1973: John Luongo graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. While supporting himself through school by working in radio as a top DJ personality and in Boston's top nightclubs, John came up with the concept for a weekly syndicated dance show. The show was picked up by the Knight Quality Stations (Scott Knight & Richie Balsbaugh) and achieved great success with all of their affiliates. On graduating college, John was offered a position as a PD of KISS 108 but chose instead to pursue a recording career in music production and mixing in New York.

1973 - 1978: John started the Boston Record Pool, one of the first three record pools to begin the Record Pool phenomenon we know today. Boston was the first record pool in the country to charge a fee and run a profitable operation to supply records to DJs in New England. John revolutionized Pools by tying their charts in with radio stations and retail stores. John also worked at Skippy White's Records, Everett Music and Strawberries as a buyer where he reported charts to Billboard Magazine and was very successful in picking hit groups and predicting trends.

1978 - 1980: John established Nightfall, a New England-based Magazine about Entertainment, which he owned and published. During this period, John also helped run the largest dance promotion company in the United States, entitled MK Dance Promotions, where he oversaw three offices in NY, LA and Boston, and coordinated all functions of the promotion company and it’s staff. His duties included reporting to all major labels and dealing with management and artists. The company grew under John's guidance to reach number one in the nation. John left MK after two successful years to pursue a career in production and mixing.

1980 - 1983: John began mixing records, many of which were met with tremendous success. Some of the radio hits included his remixes on The Jacksons, Melba Moore, Brian Adams, Don Henley, Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight, Dolly Parton, John Waite, Kiss, Queen and Cheap Trick. His string of successful mixes caught the interest of five major labels and John was offered positions running promotional departments of two of the majors. John turned down the offers to put his efforts toward developing his own label.

1983 - 1986: Taking a position at the helm of Pavillion Records, John became one of the youngest Presidents of a CBS Associated Label. John was responsible for discovering the top R&B group Fantasy, a band that achieved a top 5 hits and brought talents such as Patty Smyth and Full Force to the attention of CBS. John eventually left this position to begin a new promotional company, Pavillion Promotions, which soon became the premiere cross-over radio and dance promotion company in the country. At Pavillion, John mixed and broke many hit tracks, including Don Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance," Dan Hartman's "Relight My Fire" and "Instant Replay," Huey Lewis’s "I Want A New Drug" and "Power Of Love," Greg Kihn's "Jeopardy" and Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning." John remixed and added additional production to all of these tracks, among others, turning them into hit singles on the pop charts.

1986 to Present: John founded Trecter Entertainment, which works with all major labels to explore new technologies that enhance the future of the entertainment business, develop new artists and assist established acts on their repertoire by contemporizing their product. Since 1993, John has personally produced many top compilations, and was one of the first to realize the potential of this burgeoning market having achieved successes in producing classics such as "Pure Disco I & II," Video Juke Box's "Big Phat Ones Series," Polygram's "Non-Stop Disco," and "Electronic 80's," and many more. He has also been instrumental in mixing and producing songs that have benefited groups from Aerosmith and ZZ Top to Jesus Jones and Bobby Brown. John's intuitive insight and established talents have been sought after by both major artists and record labels alike.

John taught a course at Northeastern University in Boston, MA entitled "The Record Industry," reporting directly to the Dean. John has also served a two-year term as an elected member to the New York chapter of the NARAS Board of Governors. John was recently chosen to serve on the Producer and Membership panels for the GRAMMY’S and has been a voting member for over 16 years.

John is currently working at Renegade Nation, the parent company to Little Steven’s many ventures. John is involved in sales for the Underground Garage syndicated radio show and heading Wicked Cool Records and Wicked Cool Special Projects, all subsidiaries of Van Zandt’s Renegade Nation.