Danny Wood
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{{dablink|There is also a Danny Wood in the band [[…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]].}}
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| Name = Danny Wood
| Img = Danny Wood at the 1990 Grammy Awards cropped.jpg
| Img_capt = Danny Wood in 1990
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Daniel William Wood Jr.
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1969|05|14}}
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| Origin = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Drums]], [[Keyboard]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<br />[[Soft Rock]]
| Occupation = Singer, songwriter
| Years_active = 1984-1994 <small>(with NKOTB)</small></small><br />2003-present <small>(solo)</small> 2008-present <small>(with NKOTB)
| Label = [[Interscope Records]]
| Associated_acts = [[New Kids on the Block]]<br />[[Upper Street (band)|Upper Street]]
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'''Daniel William Wood Jr.''' (born [[14 May]] [[1969]], [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]) is a [[singer]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]] and occasional [[actor]]. He is also a member of the 1980s [[boy band]] [[New Kids on the Block]].
==Early days==
He was the "body" of the group being the most physically fit, and very interested in [[sport]]s. Wood was keen on his appearance and his own physical fitness. He also [[choreographer|choreographed]] a lot of the [[dance]] moves for the [[band (music)|band]].
He and fellow group member, [[Donnie Wahlberg]], worked together and [[record producer|produced]] [[song|tracks]] for [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]], a group headed by Wahlberg's younger brother [[Mark Wahlberg|Mark]]. During the early 1990s, he produced and made his one-time directoral debut on the music video for [[Call It What You Want]]. Wood also produced some tracks on fellow bandmate [[Joe McIntyre]]'s debut [[solo (music)|solo]] [[album]].
==Solo career==
After New Kids on the Block disbanded in 1994, Wood decided to pursue a solo career. He released his first solo album on [[22 July]] [[2003]]. It was called ''Second Face'', and all the songs were produced by Wood and his friend, Pete Masitti. Recently he released "[[Coming Home]]", [[2007]] and in [[1999]] he released an album "Room Full Of Smoke" as D-Fuse. Danny will see music from his latest release "Coming Home" featured on various networks like MTV, Oxygen, and VH1.
'''Solo Albums'''
D-Fuse : Room Full Of Smoke 1999
D-Wood : Room Full Of Smoke Vol. 2 2003
Second Face 2003
O.F.D : Of Dorchester (Acoustic Tour Exclusive)2003
Coming Home 2007
==Singles==
*What If (2003)
*When The Lights Go Out (2003)
*Different Worlds (2003)
==Acting==
After his work within New Kids on the Block Wood started to take on [[actor|acting]] and his first [[film]] was ''Thank You, Good Night'', a story about four musicians struggling to succeed in their personal and professional lives. He has also worked within ''Deveria'' and ''I-15''. He also appeared in "Tequila Express".
==Management==
Wood operates his own [[record label]] called Damage Records, with [[management|manager]] Chad Zimmerman, of Z International Entertainment. Zimmerman also worked with New Kids alumnus Jordan Knight as his personal manager / backup DJ from 2003-2006. He co-wrote his hit single "Where is Your Heart Tonight" in 2005 / 2006 which peaked at #12 on the Billboard AC Chart.
==MTV Comeback==
Wood featured in [[MTV]]'s follow up to [[Totally Scott-Lee]] called [[Totally Boyband]], featuring in a new group with other former boyband members such as [[Dane Bowers]]. The band's name was [[Upper Street (band)|Upper Street]] charting at No 35.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
==Private Life==
Wood currently has three children with ex-wife Patricia Alfaro: Anthony (born late 1991), Russian-born, adopted daughter Chance (born January 1998) and daughter Vega (born March 1999). He and Alfaro [[divorce]]d in 2006, sharing [[joint custody]]. He also has custody of another son, Daniel III. (born in late 1992) with then-girlfriend Elise Stepherson. In 1999, he lost his mother, Betty Wood, to [[breast cancer]], and has set up a website dedicated to her.
==Other Work==
Aside from the entertainment industry, Danny is also a sales rep for Halcyon Jets, a luxury charter service.
==External links==
*[http://www.damagerecords.com/ Damage Records]
*[http://www.rememberbetty.org/ www.rememberbetty.org].
*{{imdb name | id=0939634 | name = Danny Wood}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male singers]]
[[Category:New Kids on the Block members]]
[[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]]
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