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David Nathan (born 15 February 1948) is a British-born biographer, journalist, authority on soul music, and singer. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was the co-founder of the Soul City record label and a contributing editor to ''Blues & Soul'' magazine. Living in the US between 1975 and 2009, he wrote several biographies of musicians as well as hundreds of articles and liner notes, and founded the website soulmusic.com. He has also recorded and performed as a jazz and blues singer, both under his own name and as his ''alter ego'' Nefer Davis. ==Life and career== David Nathan was born in London, and at the age of 16 set up the UK's first fan club for singer Nina Simone. In 1966, with Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore, he established Soul City, in Deptford, South London, claimed to be the first record store outside the US specialising in American rhythm and blues and soul music.〔( David Nathan profile at Rock's Backpages ). Accessed 20 June 2011〕 The shop also started a record label in 1968, to release US R&B singles in the UK.〔( Soul City Records at Ska2Soul ). Accessed 20 June 2011〕 In 1970, he began working in London for Contempo International, which owned ''Blues & Soul'' magazine. He moved to New York City in 1975 as contributing editor for ''Blues & Soul'', leaving the company in 1981 when the magazine's ownership changed. After a period working for Werner Erhard and Associates, he then moved to Los Angeles and worked as a freelance journalist.〔 He wrote ''Lionel Richie: An Illustrated Biography'' (1985), as well as contributing to ''Billboard'', ''USA Today'' and other magazines including ''Blues & Soul'' which he rejoined in the mid-1980s, and writing many CD liner notes. In the 1990s, he also worked as a producer of compilation reissues, and established a media coaching service. He wrote ''The Soulful Divas'', published in 1999, and ''Break Down and Let it All Out'', a biography of Nina Simone co-written with his sister Sylvia Hampton, in 2004. He founded a website dedicated to soul music, ( SoulMusic.com ), in 2001. He released his first CD as a singer, ''Reinvention'', in 2003 on his own Nefer Music label. In 2007, he released his second album, ''Wistful Elegance'', with jazz/R&B group Pharaoh's Dream.〔 In 2010, after returning to live in the UK, he began singing as Nefer Davis, a name derived from his interests in ancient Egypt.〔(Nefer Davis at reverbnation.com ). Accessed 20 June 2011〕 He was Secretary and is now an Advisory Board member of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation.〔( Rhythm & Blues Foundation: Board ). Accessed 20 June 2011〕 He has received an award for his journalism from the International Association of African-American Music.〔 Since coming back to live in London, Nathan has established the label SoulMusic Records in association with Cherry Red and as of April 2014, SoulMusic Records has reissued over 100 CDs by popular soul, jazz/funk and Motown artists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Nathan (music writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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