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Dan Hill (born Daniel Hill Jr, in Toronto, Ontario, on 3 June 1954 to American émigrés) is a biracial Canadian 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. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total...
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Sometimes When We Touch is a 1977 English language song written by Dan Hill. ...
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. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...
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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 would be his final American hit. He continued to record well into the 1990s scoring more cross Canada hits such as "I Fall All Over Again" in 1991. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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He is the son of social scientist and public servant Daniel G. Hill, and brother of author Lawrence Hill. Daniel Hill (ca. ...
Lawrence Hill is a Canadian writer, whose memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada, was a Canadian bestseller in 2001. ...
A road trip to a Dan Hill concert was the subject of the Canadian comedy film South of Wawa. South of Wawa is a Canadian comedy film, which was released in 1991. ...
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In 1985, he was one of the many Canadian performers to appear on the benefit single "Tears Are Not Enough" by Northern Lights. Tears Are Not Enough was a 1985 charity single recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. ...
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Discography
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)
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] [CAN #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
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