With over 30 successful years in the music business, Dan Hill has enduring talent as a singer, songwriter, musician and author. He has more often than not stepped behind the curtain, allowing other chart-topping artists, such as Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Jully Black, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, 98 Degrees, The Backstreet Boys, George Benson, Mark Wills, Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson, to sing his stirring ballads and pop hits.

Between Dan’s own hit singles, platinum albums, five Juno’s, a Grammy and countless ASCAP awards for most played songs over three decades, he has amassed over 100 million combined unit sales for all his songs. After a break in performing, Dan returned to the stage this year for a cross-country tour, and his outstanding new album Intimate launched March 9.

He penned the critically acclaimed book I Am My Father’s Son (a memoir of love and forgiveness) which traces Dan’s difficult and poignant relationship with his father, civil rights activist Daniel Grafton Hill. This came on the heels of a compelling cover story in Maclean’s, “Every Parent’s Nightmare“, which chronicled how Dan’s family was nearly destroyed by his son’s involvement in Toronto’s ‘thug culture’. Dan supports the Canadian Diabetes Association and dedicates time and support to World Vision.

Tempo Toronto went to find out more about what makes him tick, and a more genuine, empathetic individual would be hard to imagine.

“I’d want to be remembered for bringing people closer together, and helping them to connect with each other through my body of work as a singer, songwriter and author”, Dan Hill said. Read on to learn his insights.

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