David Michael Tyson is a
Canadian
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rock music
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producer and
songwriter
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. He is best known for co-writing
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...
' 1990
number one hit single "
Black Velvet" (with
Christopher Ward) and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote three hit songs (with
Dean McTaggart) from
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and p ...
's self-titled 1995
debut album.
Tyson has won three
Juno Award
The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or simply known as the Junos, are awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding achievements in Canada's mu ...
s for his work, mainly in the 1990s. Most notably he was awarded the "
Producer of the Year
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" in 1991 for his work on
Jude Cole
Jude Anthony Cole (born June 18, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent manager from Carbon Cliff, Illinois. He began his career as part of Moon Martin's backing group the Ravens, and joined the English power pop ...
's ''
A View from 3rd Street'' album, and "
Songwriter of the Year" for his work with
Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, were an American Rock music, rock duo formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1970. Daryl Hall was generally the lead vocalist, while John Oates primarily supplied electric guitar and ba ...
.
Partial production discography
* 1981:
Eddie Schwartz
Edward Sydney Schwartz Order of Canada, C.M. (born December 22, 1949) is a Canadian musician who had moderate success as a recording artist in the early 1980s before becoming a successful songwriter and record producer in the late 1980s and the ...
- ''No Refuge'' - co-producer with Schwartz, as well as co-writer, keyboards
* 1984: Eddie Schwartz - ''Public Life'' - co-producer with Schwartz, as well as co-writer, keyboards, bass, glockenspiel, backing vocals
* 1984:
The Arrows - ''
Stand Back'' - also co-writer, keyboards
* 1986: The Arrows - ''
The Lines Are Open''
* 1989:
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...
- ''
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...
''
* 1990:
Jude Cole
Jude Anthony Cole (born June 18, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent manager from Carbon Cliff, Illinois. He began his career as part of Moon Martin's backing group the Ravens, and joined the English power pop ...
- ''
A View from 3rd Street'' - also keyboards, arrangement
* 1992:
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...
- ''
Rockinghorse''
* 1992:
Peter Cetera
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- ''
World Falling Down''
* 1995:
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and p ...
- ''
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and p ...
''
* 1994:
Tina Arena
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- ''
Don't Ask'' - also co-writer
* 1997: Tina Arena - ''
In Deep'' - also co-writer, keyboards
* 2000:
Billie Myers
Billie Myers (born 14 June 1971) is a British rock singer and songwriter from Coventry, England. She is known principally for her 1997 transatlantic hit " Kiss the Rain".
Biography
Myers received a Brit Award nomination in 1999 for Best Bri ...
- ''Vertigo'' - also co-writer
* 2001:
Point of Grace
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- ''
Free to Fly''
* 2016:
Heather Rankin - ''A Fine Line'' - also co-writer
Awards
* 1984 -
Nominated -
Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for ''
Stand Back''
* 1986 -
Nominated -
Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for ''
The Lines Are Open''
* 1990 -
Winner -
Juno Award for Composer of the Year - for "
Black Velvet" (with
Christopher Ward)
* 1990 -
Nominated -
Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for ''
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...
''
* 1991 -
Winner -
Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.
Formerly presented for a single ...
- for
Jude Cole
Jude Anthony Cole (born June 18, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent manager from Carbon Cliff, Illinois. He began his career as part of Moon Martin's backing group the Ravens, and joined the English power pop ...
's ''
A View from 3rd Street'' and
Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, were an American Rock music, rock duo formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1970. Daryl Hall was generally the lead vocalist, while John Oates primarily supplied electric guitar and ba ...
' "
Don't Hold Back Your Love"
* 1991 -
Winner -
Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for
Jude Cole
Jude Anthony Cole (born June 18, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent manager from Carbon Cliff, Illinois. He began his career as part of Moon Martin's backing group the Ravens, and joined the English power pop ...
's ''
A View from 3rd Street''
* 1993 -
Nominated -
Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song " Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada and a number one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot ...
' ''
Rockinghorse''
* 1995 - Producer of
ARIA Album of the Year - for
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
's ''
Don't Ask''
* 1996 -
Nominated -
Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for ''
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and p ...
''
* 1998 -
Nominated -
Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year The Juno Award for "Songwriter of the Year" has been awarded since 1971, as recognition each year for the best songwriter in Canada. It was also known as the Juno Award for "Composer of the Year" from 1975 to 1990.
Formerly presented for a single ...
- for "Dark Horse" (with
Dean McTaggart &
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and p ...
), "Beautiful Goodbye" (with Christopher Ward), "Trust Me This Is Love" (with Dean McTaggart) by Amanda Marshall
* 2003 - Won an International Achievement Award for the song "Begin With Me" at the
SOCAN
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Awards in Toronto.
References
External links
Express Artists- Management for David Tyson
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian record producers
Canadian male songwriters
Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year winners
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award winners