Tracy going biography
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January 27,
Tracy Lee Lawrence is born in Atlanta, Texas
May 21,
Signs recording contract with Atlantic Records
October 28,
Debut album, Sticks and Stones is released. Listen Here.
January 25,
“Sticks and Stones” becomes Tracy’s first #1 single
March 9,
Tracy’s sophomore album, Alibis is released
May 1,
“Alibis” goes #1 on the country charts
May 11,
Tracy wins Top New Male Vocalist at the 28th Annual Academy of Country Music awards
September 20,
The I See It Now album is released, featuring some of Tracy’s biggest hits including “If The World Had a Front Porch” & “Texas Tornado” Listen Here.
January 23,
Tracy’s Time Marches On album is released. “Time Marches On” will go on to be a career-defining song for Tracy.
March 18,
Atlantic releases Tracy’s album The Coast is Clear, which includes the hits “Beter Man, Better Off” & “How a Cowgirls Says Goodbye” Listen Here.
March 25,
Tracy releases “Better Man Better Off” as a single and cuts off his sig
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Brutal Legacy: A Memoir
When South Africa's golden girl of broadcasting, Tracy Going's battered face was splashed across the media back in the late s, the nation was shocked. South Africans had become accustomed to seeing Going, glamorous and groomed on television or hearing her resonant röst on Radio Metro and Kaya FM. Sensational headlines of a whirlwind love relationship turned horrendously violent threw the "perfect" life of the household star into disarray. What had started off as a fairy-tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything that Going was looking for - charming, handsome and successful - had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship. "As I stood before him all I could see were the lies, the disappearing for days without warning, the screaming, the threats, the terror, the hostage-holding, the keeping me up all night, the dragging me through the house bygd my hair, the choking, the doors locked around me, the phones disconnected, the isolation,
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Brutal Legacy &#; Tracy Going
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Brutal Legacy &#; Tracy Going
When the battered face of Tracy Going, South Africa’s golden girl of broadcasting, was splashed across the media back in the late s, the nation was shocked. Sensational headlines of a whirlwind love relationship turned horrendously violent threw the “perfect” life of the household star into disarray.
In mesmerizing detail, Going takes us through the harrowing court process, her decline into depression, the immediate collapse of her career due to the highly public nature of her assault and the decades-long journey to undo the psychological damages in the search for safety and the reclaiming of self. The roots of violence form the backdrop of the book, tracing Going’s childhood on a plot in Brits, laced with the unpredictable violence of an alcoholic father who regularly terrorized the family with his fists of rage.
Brilliantly penned, this highly skilled debut memoir is ultimately uplifting in the realiz