Dan Hill
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Dan Hill (born Daniel Hill Jr, in Toronto, Ontario, on 3 June 1954 to American émigrés) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had a major hit in 1977 when he sang the song "Sometimes When We Touch", which continues to be the song for which Hill is most remembered.
Apart from a few further minor hits on the Billboard charts, his subsequent albums failed to replicate his smash success in the American market, so he turned to songwriting for other artists. In the early 1980s, he continued to have popular hits in Canada such as "Helpless" in 1983 and "Love in the Shadows" the same year.
In 1987, he returned to the Billboard charts with the Top 40 hit "Can't We Try", a duet with the then-unknown Vonda Shepard, as well as the near Top 40 hit "Never Thought (That I Could Love)", which is his most recent American hit. He continues to record, scoring more cross Canada hits such as "I Fall All Over Again" in 1991. In 2007 he is touring with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC) radio program The Vinyl Cafe.
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[edit] Trivia
- He is the son of social scientist and public servant Daniel G. Hill, and brother of author Lawrence Hill.
- A road trip to a Dan Hill concert was the subject of the Canadian comedy film South of Wawa.
- He sang the song "It's A Long Road" for the action movie First Blood.
- In 1985, he was one of the many Canadian performers to appear on the benefit single "Tears Are Not Enough" by Northern Lights.
- Dan holds the Canadian long distance record for hot air ballooning with a crew of two others one of which was the famous artist manager Bernie Fiedler.[citation needed]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1975 - Dan Hill
- 1976 - Hold On
- 1977 - Longer Fuse
- 1978 - Frozen in the Night
- 1980 - If Dreams Had Wings
- 1981 - Partial Surrender
- 1983 - Love in the Shadows
- 1987 - Dan Hill
- 1989 - Real Love
- 1991 - Dance of Love
- 1993 - Let Me Show You (Greatest Hits and More)
- 1996 - I'm Doing Fine
- 1999 - Love of My Life (The Best of Dan Hill)
[edit] Singles
- 1975 - You Make Me Want to Be [CAN #31]
- 1975 - Growing Up [CAN #41] [US ??]
- 1976 - You Say You're Free [CAN #61]
- 1976 - Hold On [CAN #46]
- 1977 - Phone Call [CAN #53]
- 1977 - Sometimes When We Touch [CAN #1] [US #3]
- 1978 - All I See is Your Face [CAN #35] [US ??]
- 1978 - On the Dark Side of Atlanta [CAN #44] [US ??]
- 1979 - (Why Did You Have to Go And) Pick on Me [CAN #57]
- 1979 - Hold on to the Night
- 1980 - I Still Reach For You [CAN #83]
- 1981 - Don't Give Up on Love
- 1982 - I'm Just A Man
- 1983 - Love in the Shadows [CAN #45]
- 1984 - Helpless
- 1987 - Can't We Try (w/ Vonda Shepard) [CAN #14] [US #6]
- 1987 - Never Thought (That I Could Love) [CAN #22] [US #43]
- 1988 - Carmelia [CAN #39]
- 1989 - Unborn Heart [CAN #25]
- 1991 - I Fall All Over Again [CAN #34]
- 1992 - Is it Really Love? [CAN #32]
- 1992 - Hold Me Now [CAN #58]
- 1993 - Flirting With A Headache [CAN #61]
- 1993 - Healing Power of Love [CAN #41]
- 1993 - Let Me Show You [CAN #36]
- 1994 - In Your Eyes (w/ Rique Franks) [CAN #32]
- 1994 - Love Theme From Napoleon (w/ Rique Franks) [CAN #64]
- 1994 - Sometimes When We Touch (w/ Rique Franks) [CAN #38]
- 1996 - Wrapped Around Your Finger [CAN #34]
- 1999 - Love of My Life
[edit] External links
- Official Website, accessed 26 October 2006
- The Canadian Encylopedia: Dan Hill, accessed 26 October 2006
