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- Singer-songwriter, David Scott Roberts, born in Boston on September 13, 1958 and raised in Toronto, Canada, has been writing and recording songs for over 25 years. As a writer for Warner/Chappell Music over 15 of those years, David has had many of his songs recorded by such artists as Diana Ross, Starship, Bad English, Jimmy Barnes, John Waite, House of Lords, Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson to name a few, and collaborated with many great writers, such as Dianne Warren, Jonathan Cain, Gerry Goffin, Albert Hammond, John Waite, Jimmy Barnes, Greg Giuffria, Alanis Morrisette, etc. A demo submitted to a radio station talent search changed his fate when he was around 20 years old. The prize was to record 3 more songs in a high quality studio, and the finished tape ultimately got into the hands of A&R at WEA Canada. As a result, David got a deal and brought him to Los Angeles to record his first album "All Dressed Up" and released on Elektra Records in 1982. David recorded this album at LA's famous Sunset Sound and was produced by Greg Mathieson and Executive Produced by Jay Graydon. It featured all-star musicians including Jeff Pocaro, Steve Lukather, Mike Pocaro, David Foster, and Bill Champlin.
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 After "All Dressed Up," David fell into a groove as a song-writer. Over the last 20 years David has written and produced dozens of commercials as well as music for television and the Olympics. This was because everytime David began to put things together for his own next record, he would hear from the publisher that an artist wanted to record a key song I was working on; Starship recorded "Before I Go" for their multi million selling "Knee Deep in the Hoopla". Since then, David began to write with more recording artists that had record deals. One of his works was a number one song in Australia "Drivin' Wheels" recorded by Jimmy Barnes. The artists who recorded David's songs are Bad English, Diana Ross, House of Lords ( Greg Giuffria's band ) to name a few others. I wrote commercials for Coke, Budweiser etc. Songs for the Olympics. Thus, we could never have his 2nd solo album during 80's. In 1993, a song "Run Back" co-written by Randy Goodrum was covered by Japanese rock group named Splash as the ending theme "Identity" for Japanese television show "Shinkansen Monogatari 93 Natsu (Bullet-train Stories 93 Summer)". Next year, David won the prize of the song contest for opening theme of Kansai International Airport Japan with the song titled "Sora-Ni-Mukatte (Reach Out To The Sky)". David was flown to Osaka for the opening ceremony where it was announced that my song came in second. Around then, It seemed that David prepared more than 10 brand-new demos. In spite of our expectation, we could not have his 2nd solo album again in 1990's. In 2003, David Roberts is back with Tommy Denander, one of the good Swedish guitarists / songwriters. Now, we can listen to David's unchanged voice on Frédéric Slama's project album "AOR / Dreaming of L.A".In 2008, David is back with his second effort titled "Better Late Than Never." This time around David again worked with Greg Mathieson in L.A. and Fred Mollin in Nashville. |
