Dave Nicol (musician)

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

Year	Title	Peak positions
		Canada AC [7]	Canada Top 100 [8]
1972	"No One Ever Told Me"	34	—
1973	"Goodbye Mama"	14	19
1974	"Tonight"	37	—
1974	"Dancin' Romancin'"	26	—
1974	"Mexico"	43	—

References

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. 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).

External links

• Dave Nicol discography at Discogs