David Gibson (musician)

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David Gibson is a Canadian pop-rock singer, most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1987.^[1]

Born in Toronto, Canada, Gibson was touring Canada and Europe with various bands shortly after leaving school. Although he wrote songs, none were considered good enough to perform by the bands he fronted, nor were club goers interested in hearing unknown music. After a year of playing covers 6 nights a week, Gibson realized the key to earning a living was in writing and performing original music. While on the road, Gibson continued to hone his songwriting skills but found that while music and melody came easy, words did not, Gibson began writing with Robert Uhrig.

In the mid 1980s, after recording a six-track demo of original songs written with Uhrig, Gibson was offered a recording deal with Loose End Records in London, England after impressing producer Pete Waterman. Loose End subsequently dissolved during contract negotiations due to the break up of the labels two partners, Waterman and Peter Collins.

Returning to Canada, Gibson met guitarist/producer Domenic Troiano.^[2] Upon signing with Troiano's Black Market label, "Lock Up My Heart" was recorded and released in the summer of 1986, accompanied with a video, directed by Stephen Reynolds. The track did well enough to garner Gibson the Juno Award nomination in March 1987 .^[3]

Black Market/A&M Records then issued Gibson's self-titled album in 1988. The album's singles received modest radio airplay, as did the videos on Canada's national music station, MuchMusic and CBC's Video Hits for tracks such as "Easy Street", "Lying to Me" and "We Close Our Eyes". The album was supported by a cross-Canada tour.^[4]

"Rhythm Method" was Gibson's follow up release in early 1990, again with Black Market, however the distribution deal with A&M was no longer in place, and the albums impact was minimal at best.

Over the next few years, Gibson's music was featured heavily on several TV shows in the US, Canada, the UK and France.

In 1996, "I Don't Know", a Gibson/Uhrig penned song that was recorded by Escapade from Chicago. Several DJ's issued various mixes of the track and it became a breakout hit throughout the world, particularly in dance clubs, during the summer of 1997. The track was well reviewed and charted in Billboard Magazine. The track appeared on several dance mix compilations.

Gibson had been inactive within the music industry for the past several years, however "Life Lines" an album of new songs was released in December 2020.

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