67-422: Corey Hart may refer to: Corey Hart (singer) (born 1962), Canadian musician Corey Hart (album) , a 1996 album Corey Hart (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball player See also [ edit ] Carey Hart , American motocross rider Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
134-513: A Comet (We Rollin')", was the first time Hart has performed or written in the hip hop genre. He also reworked his 1984 hit, "Sunglasses at Night", into a new interpretation called "Night Visions" with Chicago-based DJ production team Papercha$ er. The single was released in October 2013. In April 2014 Hart released an EP, Ten Thousand Horses , on Tunes; the recording features duets with Jane Siberry and Masse, as well as previously unreleased tracks and
201-455: 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 . Hill was a lifelong friend of writer Paul Quarrington , and the two also occasionally performed together as a folk music duo, billed as Quarrington/Hill. The pair's final collaboration,
268-540: A comeback in Canada in the late 1990s, Hart again came to a personal crossroads. All I had ever wanted or known since I was a boy was to be creating music. But I couldn't continue to record or tour if I aspired to be a 24/7 father to our children. The two worlds simply collide. At the end of the millennium, Hart once again fell largely silent as he and Masse married and relocated to Nassau, Bahamas , to focus on raising their young family. He returned to Montreal in late 2002 for
335-407: A copy of the script with an invitation for a screen test – a flattered Hart declined, preferring to focus on music instead of acting. Fellow Canadian Michael J. Fox eventually starred in the hit film. During the mid-1980s, Hart was approached to record several songs for films. He mostly declined, preferring to write and record his own material; however, he did record the song "Hold On", written for
402-474: A day later at a private event for longtime fans. In August he performed at Atlantic Fest in Newfoundland, his first return to the province in nearly 30 years. A single, "Another December", was released on YouTube November 29, 2018. The song was focuses on Hart's mother and the accompanying video features photos of her with family interspersed among present-day footage of Hart walking through Montreal. The video
469-577: A futuristic, Orwellian society, helped propel the popularity of the track. Hart toured the United States and Canada extensively in 1984 and early 1985, first as a supporting act for Culture Club , April Wine , Thomas Dolby , Hall & Oates and Rick Springfield , then later as a headline performer. First Offense was nominated for Best Album of the Year at that year's ADISQ Awards in Hart's native Quebec, where
536-453: A growing maturity ... He's come a long way from singing about wearing 'Sunglasses at Night'. Fields of Fire earned Hart several nominations at the 1987 Juno Awards, in the categories of Best Male Vocalist of the Year, Best Album Graphics (done by Hart's partner Erika Gagnon), and Single of the Year for "Can't Help Falling in Love". The singer was also nominated for Best Male Artist and Album of
603-503: A hit in her native Quebec during the summer of 2011. To mark the launch, she and Hart engaged the media on a short promotional tour of major Canadian markets in May 2011. A second single, "Silence", was released in January 2012 to Canadian radio and a third single from the album, "Port Au Prince", debuted in May 2012. Starting in 2011, Hart began to increase his visibility on social media, appeared in
670-508: A live rehearsal performance of U2 's 1992 single " One ". The video was released on YouTube in November. Roy released an EP in Canada in 2016, Mr. Optimist Blues , featuring several songs written by Hart. In 2016 Hart he performed in Quebec for a national television audience during celebrations on June 24 and again during a local comedy festival on June 26. In October 2016, Hart was honoured with
737-581: A new English language album. Hart co-produced and wrote five songs for Masse's gold-selling Circle of One , which was released in Canada in 1994 and marked the first time Hart had written and produced songs for an artist other than himself. This also led to their relationship as husband and wife and parents to four children. Hart was previously married to photographer/graphic designer Erika Gagnon from 1990 to 1994, and Masse to cinematographer Sylvain Brault from 1993 to 1994. Following his work with Masse, Hart signed
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#1733084532183804-482: A new contract with Sony Music Canada and in 1996 released an eponymous CD Corey Hart . The album was co-produced by Humberto Gatica and contained some of Hart's most introspective work, spurred by his personal life changes. Sparked by the success of "Black Cloud Rain" which reached No. 2 on the Canadian Top 40, Corey Hart went platinum in Canada. The video for "Black Cloud Rain" was directed by Javier Aguilera,
871-594: A non-single album track, and Best Anglophone Quebec Artist at the ADISQ Awards. In 1997, fellow Canadian Celine Dion released her Let's Talk About Love album, which featured the theme from the film Titanic , " My Heart Will Go On ". Also on the album were two songs written and co-produced by Hart: the Canadian Top 40 hit " Miles to Go (Before I Sleep) " and "Where Is the Love". As documented in Dion's concert DVD Au cœur du stade , Dion's team reached out to Hart based on
938-577: A remake of the song "Without You" now called "Falling from Graceland". On June 3 that year Hart marked the 30th anniversary of the release of his first single "Sunglasses at Night" at a farewell concert, "One Night: Three Decades of Music" in Montreal, Canada at the Bell Centre . The concert was postponed several days because of an NHL playoff run at the time by the Montreal Canadiens . Also released at
1005-561: A second album on Sony, Jade , featuring a duet with partner Masse on the Jean-Jacques Goldman song " Là-bas ". The lead-off single "So Visible (Easy to Miss)" and follow-up release "Break the Chain" both charted in the Canadian Top 40, the singer gained yet another Juno Award nomination (for Best Male Vocalist of the Year) and Hart once again toured Canada in support of the album. After enjoying
1072-624: A song about death called "Are You Ready", was completed just ten days before Quarrington's death in early 2010, which would be featured in a television documentary, Paul Quarrington: Life in Music . Hill befriended Manny Pacquiao after the boxer sang a version of " Sometimes When We Touch " on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2009. Hill later helped Pacquiao record a version of the song at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles . A summary of his career, published in 2021, added some specifics: "throughout
1139-631: A star on Canada's Walk of Fame. The induction ceremony gala was broadcast on CBC television, and in June 2017, Hart joined his fellow inductees including Jason Priestley and Darryl Sittler at the star unveiling in Toronto's Theatre District. In July 2017 Hart returned to Calgary as a performer at the Calgary Stampede , playing to a crowd of about 11,000 at Ft. Calgary's Oxford Stomp stage. He performed in Boston
1206-584: A suitable debut artist. He collaborated sporadically on individual songs with French-Canadian artists Garou and Wilfred Le Bouthillier in the mid-2000s, and performed with others including Meggie Lagacé on Quebec television. After an associate sent Hart a demo MP3 by little-known performer Marie-Christine Depestre, the singer, a Montreal native of Haitian descent, became Siena's first official signing. In May 2011, Marie-Christine released her debut CD, Walk in Beauty , in Canada on Hart's label. Hart executive produced
1273-526: A two-night stand of concerts with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , performing songs from Corey Hart and Jade as well as older hits to the accompaniment of the MSO. In 2002, Seymour Stein of Sire Records reconnected with Hart. Stein offered Hart a boutique label with Sire/Warner Music Canada, Siena Records. The label, formed in 2003, went through several years of development while Hart pursued
1340-426: A variety of charity events, and launched an online store featuring previously unreleased recordings. In 2012, Hart's 30th year in the music industry, he collaborated with Canadian DJ 1Love on a remix of the song "Truth Will Set You Free" from Young Man Running. The single, "Truth Will Set U Free", was released globally to radio, and on Hart's website in June 2012 via Siena Records/Warner Music Canada. The song
1407-501: 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. Continuing to record with McCauley, he succeeded in breaking the RCA contract and signing with GRT Records , an independent Canadian label. In 1975, they released his first Canadian hit single,"You Make Me Want to Be," which was followed by his first album, Dan Hill. In 1977, Hill recorded
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#17330845321831474-404: A young Mexican filmmaker. He toured across the country for the first time since the cancelled 1987 Fields of Fire tour, and subsequent singles from the album ("Tell Me", "Third of June" and "Someone") all reached the Canadian Top 40. Corey Hart also earned Hart more award nominations, including Juno nods for Best Male Vocalist of the Year and Best Producer for "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity",
1541-534: 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 McCauley , later
1608-544: Is a Canadian singer, musician and songwriter known for his hit singles " Sunglasses at Night ", " Never Surrender " and " It Ain't Enough ". He has sold over 16 million records worldwide and recorded nine US Billboard Top 40 hits. In Canada, 30 of Hart's recordings have been Top 40 hits, including 11 in the Top 10, over the course of over 35 years in the music industry. Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1984, Hart
1675-707: Is an inductee of both Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame , and is also a multiple Juno award nominee and winner, including the Diamond Award for his best-selling album Boy in the Box . He has also been honoured by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). Hart was born on May 31, 1962, in Montreal , Quebec ,
1742-537: Is divorced from Beverly Chapin and is with a new partner. He has one son, David, with his ex-wife. Some sources have incorrectly stated that he was married to American country singer Faith Hill , whose surname comes from her first marriage to an unrelated Nashville record executive also named Daniel Hill. In early 2009, Hill published I Am My Father's Son: A Memoir of Love and Forgiveness ( ISBN 978-1-55468-190-7 ) which recounts his childhood and his relationship with his prominent father. Like his father, Hill
1809-575: The Adult Contemporary chart and set the stage for Hill to have three more top 10 U.S. AC hits through to 1991's " I Fall All Over Again ", though he did not make the Hot 100 again after "Never Thought". In 1996, Hill received a Grammy for his role as co-producer on Celine Dion 's album Falling Into You . In 2021, he was to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. As one of
1876-486: The 1990s, he focused on penning lyrics for some of the most prominent singers of the era, including Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and Reba McEntire ... he returned to his singer-songwriter roots with the 2020 single "What About Black Lives?" part of the yet-to-be-released studio album "On the Other Side of Here". The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) announced the induction of Dan Hill on February 10, 2021. Dan Hill
1943-657: The Budokan in Tokyo as well as arenas in other Japanese cities and the Ultra, a 13,000-seat venue outside Manila . Young Man Running received an ADISQ nomination for Album of the Year. In early 1989 Hart returned to songwriting in preparation for what would be his final album with EMI America, Bang! . Recorded in Los Angeles, the release debuted in early 1990 to positive reviews and airplay on MTV. Bang! shipped platinum in Canada and hit
2010-656: The Canadian and US Top 40 ("Boy in the Box", "Everything in My Heart" and "Eurasian Eyes"). In the US, Boy in the Box peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and went platinum. Boy in the Box was nominated for a Juno Award as well as an ADISQ Award for Best Album, taking home a Félix for Hart in this category. "Never Surrender" won the Juno for Best Selling Single of 1985. Hart
2077-563: The Japanese Top 20 two weeks into its release. The first single, "A Little Love", hit the US Top 40 in early 1990 and featured another video by Meiert Avis. Bang! also reunited Hart with Ruby Turner and featured drummer Kenny Aronoff ( John Cougar Mellencamp ) on drums and percussion. Despite the success of the first single (a Top 10 hit in Canada), Bang! was less successful than previous albums in
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2144-498: The Montreal show was Hart's autobiography, Chasing the Sun: My Life in Music , which details behind-the-scenes stories of Hart's life and includes about 500 photos. Hart then put his career mostly on hold to focus on parenting and family. However, shortly thereafter he was invited by Shania Twain to appear as part of Prince Edward Island 's August 30 Founder's Week celebration. This was Hart's first visit to that province. During
2211-570: The Song Last Forever" in late 1978, he went almost a decade without cracking any of Billboard ' s singles charts. In 1987, Hill returned to the Billboard Hot 100 with the Top 40 hit " Can't We Try ", a duet with the then-unknown Vonda Shepard (her last name was incorrectly spelled "Sheppard" on the label). It peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100. He also had a near Top 40 hit with " Never Thought (That I Could Love) ". Both records reached No. 2 on
2278-522: The Sony PlayStation 2 . The song title is also a clue to the mystery in Lior Samson's debut novel, Bashert . Dan Hill 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
2345-602: The US Billboard Hot 100, also earning Hart an ASCAP Award as one of the most played songs of 1985. "Never Surrender" was the No. 2 song in the year-end Canadian charts in 1985, finishing second to the Northern Lights charity single " Tears Are Not Enough " in which Hart had also participated, alongside veteran Canadian artists Gordon Lightfoot , Neil Young , Joni Mitchell and Bryan Adams . Subsequent singles all charted in
2412-584: The US. It featured the US Top 20 hit single "I Am By Your Side", as well as the Canadian No. 1 single " Can't Help Falling in Love ", originally performed by Elvis Presley . This was the first recorded cover version of a song Hart had released. The song was also a top 10 hit in the Philippines and Japan. Critics generally agreed that Fields of Fire displayed a new, more mature direction in Hart's songwriting. With his third album, this young Canadian exhibits
2479-518: The US; EMI also failed to nominate Hart for any Juno Award categories that year. Hart was released from his contract with the company in August 1990. EMI later released a collection of Hart's singles on a compilation album, Singles in 1991. Hart did secure a nomination for Best Male Artist at the 1990 ADISQ awards. Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein approached Hart at this juncture and eventually signed him to Sire shortly thereafter. What followed
2546-437: The United States and quadruple platinum in Canada. First Offense initially received a modest response upon its Canadian release. It was only after garnering US success in the summer of 1984 that he became well-known in his native Canada. First Offense also featured guitarist Eric Clapton on the record's closing track, "Jenny Fey". Jon (Astley, producer) felt there was one song Eric Clapton would really like. So just out of
2613-516: The United States). All three singles charted in the Canadian Top 40. "Baby When I Call Your Name" and "92 Days of Rain" were accompanied by videos, the latter helmed by Hart's first director, Rob Quartly. The first song on the album, "Back in the Hand", summed up the prior decade in a celebration of feeling back in control of his musical career. Hart received a Juno nomination for 1992 Best Male Vocalist of
2680-463: The United States. He also established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion . Hill was born in Toronto , the son of social scientist and public servant Daniel G. Hill and social activist Donna Mae Hill (née Bender, 1928–2018 ), and older brother of the author Lawrence Hill and the late novelist Karen Hill. His musical talent was apparent from
2747-809: The Year and Best Selling Single for "Everything in My Heart". In 1984 and 1985 Hart toured extensively in North America and Japan in support of Boy in the Box : Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, the Budokan in Tokyo, the Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome and the Forum in Montreal. He appeared frequently on Good Rockin' Tonite (Canada), Friday Night Videos and MTV (US), and Music Life (Japan), and toured Europe and Australasia. Fields of Fire , Hart's third album release, came out in fall 1986 and went double platinum in Canada and achieved gold status in
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2814-675: The Year at that year's ADISQ Awards. Once more Hart launched a world tour in support of the record. He performed sold-out concerts in Japan and made promotional appearances in Europe from fall 1986 through mid-1987. However, Hart's tour had to be halted prematurely in July 1987 after the then 25-year-old singer collapsed backstage from exhaustion after a concert in Canada. After nearly four years of constant touring and recording, he took some time off for rest and recuperation. Hart returned to songwriting, leading to
2881-521: The Year. He then took a break from writing and touring (" Jane Hawtin Live", 1997). He released one single, a cover of Edith Piaf 's "Hymn to Love", in 1994. Hart presented an award at the Juno Awards of 1993 in Toronto with Julie Masse , a fellow nominee with two platinum selling albums in Quebec, Julie Masse and À Contre Jour . Upon seeing them together, Masse's manager suggested that Hart work with her on
2948-629: The album and wrote the bulk of the CD's songs Walk in Beauty features a cameo performance by music legend Stevie Wonder on the cover track "Keep on Runnin'" as well as a modern reworking of Hart's "Sunglasses at Night", reworked as "Girl in Shades" for Marie-Christine. Hart had refrained from granting interpolation rights to the song for over 25 years, despite requests by Sean P. Diddy Combs and Nelly Furtado . The CD also featured original compositions by Marie-Christine and its debut single, "Totally Random", became
3015-602: The ballad " Sometimes When We Touch ". He also wrote the lyrics and was assisted in the music by Barry Mann for the album from the same year, Longer Fuse , and it was released as a single. It was Hill's biggest hit, peaking at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart, and leading to Hill's appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Mike Douglas Show . Tina Turner covered
3082-529: The blue he sent him the song, and lo and behold Eric Clapton was on the phone saying he wanted to play on it and asking how I would mind if he did. I didn't. Eric was the classic gentleman. Here I was, this Canadian kid in England with big-time producers doing my first album and Clapton tells me, 'It's such a pretty song, so easy to play. The type of thing I'd write myself'. The Juno-award-winning video for " Sunglasses at Night " (directed by Rob Quartly), which featured
3149-528: The heart and intelligently too. Photographer Herb Ritts shot the cover and other photographs for the album. The video for "In Your Soul" featured location footage in New Mexico and Moab, Utah and was directed by Meiert Avis ( U2 , Bruce Springsteen ). Hart toured extensively in Japan and the Philippines in 1988, as well as in Canada's East Coast and Quebec where he spoke mostly in French. Hart again sold out
3216-408: 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
3283-585: The path to getting a recording contract. Hart's debut album, First Offense , was recorded at Revolution Recording Studios in Manchester , England, in the spring of 1982. It was produced by Jon Astley , then best known for his work with The Who , and Phil Chapman. Released in 1983, First Offense featured the US Billboard Top 10 hit song "Sunglasses at Night" (No. 7 ) and Top 20 follow-up single "It Ain't Enough" (No. 17 ). The album went gold in
3350-540: The recent success of Corey Hart in Canada and asked if he would write and produce for her. He was also nominated for the Juno Award for Best Producer for the Dion tracks. Later in 1999 Hart performed live in the US for the first time since the late 1980s as Dion's guest in St. Louis, Missouri and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida . Hart collaborated with Dion again on "Prayer", from her 2002 CD A New Day Has Come . In 1998, Hart released
3417-639: The show Hart did a cover version of local favorite Stompin' Tom Connors ' " Bud the Spud ". Also in 2014 Hart released an acoustic version of "Face Brave", a song written for and performed by Jonathan Roy . Roy, the son of hockey player Patrick Roy , appeared onstage with Hart in PEI as well as at the June 3 farewell concert in Montreal. At a private fundraiser in Fort McMurray, Alberta in November 2014, Hart, Roy and backup singer Kim Richardson (along with Hart's band) recorded
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#17330845321833484-481: The singer was also nominated for Best New Artist. First Offense won the Félix . Hart's second album was Boy in the Box , released in June 1985, which reached Diamond status in Canada (one million copies sold) by February 1986. It was the second album by a Canadian artist to do so. The album featured the hit single " Never Surrender " which spent nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 in Canada and peaked at No. 3 on
3551-412: The singer's fourth album release, Young Man Running . Featuring the US Top 40 hit "In Your Soul" (which reached No. 2 in Canada), The album included experienced backing musicians, in particular Ruby Turner , and was largely produced by Hart himself. His lyrics have always been serious-minded, but this time Hart's clever, obtuse artiness has given way to passages where he's actually speaking from
3618-458: The single release. Hart accepted the honour and performed live at the 2019 Juno Awards in London, Ontario, Canada on March 17, 2019. In the same year, he made a stunt appearance on the seventh season premiere of La Voix , performing his own hit song " Everything in My Heart " as a blind auditioner; he became an honorary member of Éric Lapointe 's team, and made a return appearance in the finale, but
3685-412: The song in 1978 on her album Rough . Another one of his hit songs was "It's a Long Road", which he recorded for the 1982 action movie First Blood . In 1985, he was one of the many Canadian performers to appear on the benefit single " Tears Are Not Enough " by Northern Lights . Although he had many hits in his native Canada, further singles did not fare as well in the United States, where, after "Let
3752-468: The soundtrack to 1987's Beverly Hills Cop II . Hart's 1985 single, "Eurasian Eyes" (from Boy in the Box ), was featured in the film 9½ Weeks and the final track from Fields of Fire , "Blind Faith", was featured in the January 16, 1987 episode of Miami Vice titled "Down for the Count, Pt. 2". In 2002, "Sunglasses at Night" was featured in the award-winning video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for
3819-532: The summer of 2012. IN September 2012, Hart performed to about 1.000 people at the CHUM FM "Back in the Day Bash" held at Toronto's Masonic Temple. Hart and his daughter Dante also appeared on CTV's "Marilyn Denis" chat show, where the singer performed his hit single "It Ain't Enough" live in the studio. Hart later co-wrote and performed on a track from Canadian recording artist K-OS' album BLack on BLonde . The song, "Like
3886-539: The title Corey Hart . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corey_Hart&oldid=1250155904 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Corey Hart (singer) Corey Mitchell Hart (born May 31, 1962)
3953-427: The youngest of five children of Mina (née Weber) and Robert Hart, both Montreal natives. His paternal grandfather was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, while Corey's mother was from a Romanian Jewish family. Hart's parents separated when he was 10 years old. Hart then lived with his mother and older brother Robbie in Montreal. He had an especially close relationship with his mother, to whom his first album First Offense
4020-448: Was Hart's first U.S. single in 20 years and Hart reunited with Meiert Avis for the video. "Truth" was originally penned for friends in the music business who were born gay, according to Hart, and disseminating the message of the song took on new resonance after 1Love approached him for permission to remix it. With the Canadian Top 40 success of "Truth Will Set You Free", Hart made appearances at Pride celebrations in Toronto and London over
4087-463: Was Hart's sole album for the label, Attitude & Virtue . Released in 1992, it appeared on the Top 40 in Canada, and featured several guest musicians including Jane Siberry , Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses , Terence Trent D'Arby and the return of Ruby Turner. Three singles were released from the album: "Baby When I Call Your Name" (released in Canada and the United States), "92 Days of Rain" (released in Canada) and "Always" (released in Canada and
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#17330845321834154-464: Was a preview for a new EP; the title track "Dreaming Time Again" was released January 16, 2019, with an accompanying video filmed in Havana , Cuba featuring Hart's teenage son, Rain. The EP was released in the spring that year in association with Warner Brothers Music Canada, and Hart set out on a cross-country tour, beginning in St. John's, Newfoundland on May 31. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame announced Hart's induction to its roster concomitant with
4221-509: Was also nominated for the Composer of the Year award at both the Junos and the ADISQ awards, winning a Félix in this field. He also received nods in the Juno categories of Best Video for "Never Surrender" and Best Male Vocalist of the Year, as well an ADISQ nomination for Concert of the Year. Hart also won the Félix for the Quebec artist achieving the most success outside Quebec in the Anglophone market, along with Best Male Artist. The following year Hart received Juno nominations for Composer of
4288-551: Was dedicated. Hart had little contact with his father, and this is reflected in some of his compositions, such as the 1998 song "Reconcile". Hart's first experience as a performing artist came at age 11 when he sang " Ben " for Tom Jones in Miami. He also recorded songs with Paul Anka in Las Vegas during this time period. In 1980, Hart represented Canada in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo (along with singer Dan Hill ), marking his first public performance of original material. Back in Canada, Hart reached out to Billy Joel who
4355-448: Was diagnosed as a diabetic. Hill learned from a doctor before a concert that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer . 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. Hill
4422-437: Was not officially a competitor. In May 2020, Hart announced the release of a new version of his 1985 hit " Never Surrender ", with the lyrics updated to reflect a message of resilience and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic . Hart is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism. Hart was briefly considered for the role of Marty McFly in the 1985 film Back to the Future . Producer Steven Spielberg sent Hart
4489-433: Was on tour in the Montreal area at the time. Joel's backup band contacted him and Hart ended up recording several demos with them in Long Island, New York . Hart worked with several other Canadian studio musicians on demos before finally signing to the Aquarius Records label in 1982 at the age of 20. Several songs on his first album, including "The World Is Fire", reflect the rejections and difficulties Hart encountered along
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