Dan Hill
For other people named Daniel Hill, see Daniel Hill.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.
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 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.
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.
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