David Michael Tyson is a Canadian rock music producer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing Alannah Myles' 1990 #1 hit " Black Velvet" (with Christopher Ward) and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote three hit songs (with Dean McTaggart) from Amanda Marshall's self-titled 1995 debut album.
Tyson has won three Juno Awards for his work, mainly in the 1990s. Most notably he was awarded the " Producer of the Year" in 1991 for his work on Jude Cole's A View from 3rd Street album, and " Songwriter of the Year" for his work with Hall & Oates.
Partial Production discography
- 1981: Eddie Schwartz - 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
- 1990: Jude Cole - A View from 3rd Street - also keyboards, arrangement
- 1992: Alannah Myles - Rockinghorse
- 1992: Peter Cetera - World Falling Down
- 1995: Amanda Marshall - Amanda Marshall
- 1994: Tina Arena - Don't Ask - also co-writer
- 1997: Tina Arena - In Deep - also co-writer, keyboards
- 2000: Billie Myers - Vertigo - also co-writer [1]
- 2001: Point of Grace - 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
- 1991 - Winner - Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year - for Jude Cole's A View from 3rd Street and Hall & Oates' " Don't Hold Back Your Love"
- 1991 - Winner - Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for Jude Cole's A View from 3rd Street
- 1993 - Nominated - Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for Alannah Myles' Rockinghorse
- 1995 - Producer of ARIA Album of the Year - for Tina Arena's Don't Ask
- 1996 - Nominated - Juno Award for Producer of the Year - for Amanda Marshall
- 1998 - Nominated - Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year - for "Dark Horse" (with Dean McTaggart & Amanda Marshall), "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 Awards in Toronto. [2]
References
- ^ BillieMyers.com. Accessed 8 July 2009. http://www.billiemyers.com/about.html Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2003 Socan Awards | Socan". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
External links
- Express Artists - Management for David Tyson
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