Dan Hill

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dan Hill
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Jun 3, 1954(1954-06-03)
Age	70
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Gemini

Dan Hill Biography

Dan Hill is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on June 3, 1954 in Toronto, Canada. Canadian pop singer who found international success in the 70’s and 80’s with the singles “Sometimes When We Touch” and “Can’t We Try.” His memoir, I Am My Father’s Son: A Memoir of Love and Forgiveness, was published in 2009.

His 1987 single “Can’t We Try” was a duet with singer Vonda Shepard.

Daniel Grafton Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He 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. He also established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion.

As one of the new Canadian singers and songwriters, such as Bruce Cockburn and Murray McLauchlan, who emerged from the coffeehouses and other small venues during the 1970s, Hill belongs to the generation who achieved a prominent place in Canadian popular culture. In addition to his Grammy for his work on Celine Dion’s “Falling into You”, he received five Juno Awards and other prestigious awards. A road trip to a Hill concert was the subject of the 1994 Canadian comedy film, South of Wawa. Although he has performed less frequently in recent decades, in 2007, he toured with the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe.

He married lawyer Beverly Chapin-Hill. His father is sociologist Daniel G. Hill and his brother is novelist Lawrence Hill.

Dan Hill Net Worth

Dan Hill is one of the richest Pop Singer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dan Hill 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He dropped out of high school to work as a songwriter for RCA Records at age 17.

He formed a folk music duo with Paul Quarrington called Quarrington/Hill. The group’s final song, “Are You Ready,” was recorded just ten days before Quarrington’s death.

Hill was born in Toronto, the son of social scientist and public servant Daniel G. Hill and social activist Donna Mae Hill (nee Bender, 1928–2018), and older brother of the author Lawrence Hill and the late novelist Karen Hill. His musical talent was apparent from a young age, and he received his first guitar shortly after his tenth birthday. While in high school, he was singing and performing at concerts and coffee houses. At one point Hill was working for the Ontario provincial government sorting mail and delivering supplies, while performing at the Riverboat at night. Before finishing high school, he recorded a demo tape with the assistance of his boyhood friend Matt McAuley, later a well-known composer and arranger. In 1972, he signed a contract with RCA, who released a single the following year but did little to advance his career.

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Who is Dan Hill Dating?

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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. On 14 March 2008, CBC Television’s The National aired an in- depth interview with Hill discussing his son’s involvement with Toronto gangs.

Facts & Trivia

Dan Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Dan Hill celebrates birthday on June 3 of every year.

Who is Dan Hill married to?

Personal life. Dan Hill is divorced from Beverly Chapin and is with a new partner.

What happened to Dan hills son?

Eric was shot to death Oct. 22, 2007, shortly after leaving the Don Jail, where he’d been visiting an inmate. My son, in his dramatic and perilous journey to come to grips with his mixed-race identity, had opened up to me a world that had previously been closed.

Who has Dan Hill written songs for?

In the late 1990s Hill shifted his focus to writing songs for other artists, explaining, “Because I came of age when melody and lyric meant everything, I was perfectly positioned to write songs for other artists.” He became a versatile writer-on-demand for pop, country and R&B artists like Britney Spears, Tina Turner, …

What nationality is Dan Hill?

Canadian

How old is Dan Hill now?

68 years (June 3, 1954)