Daniel Grafton Hill IV was born on 3 June 1954 and is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter.
16 Facts About Dan Hill
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Dan Hill had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting singles in Canada and the United States.
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Dan Hill established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion.
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At one point Hill was working for the Ontario provincial government sorting mail and delivering supplies, while performing at the Riverboat at night.
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In 1977, Dan Hill recorded the ballad "Sometimes When We Touch".
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Dan Hill wrote the lyrics and was assisted in the music by Barry Mann for the album from the same year, Longer Fuse, and it was released as a single.
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At one point, Dan Hill regarded the song as an "albatross" that was limiting his career as a singer; no matter what he recorded, if the song happened to be a ballad, people thought it sounded like "Sometimes When We Touch".
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In 1987, Dan Hill returned to the Billboard Hot 100 with the Top 40 hit "Can't We Try", a duet with the then-unknown Vonda Shepard.
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Dan Hill had a near Top 40 hit with "Never Thought ".
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In 1996, Dan Hill received a Grammy for his role as co-producer on Celine Dion's album Falling Into You.
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Dan Hill later helped Pacquiao record a version of the song at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
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Dan Hill is divorced from Beverly Chapin and is with a new partner.
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Dan Hill learned from a doctor before a concert that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Dan Hill wrote an article in the 14 February 2008 edition of Maclean's entitled "Every Parent's Nightmare", about the terror he experienced from friends his son brought home.
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On 14 March 2008, CBC Television's The National aired an in-depth interview with Dan Hill discussing his son's involvement with Toronto gangs.
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Dan Hill is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.