Hemingway Corner was a Canadian-American

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group, active in the 1990s.

Biography

The group was formed in 1992 by two established singer-songwriters, David Martin and Johnny Douglas. Martin, from

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, Georgia, was a musician and songwriter who lived in Nashville before moving to Los Angeles. Douglas, from

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, Ontario, was working as a session songwriter in Nashville. The two met while writing songs for Sony Music and released their self-titled debut album in 1993. They had hits on the Canadian pop charts with "Man on a Mission" and "Love, Love, Love", and received a Juno Award nomination for Best New Group in 1996. Choosing to return to his independent songwriting work, Douglas left the band the following year and later started another band called Beat Prophets. While working on a Neil Young tribute album, '' Borrowed Tunes'', the

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introduced Martin to Scott Dibble (from the Toronto band Watertown) and Mark Sterling from

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. They recorded a cover of " Tell Me Why" for the tribute album as a newly revamped Hemingway Corner. With some material already written by Dibble and Sterling, the band released a follow-up album, ''Under the Big Sky'' in 1995. The band initially supported the album by touring as an opening act for

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in 1995,"Jann Arden shows fans why she won three Junos". ''

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'', November 27, 1995. during which Dibble would also perform as the duet vocalist on Arden's hit "Unloved". Three more singles, "Big Sky", "Tell Me Why" and "Watch Over You", were successful on the charts before the band dissolved in late 1996. "Watch Over You" received a

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Award in 1997 as one of the ten most-played Canadian songs on radio that year."Cummings Is Top SOCAN Scorer". '' Billboard'', November 29, 1997. They reunited in 2010 to record the album ''Speed of Life''. Martin is still an active songwriter, having penned tunes for

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, including co-writing the hit "Alive" from Edwin's debut '' Another Spin Around the Sun'', playing on the follow-up album '' Edwin & the Pressure'', and writing for country singer

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. Mark Sterling is also actively songwriting, having released three solo albums including his self-titled debut (1996), ''The Well'' (1999) and ''Take From It What You Need'' (2009). He also worked with young country singer Adam Gregory for his debut album '' The Way I'm Made''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1992 Musical groups disestablished in 1996 Musical groups from Toronto Canadian country music groups Canadian folk rock groups Canadian musical duos 1992 establishments in Ontario 1996 disestablishments in Ontario