PAUL DAVIS

Ясное дело, что Брэд куда известнее, но для меня это не показатель. Да и для тебя вроде тоже никогда популярность не была показателем. Моего любимого Чарли Блика вообще НИКТО не знает, он мегаэзотеричен, но нереально кайфов. А  у Дэвиса, кстати, несколько хитов было.

Paul Lavon Davis (April 21, 1948 – April 22, 2008) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country and pop music. Notable songs in his career include 1977s "I Go Crazy", a #7 pop hit which once held the record for the longest chart run on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the #6 "65 Love Affair", his highest pop hit. In the mid 1980s, he also had two country Number One hits as a guest vocalist on songs by Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker, and wrote singles for other country singers.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
3.2 Singles
4 External links
5 References


[edit] Career
Davis was a member of a local group called the Six Soul Survivors in approximately 1966 and later in another group called the Endless Chain. In 1968 he was a writer for Malaco Records, based in Jackson, Mississippi.

Ilene Berns, widow of Bert Berns, signed Davis to Bang Records in 1969, and in 1970, released a cover of The Jarmels hit song "A Little Bit of Soap", reaching #52 on the Billboard pop charts. His first album, A Little Bit of Paul Davis, was released in 1970. In 1974, he recorded his third album, Ride Em Cowboy, which entered the Top 40 for the title track. The same song also became a Top 40 Country hit for Juice Newton in 1984.

Davis had his first American Top 10 single with the ballad "I Go Crazy," which peaked at #7 in 1978. "I Go Crazy" spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, which at the time set the single-song record for most consecutive weeks on the chart in the rock era. The follow-up, "Sweet Life", also did well, peaking at #4 Adult Contemporary and #17 Pop. The corresponding album Singer of Songs - Teller of Tales was a modest success, peaking at #82 on the Billboard pop album chart. He was the last artist active on the Bang Records label when it folded in 1981.

After one more album on the Bang label, Paul Davis signed with Arista Records in 1981 and scored two more Top 20 singles, "Cool Night" (which reached #11 on Billboards Hot 100 and hit #2 at Adult Contemporary in January 1982) and "65 Love Affair" (a major Top 10 hit at both Pop and Adult Contemporary). His Arista debut album spawned a third hit with Davis remake of "Love or Let Me Be Lonely". Davis retired from making records for a time, except for two duet singles that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. The first was in 1986 with Marie Osmond on "Youre Still New To Me" while the second was in 1988 was a collaboration with Tanya Tucker and Paul Overstreet on "I Wont Take Less Than Your Love". Davis also wrote "Meet Me in Montana," which Pauls friend, the late Dan Seals, and Osmond took to #1 on the Billboard Country chart in 1985.

He survived a shooting in Nashville on July 30, 1986 [1].

Before his early death on April 22, 2008 (one day after his 60th birthday), Paul Davis returned to singing and songwriting recording two songs, "You Aint Sweet Enough" and "Today." He died of a heart attack at the Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi.