David Nathan

Established as a renowned expert, historian and award-winning music journalist and writer in the world of soul music with almost five decades of accomplishment, London-born global communicator David Nathan has consistently reinvented himself, ever-expanding and expressing his multi-faceted creativity through new and exciting possibilities.

David began his writing career in 1965, forming the first ever appreciation society/fan club for the iconic Nina Simone in the UK the same year. At the age of eighteen, David co-owned the groundbreaking Soul City record store in 1966, with the record label following in 1968. Beginning in 1967, David became a regular contributor to Blues & Soul magazine in London before relocating to the U.S. in 1975 where he served as U.S. editor for the publication for several decades.

From 1988 to 2004, David wrote prolifically for Billboard and a number of other well-known publications including Black Radio Exclusive (BRE) and USA Today, and penned bios for hundreds of artists including Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Usher and Dionne Warwick among many others. He’s the author of two books including the acclaimed, “The Soulful Divas” (1999).

In 2003, he co-authored "Break Down & Let It All Out," a biography on Nina Simone; and in 2022,

his first book of what he calls ‘soulful poetry,’ entitled “Like…The First Time You Heard Chaka Khan!” – a highly personal collection written in 2007 and inspired by soul music artists.

David credits a 1975 interview with Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White as a ‘life-changing’ conversation, inspiring his interest in spirituality, metaphysics and Ancient Egypt, manifesting in the 2025 book, “Through 7 Lives-A Reincarnational Journey,"published by IndiePress.