop, and recorded his first single, "Time After Time", in his garage. He originally recorded the song for his girlfriend who enjoyed the song, and he decided to get the single pressed on vinyl. He visited a local Fresno radio station to ask them to play his song, and after it was played, people called in to ask who performed it. The DJ recommended that Torres take his record to radio stations in Los Angeles for more exposure. After Los Angeles pop station Power 106 played the record, it received airplay from several more stations throughout the country including Hot 97 in New York. Timmy got a record deal with Quality Records, and "Time After Time" went on to peak at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

His next single "What Will I Do", peaked at #96 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

He released another single at the end of 1990, the ballad "One More Try", which proved to be much more successful than his first single, selling over a million copies and climbing to the top of the Billboard charts the following year. The success of the single drove the album, called Time After Time, to the #46 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart. the album featured the title track (his first single), "What Will I Do", "One More Try", and "Over and Over".

None of the singles from his second album, All For Love, reached the charts, however his song "Over You" was featured in the motion picture The Raffle in the company of Elton John. The other singles of the second album were "Cry a Million Tears" and a cover of the song originally by Eric Carmen "Boats Against the Current". A year after the release of his second album, he distanced himself from the spotlight to focus on the birth of his son.

In 2018 he appeared on the Tosh.0 "Web Redemption Reunion Spectacular", singing "One More Try".

As of 2019, Timmy T was still performing along with other freestyle acts from the late 80s and early 90s.

Discography

Music videos

See also

• List of artists who reached number one in the United States