David Tyson

Canadian record producer

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.