Dave Nicol is a former Canadian folk singer-songwriter, most noted as the winner of the Juno Award for Most Promising Folk Singer at the Juno Awards of 1974.[1]

Originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador,[2] Nicol signed to Columbia Records and released the album Goodbye Mama in 1973.[3] The album's title track was a moderate hit on the Canadian charts that year.[3] In addition to his Juno Award win for Most Promising Folk Singer, he was also nominated for Best Folk Singer, Most Promising Male Vocalist and Best Folk Single for "Goodbye Mama";[4] his win made him the first musician from Newfoundland ever to win a Juno.[5]

He followed up in 1975 with the album All the Wild Birds; however, the album was less successful than his debut. He left the music business and moved to Kelowna, British Columbia, reemerging in 1993 with the album Night Crossing.[6] In 1997, Nicol and Gordon Pinsent collaborated on the album Harbour of Dreams: A Tribute to Newfoundland.

Singles

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Year Title Peak positions
Canada AC
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Canada Top 100
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1972 "No One Ever Told Me" 34
1973 "Goodbye Mama" 14 19
1974 "Tonight" 37
1974 "Dancin' Romancin'" 26
1974 "Mexico" 43

References

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  1. ^ "Congratulations Juno Award winners". Billboard, April 27, 1974.
  2. ^ Robert Martin, "The feeling was good and the music just fine". The Globe and Mail, May 27, 1974.
  3. ^ a b Ross Harvey, "Romantic poet? No". Edmonton Journal, January 19, 1974.
  4. ^ "Juno Award nominations". Ottawa Journal, March 22, 1974.
  5. ^ Wayne Tucker, "The Recordings of Newfoundland and Labrador 1970-1979". Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol. 103, No. 3 (Winter 2010). pp. 11-17.
  6. ^ Tom Harrison, "Dirty and loose 71 minutes of raw power". The Province, October 19, 1993.
  7. ^ "RPM AC search results". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
  8. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 8, 1973" (PDF).
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