D.A. Wallach
| D. A. Wallach | |
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D.A. performing with Chester French at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David-Andrew Wallach |
| Also known as | D.A. |
| Born |
March 2, 1985 Denver, Colorado |
| Genres | Classic pop |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Harvest Records |
| Associated acts | Chester French,Supa DupsRick Ross |
| Website | www |
D.A. Wallach (also known as D.A.) is an American musician and business executive. He is the former lead singer of the group Chester French and is currently a solo artist signed by Harvest Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records. He is the official artist-in-residence at Spotify and invests in and advises several other technology companies.
D.A. was born David-Andrew Wallach in Denver, Colorado and moved to Appleton, Wisconsin before he was 2 years old. He attended the University School of Milwaukee, where he was a two-time national finalist in the Federal Reserve's Fed Challenge monetary policy competition.
D.A. went on to attend Harvard University. During his time at Harvard, he studied African-American studies under Henry Louis Gates Jr. and graduated in 2007, receiving both the Alain Locke Prize for the most outstanding scholar in African-American Studies and the Andrew Ramroop prize. He received Harvard's first certificate in the Bantu language Gikuyu.
D.A. was initially discovered by Kanye West, Jermaine Dupri and Pharrell Williams while he was attending Harvard and leading the band Chester French. D.A.'s music style of classic pop has been compared to musicians such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys.
D.A. co-founded the group Chester French in 2003 with Harvard schoolmate Maxwell Drummey. D.A. worked as a recording engineer in Harvard's student recording studio, engineering and producing for Boston-area jazz musicians and working on Chester French's debut album at night. In 2007, D.A. sent out hundreds of demo CDs which led to a bidding war between West, Dupri, and Williams. Just prior to D.A.'s graduating from Harvard, Williams signed the group to his Star Trak Entertainment label, a partnership with Interscope Records. The group was known for being one of the first bands to use Facebook as a promotional tool to interact with fans being freshmen at Harvard the same year that the site was launched by Mark Zuckerberg. D.A. was also an early adopter of Twitter with over one million followers. During his time with Chester French, D.A. toured with bands such as N*E*R*D, Blink 182, and Weezer. The group's first album included the single She Loves Everybody which reached #1 on U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales and #2 on U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales.
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