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Infobox musical artist|image = Trey Lorenz - Wilson High School Homecoming 2011-10-22.jpg|thumb||caption = Trey Lorenz at the Wilson High School Homecoming in October 2011| name = Trey Lorenz| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Lloyd Lorenz Smith| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|1|19|mf=y| death_date =| origin = Florence, South Carolina|Florence , South Carolina , United States | instrument =| genre = Contemporary R& B|R& B | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1988–present| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments =| associated_acts = Mariah Carey , Trey Lorenz (born Lloyd Lorenz Smith ;cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 329 January 19, 1969) is an African American singer and songwriter . He was born in Florence, South Carolina|Florence , South Carolina and is a graduate of Wilson High School.
Biography
Lorenz began his career supporting singer Mariah Carey on her first promotional tour in 1990, and the following year he provided background vocals on her album Emotions (Mariah Carey album)|Emotions . Lorenz again served as Carey's backing singer on her 1992 appearance on the television show MTV Unplugged , where he and Carey sang a cover of the Jackson 5 's " I'll Be There (Jackson 5 song)#Mariah Carey version|I'll Be There " - a duet the two reprised at Michael Jackson 's memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 2009.cite news|publisher=CNN|url= http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/07/michael.jackson.wrap/index.html|date=2009-07-07|title=Michael Jackson's daughter bids tearful goodbye Their Unplugged performance was released as a single that went to number one in the United States. Lorenz also recorded a duet She Deserves It with Polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska|Basia on her gold U.S. album The Sweetest Illusion .
Lorenz was subsequently offered a record deal and recorded a critically successful self-titled debut album. The single "Someone to Hold" (co-written and co-produced by Carey, who also sang backup vocals) peaked at number nineteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The album itself, however, performed poorly and only peaked at #111 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and Lorenz was dropped by his label.
Lorenz returned to a career in background vocals, working for artists such as TLC (music)|TLC , the late Selena , and Usher (entertainer)|Usher and also performed a duet with Basia titled "She Deserves It" . He began to support Mariah Carey on her albums and concert tours again in 1997, including a featured spot in the 2003 Charmbracelet World Tour , and he recorded the songs "Make You Happy" for the Men in Black (film)|Men in Black soundtrack, which he co-wrote with Carey and Cory Rooney , and "I'm Still Not Over You" for the Money Train soundtrack. He was signed to Carey's short-lived imprint label, MonarC , and to Jermaine Dupri 's Atlanta-based So So Def Records label, but never put out any music under the label.
Lorenz's second album, Mr. Mista , was released on September 16, 2006. Among the songs on the new album is "See You Sometime", a song Lorenz sang during the Charmbracelet World Tour. Lorenz launched his second album during the time he was prominently featured in Carey's 2006 The Adventures of Mimi Tour , doing background vocals and singing three songs, "Never Too Much", "A House Is Not a Home" and "Crazy", during one of her many costume changes.
Discography
Singles
1992: "Someone to Hold" #19 US Billboard Hot 100 , #5 Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R& B , UK Singles Chart|UK #65
1993: "Photograph of Mary" #46 US R& B, #11 US Dance, UK #38
1993: "Just to Be Close to You" #66 US R& B
2007: "My Everything"
2011: "Is This Time Goodbye (I Gotta Move On)" (Trey featured as vocalist on Harry Romero|Harry 'Choo Choo' Romero 's single)
Albums
Trey Lorenz (album)|Trey Lorenz (1992)
Mr. Mista (2006)
References
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External links
http://www.wcgorbitz.com/ The Voice of Trey Lorenz
http://www.myspace.com/treylorenzmusic Trey Lorenz at MySpace
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