Dan Hill
Dan Hill
Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IVis 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 the United States...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 June 1954
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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