Dave Hall (born 1967) is an African American record producer from Fortville, Indiana, who caught the eye of the public with his creative contribution to the debut album of renowned R&B singer Mary J. Blige titled “What’s The 411?” He particularly did a good job on the No. 1 R&B hit single, You Remind Me.
The 57-year-old record producer has worked with a lot of famous artists, including but not limited to Madonna, Mariah Carey, Usher, Donell Jones, Joe, and CeCe Peniston, amongst others. With such an impressive CV, we would be remiss not to learn more about the talented record producer.
Summary of Dave Hall’s Biography
- Full name: David Hall
- Nickname: Jam
- Gender: Male
- Year of birth: 1967
- Place of birth: Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States
- Dave Hall’s Age: 57 years old
- Ethnicity: African American
- Nationality: American
- Education: Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Virginia, City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College (Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering)
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christianity
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Dave Hall’s Ex-Wife: Wanda Sykes
- Dave Hall’s Height in Inches: 5 feet 10 inches
- Dave Hall’s Height in Centimeters: 178 cm
- Dave Hall’s Weight: 70 kg (154 lbs)
- Body measurements in inches: 39-28-33
- Body measurements in centimeters: 99-71-84
- Hair color: Black
- Eye color: Black
- Profession: Record Producer
- Dave Hall’s Net worth: Est. $1 million
- Famous for: Producing Mary J. Blige’s debut album
- Dave Hall’s Instagram: @davejamhall
- Facebook: Dave Hall
Dave Hall was Born in 1967
Dave Hall is currently 57 years old. His exact birthday is not known at the moment, but he was born in 1967 in Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States. The Grammy Award-nominated record producer was named David Hall by his African American parents, whose identities have so far been withheld from the public and the media.
Dave Hall grew up in Mount Vernon, Virginia, but there is nothing in his early family history that suggests that he spent those years with any siblings. He acquired his high school diploma from the now-defunct Mount Vernon High School in his hometown of Mount Vernon.
He then proceeded to the City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College, where he bagged degrees in Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering. Dave Hall developed an avid musical interest from a very young age, and right after high school, he took his music career to the next level by establishing the band, Numb, which was active from 1986 to 1991.
Dave Hall Established His Music Label in the Late 1980s
Dave Hall’s dabbling with Numb provided the perfect platform from which to launch his own music label, and in 1989 he did just that when he established Stone Jam Music Inc. The label was responsible for producing albums such as Songs of Brooklyn, Places, Playing The Man, True, and Christmas, and Songs of Boyhood in 2014.
The talented record producer came into his own when he was highly instrumental in producing the debut album of now-famous R&B artist Mary J. Blige. The album titled “What’s the 411?” gave Hall the publicity he craved and was essentially the launching pad for what has been a great musical career.
Since working with Blige, Dave Hall has also teamed up with other highly rated musical legends such as Usher, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Joe, Stephanie Mills, Shinehead, Father MC, Donnel Jones, Brownstone, and CeCe Penistone to produce songs such as I Just Want Love, All I Want, Try My Love, Fantasy, Human Nature, Grapevyne, If You Love Me, The Many Ways, A Final Goodbye, Baby Don’t Stop, and several others.
Hall is also notable for producing the remix for the song, Scream, which was performed by the late king of pop, Michael Jackson, and his sister Janet Jackson. He also worked as a music consultant for Sony from 1994 to 1996.
Dave Hall’s Production Discography
Album: Brand Nubian – One For All (1990)
- Try To Do Me
Album: Heavy D. & the Boyz – Peaceful Journey (1991)
- Body and Mind (produced with Nevelle Hodge)
Album: Strictly Business – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
- Stephanie Mills – I Just Want Love
- Jeff Redd – You Called and Told Me
- Mary J. Blige – You Remind Me
Album: Stephanie Mills – Something Real (1992)
- I Just Want Love
Album: Shinehead – Sidewalk University (1992)
- Try My Love
Album: Father MC – Close to You (1992)
- All I Want
Album: Mary J. Blige – What’s the 411? (1992)
- Reminisce
- You Remind Me
- Love No Limit
- My Love
Album: Intro – Intro (1993)
- Let Me Be the One
- It’s All About You
- So Many Reasons
Album: Joe – Everything (1993)
- Baby Don’t Stop
Album: Mariah Carey – Music Box (1993)
- Dreamlover
Album: Jomanda – Nubia Soul (1993)
- Back to You
- Tonight’s the Night
Album: Eddie F. and the Untouchables – Let’s Get It On (1994)
- Intro- Never Again
- Porsche (band) – Make You Feel Real Good
Changing Faces – Changing Faces (1994)
- Am I Wasting My Time
Album: Jade – Mind, Body & Song (1994)
- If the Mood Is Right
- If the Lovin’ Ain’t Good
Album: Usher – Usher (1994)
- The Many Ways
- Final Goodbye
Album: Brownstone – From the Bottom Up (1994)
- Grapevyne
- If You Love Me
Album: Madonna – Bedtime Stories (1994)
- I’d Rather Be Your Lover
- Human Nature
- Love Tried to Welcome Me
Album: Intro – New Life (1995)
- Funny How Time Flies
- My Love’s on the Way
Album: Silk – Silk (1995)
- Now That I’ve Lost You
Album: Phyllis Hyman – I Refuse to Be Lonely (1995)
- It’s Not About You (It’s About Me)
Album: Mariah Carey – Daydream (1995)
- Fantasy
Album: Horace Brown – Horace Brown (1996)
- Taste Your Love
- I Like
- Gotta Find a Way
Album: Kenny Lattimore – Kenny Lattimore (1996)
- Never Too Busy
- I Won’t Let You Down
Album: Assorted Phlavors – Assorted Phlavors (1996)
- Tell Me
- Hiding Place
- Trust
- What Ya Gonna Do (Interlude)
- Patience
- Don’t Let Go
- Tonight (Interlude)
- Can’t Get You Off My Mind
- Love So Real (Interlude)
- Don’t Stop (Interlude)
- Patience (Remix)
CeCe Peniston – I’m Movin’ On (1996)
- Movin’ On
Album: Brownstone – Still Climbing (1997)
- In the Game of Love
Album: Kurupt – Kuruption! (Disc Two) (1998)
- Who Do U Be (Produced by RJ Rice, additional production and remix by Dave “Jam” Hall)
Album: Mariah Carey – The Rarities (2020)
- Slipping Away (Written and produced by Mariah Carey, additional production by Dave “Jam” Hall)
Dave Hall Currently Resides in Atlanta
Dave Hall is based in Atlanta and is still relatively active in the music industry, primarily as a consultant. Over the years, he has been able to amass a substantial net worth which has been estimated to be around $1 million.
He was Previously Married to Wanda Sykes
These days, Dave Hall keeps his private life out of the public and media’s view. As such, there is no way to tell if he is married or in a relationship. Details of his past relationship revolve around the fact that he was previously married to African American actress and comedian Wanda Sykes.
Not much is known about how they met, but they reportedly tied the knot in 1991. Their union lasted only seven years before ultimately ending in 1998. For years, no one knew why but when she came out to the world as a lesbian in 2008, Hall’s ex-wife painted a brief picture of her marriage with him.
She claimed that she was unable to build any form of connection with him and that she eventually grew tired of his complaints that the relationship was not working. She claimed that she always knew she was gay from a very young age, but her religious upbringing left her confused to the point where she was forced to repress those feelings and live straight.
In the end, those repressed emotions ended up coming in between her and the record producer. Throughout the seven years that they were married, Hall and Sykes did not have any children, but when Sykes remarried in 2008. She and her wife, Alex Sykes (nee Niedbalski), whom she had been dating since 2006, became parents to fraternal twins Olivia and Lucas Sykes. Both children were born to Sykes’ wife, Alex. To date, Dave Hall has no children of his own.
