Dan Hill is a Canadian Singer-Songwriter who came to fame in the 1970s

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-- BIOGRAPHY --

Dan Hill was born to American mixed race parents who escaped the racism and McCarthy-ism of the US for a safer family life in Toronto. He began writing songs from his childhood influences like Sinatra, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan at the age of 14. By the age of 17 he was playing small gatherings and coffeehouses. By 19 he had signed a record deal with GRT Records. Two introductory albums went gold but got no public response but were followed by 1977's 'Longer Fuse' and the multi-million selling single "Sometimes When We Touch" (co-written with Barry Mann). The album sold 300,000 copies and won over the fickle US market. The song would eventually be covered by Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow, and Olivia Newton-John. Hill was named 'Top New Male Vocalist' in both Cashbox and Record World magazines. He won a Juno Award for 'Composer Of The Year' and 'Male Vocalist Of The Year' and nominated for a Grammy all in 1977.

His follow-up to his most successful album to date was 'Frozen In The Night' which spawned the moderate hit "Let The Song Last Forever" and sold 100,000 units. With the press giving Hill the ride of his life, nothing he could do was good enough for them which fuelled Hill's passion to write. He wrote material for other international stars like Jeffery Osborne, George Benson and Tina Turner, and stayed out of the limelight. It would be 1987's "Can't We Try", a duet with newcomer Vonda Sheppard, that gave Hill another shot as an artist rather than just a songwriter.

Flash forward nearly a decade while recording tracks for his 1996 CD 'I'm Doing Fine', Celine Dion her his recording of "Seduces Me" and wanted it for her own solo album. The removal of the song from his own album led to more writing work Dion and a string of recorded tunes on her solo albums. In September 1999, Sony released a new best-of collection, "Love Of My Life". Along with the hits, the 18-song compilation featured four new tracks.


-- ALBUMS --

Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1981 1983 1987 1989 199119931996 1999

Album Title Dan Hill Hold On Longer Fuse Frozen in the Night If Dreams Had Wings Partial Surrender Love in the Shadows Dan Hill Real LoveDance of LoveLet Me Show You (Greatest Hits and More)I'm Doing Fine Love of My Life (The Best of Dan Hill)


-- HIT SINGLES --

Year 1975 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1979 197919801981198219831984198719871988198919911992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1996 1999

Song Title You Make Me Want to Be Growing Up You Say You're Free Hold On Phone Call Sometimes When We Touch All I See is Your Face Let the Song Last Forever On the Dark Side of Atlanta (Why Did You Have to Go and) Pick on Me Hold On to the Night I Still Reach For You Don't Give Up on Love I'm Just A Man Love in the Shadows Helpless Can't We Try <w/ Vonda Sheppard> Never Thought (That I Could Love) Carmelia Unborn Heart I Fall All Over Again Is it Really Love Hold Me Now Flirting With A Headache Healing Power of Love Let Me Show You In Your Eyes <w/ Rique Franks> Love Theme From Napoleon <w/ Rique Franks> Sometimes When We Touch <w/ Rique Franks> Wrapped Around Your Finger Love of My Life

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