Daniel Tenaglia (born March 7, 1961) is an American DJ and record producer. "Danny Tengalia Biography" , IMO Records, Retrieved on 11 February 2012.
Biography Early life Tenaglia left New York in 1985 and started DJing in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub, playing classic New York and Chicago house. He returned to New York five years later. At this time, he started to create some remixes, including Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (1991), Jamiroquai's "Emergency on Planet Earth" (1993), and Madonna's "Human Nature" (1994).
DJ career Tenaglia's first mainstream success was with a remix of the Daou's "Surrender Yourself" (1993).
He then released three label compilations - Mix This Pussy (1994) and Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? (1995) for TRIBAL, and Gag Me with a Tune (1996) for Maxi.
As a producer In 1996, after working for a short time at the New York nightclub Roxy, Tenaglia started a Saturday night residency at Twilo. In 1998, he moved his residency to NY club Tunnel.
In 1998, Tenaglia released an album titled Tourism. The album featured the track "Elements", which was number one on the Billboard Dance Chart for two weeks in 1998. "Music Is The Answer" featuring Celeda (from Tourism) was on the top 40 charts in the UK.
In 1999, Tenaglia released his first installment in the UK-based Global Underground series of DJ mixes titled Athens.
In the two years that followed, Tenaglia released another Global Underground installment titled London, remixed Billy Nichols' "Give Your Body Up To the Music", was nominated for a Grammy (for his remix of Depeche Mode's "I Feel Loved," also nominated for Best Dance Song), and won a Dancestar Lifetime Achievement award.
In 2003, Tenaglia released Choice: A Collection Of Classics, a two-CD mixed compilation. It featured artists such as Blaze, Adeva and Imagination, along with his own liner notes explaining the significance of each track. He also won another Dancestar award, this time 'Best Party' for "Be Yourself."
Film appearances In 2025, Tenaglia, along with top Portuguese DJs Yen Sung and Luís Leite, appeared in the Daniel Mota documentary film Paraíso about the history of Portuguese dance music (which he had been involved in for decades). He recounts his remixing of the iconic tribal house song "So Get Up" by Underground Sound of Lisbon (written and vocalized by Ithaka Darin Pappas), and of the moment he debuted the track during a rave held at the Santa Maria de Feira castle in northern Portugal.
Later years Tenaglia continues to play clubs, and has played in NYC locations including Avalon, Crobar, Pacha NYC, Roxy and Webster Hall. In 2007, he participated in the dance parade. In 2008, he released a single on Tommy Boy Records, "The Space Dance". The track reached number 1 on the Billboard Club Chart in November 2008.
Immediately following, Tenaglia released his first compilation album in five years, entitled Futurism, also on Tommy Boy Records. The compilation featured tracks from artists including Davide Squillace, The Wighnomy Brothers and Afefe Iku.
Tenaglia still continues to tour across the world.
Personal life
In July 2023, Tenaglia announced on Instagram that he had been diagnosed with cancer, and had been under treatment.
Awards and nominations Tenaglia was nominated for Best Remixed Recording at the 44th Grammy Awards. He is a three-time International Dance Music Award winner, three-time DJ Awards winner, and two-time Muzik Awards recipient.
Grammy Awards YearNominated workCategoryResult 2002 Depeche Mode's "I Feel Loved" Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
DJ Awards + Selected awardsYearAwardNominated workCategoryResult2000 DJ Awards Danny Tenaglia DJ's DJ 2000 DJ Awards Danny TenagliaBest House DJ 2001DJ AwardsDanny TenagliaBest Set of the Season2002DJ AwardsDanny TenagliaBest Set of the Season2007DJ AwardsDanny TenagliaBest Progressive House DJ
International Dance Music Awards + Selected awardsYearAwardNominated workCategoryResult2001IDMADanny Tenaglia Best International DJ 2002 IDMA Danny TenagliaBest American DJ2002IDMA Danny TenagliaBest Global DJ2003IDMA Danny TenagliaBest American DJ2003IDMADanny TenagliaBest Global DJ2004IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2005IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2006IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2007IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2008IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2008IDMADanny Tenaglia "Futurism"Best Full Length DJ Mix CD 2009IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2010IDMADanny TenagliaBest American DJ2012IDMADanny TenagliaBest North American DJ2014IDMADanny Tenaglia "Balance 025"Best Full Length DJ Mix CD
Muzik Awards
+ Selected awardsYearAwardNominated workCategoryResult2002MuzikDanny TenagliaBest Re-Mix for Green Velvets "Flash"2002MuzikDanny Tenaglia"Best International DJ"
See also List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links Danny Tenaglia official website