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Donyell Boynton
Donyell Boynton
Also known as	D Major, Don Boynton
Born	1976; Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres	R&B; soul; jazz; gospel; hip-hop;
Occupations	Songwriter; producer; multi-instrumentalist; music director;
Labels	Groove Centric Music / The Donn Group

Donnie "D Major" Boynton (born 1976), is an American songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and music director, best known for his production contributions to Gerald Levert, Boyz II Men, Destiny's Child and Robyn albums, as well as assisting the musical direction of Tyler Perry's 2004 touring production Meet the Browns. Beginning his career as a keyboardist on UPN's 1997 late-night show Vibe, Boynton became a touring bandmember, accompanying gospel and hip-hop acts in concert such as Lil' Kim, Mase, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Tye Tribbett, among others. ^[3] He is currently the keyboardist of touring R&B/jazz band Groove Centric. ^[4]

Songwriting, instrumental, engineering and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

Title	Year	Artist	Album
"I'll Be There"	1996	Tim Bowman	Love, Joy, Peace
"Say It Again" ^[5]^[6]	1996	Nneka	Eddie (soundtrack)
"Don't Take Your Love Away"	1997	Mario Winans	Story of My Heart
"My Only Reason" ^[7]	1999	Robyn	My Truth
"Giving You Back"		Robyn	My Truth
"Now That She's Gone" ^[8]		Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall
"Ya Di Ya" (Featuring Missy Elliott) ^[9]		Gina Thompson	If You Only Knew (Shelved)
"Once My Shhh"	2000	Sam Salter	The Little Black Book (Shelved)
"Let Me Know"	2000	Gerald Levert	G
"What Would You Do?" ^[10]	2001	Nine20	Non-album single
"Maybe"	2001	Raphael Brown	Private Life (Shelved)
"Whatcha Need"	2002	Boyz II Men	Full Circle
"Keep On Dreaming"	2008	Lyfe Jennings	Lyfe Change
"I Need You"	2014	Lowell Pye	Transformed
"Drowning (Swimming With Sharks)"	2015	Ray BLK	Havisham
"Kurr£ncy" ^[11]	2018	IAMDDB	Flightmode, Vol. 4
"Azul"		IAMDDB	Flightmode, Vol. 4
"That Chicken"		Dyme-A-Duzin	Crown Fried

Selected stage credits & appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–1998	Vibe ^[12]	Keyboardist	Originally hosted by comedian Chris Spencer and subsequently Sinbad.
2004–2005	Meet the Browns ^[13]	Keyboardist / Musical Arrangement Assistance	A Tyler Perry production.
2018	Redemption of a Dogg ^[14]^[15]	Musical Director	Biographical Music Production Presented by Snoop Dogg

References

^ "Donnie "D Major" Boynton". Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Meet Aaron Adams of Accessible LLC in Smyrna - Voyage ATL Magazine | ATL City Guide". April 2018. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "The Band". Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Groove Centric". Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Billboard". August 31, 1996.
^ "Swedish Charts". December 30, 1999. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
^ Easlea, Daryl (July 3, 2000). Crazy in Love: The Beyoncé Knowles Biography. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857127235. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Billboard". March 30, 2002. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "IAMDDB is Making Money Moves with "Kurr£ncy"". HNHH. October 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ ""Magic' debuts, but "Vibe' will disappear". Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Meet the Browns". Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Redemption of a Dogg | Downtown Norfolk". Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "Don't Miss Snoop Dogg's Musical Saturday at the Arie Crown!". October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.