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Paul Lavon Davis (April 21, 1948 – April 22, 2008) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career that started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country, and pop. His most successful songs are 1977's "I Go Crazy", a No. 7 pop hit that once held the record for the longest chart run on the Billboard Hot 100, and 1982's "'65 Love Affair", which at No. 6 is his highest-charting single. Another pop hit, "Cool Night", was released in 1981. In the mid-1980s, he also had two No. 1 country hits as a guest vocalist on songs by Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker. Early life, family and education Davis was born in Meridian, Mississippi, US. His father was a preacher. Career Paul Davis was a member of a local music group, the Six Soul Survivors, around 1966 and later in another group, 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 version of The Jarmels' hit "A Little Bit of Soap", reaching No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. His first album, A Little Bit of Paul Davis, was released in 1970. In 1974, he recorded his third album, Ride 'Em Cowboy, and the title track, his first top 40 single, peaked at No. 23 on January 18, 1975. (The same song became a Top 40 Country hit for Juice Newton in 1984.) Davis also reached No. 35 in September 1976 with "Superstar", a tribute song not related to any of the 1971 hits by that name. Davis had his first American Top 10 single with the ballad "I Go Crazy", which after 30 weeks on the Hot 100 peaked at No. 7 on March 18, 1978. "I Go Crazy" spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, which at the time set the record for most weeks on the chart. The follow-up, "Sweet Life", also did well, peaking at No. 17. On May 17, 1980, his gospel-tinged "Do Right" peaked at No. 23, and Casey Kasem noted the religious aspects of this song, along with other songs before it, on that day's edition of American Top 40. Davis was active on Bang Records when the label folded in the early 1980s. After one more album on the Bang label, Davis signed with Arista Records in 1981 and scored two more hits, "Cool Night" (which in February 1982 reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart) and "'65 Love Affair" (a Top 10 hit on both charts). "Cool Night" has been listed as an example of yacht rock. His Arista debut album spawned a third hit with a remake of "Love or Let Me Be Lonely". The single contained a third verse of music which was not included on the album version, and despite its Top 40 and AC success, had never been reissued on any CD release until Wounded Bird reissued the Best of Paul Davis compilation in 2011. Despite his success during this time frame, Davis grew increasingly disillusioned with the industry. Davis retired from making records in 1983, except for two duets that went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The first was in 1986 with Marie Osmond singing "You're Still New to Me"; while the second, in 1988, was a collaboration with Tanya Tucker and Paul Overstreet singing "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love". Davis also wrote "Meet Me in Montana", which his friend Dan Seals and Osmond took to No. 1 on the Billboard country chart in 1985, and "Bop", a solo No. 1 country hit for Seals in early 1986. Davis left the music industry for good in 1988. Personal life and death Davis was married to Pamela Gayle Jay Davis, who enjoyed a brief career with Bang Records/Web IV Music in Atlanta, where Davis was writing and recording his songs. When their only son, Jonathan, was born with developmental problems, Pamela retired from the music world to care for him. She died on March 20, 2017. Davis was an avid golfer, and was also an avid billiards enthusiast. Paul Davis survived a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 29, 1986. He was leaving a hotel on Music Row with a female companion when an unidentified man approached, demanded his wallet, and shot him in the abdomen. Davis died of a heart attack at the Rush Foundation Hospital in his hometown Meridian, Mississippi, on April 22, 2008, a day after his 60th birthday. Discography Albums Singles Guest singles Soundtrack appearances References External links Paul Davis at IMDb Paul Davis discography Paul Davis discography at Discogs Paul Davis interview Paul Davis at Find a Grave. Discover the Paul Davis popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Paul Davis books.
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Alain
Daniel Paul DavisThe third book in the trilogy (or tetralogy) focuses on the events on Moonbase Epsilon that occur because of the personal choices of Alain Vegas. Captain Blanchard easily fills her...
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Foe
Iain ReidNow a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal A taut, psychological thriller from Iain Reid, “one of the most talented purveyors of weird, dark narratives in co...
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The Complete Guide to Getting Business Using LinkedIn
Paul DavisLearn...How to set up your profile to make it effectiveOptimising your profile to ensure you get found by potential clientsHow to build your network of contactsGetting more people ...
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Stay This Way Forever
Linsey DavisCelebrate the joy, wonder, and innocence of being a child with this love letter to the loved ones in your life, encouraging and affirming their own special qualities now and always...
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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier, Joanna Poitier, John Malahy & Oprah WinfreyThe speeches of film legend Sidney Poitiergiven at commencement addresses, awards shows, memorials, and more, on topics ranging from entertainment history to filmmaking, civil...
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Top 100 Time Management Tips
Paul DavisMaster those Minutes. Find Time for Everything!...With Top 100 Tips to Find More TimeOften find yourself wondering where the day went? Are you overwhelmed by a crammed inbox, too m...
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Breathing Out
Peggy Lipton, David Dalton & Coco DaltonPeggy Lipton's overnight success as Julie Barnes on television's hit The Mod Squad made her an instant fashion icon and the "it" girl everyonefrom Elvis to Paul McCartneywanted to ...
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Top 100 Tips to Achieve More
Paul DavisAchieve More... of Yourself, of Work, of Life...With Top 100 Tips to Achieve MoreHave your onceclear personal and professional goals faded to a hazy distance? Are you no longer the...
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Nana
Émile Zola & George HoldenBorn to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Théâtre des Variétés. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as ...
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Blood in the Soil
Carole TownsendBlood in the Soil is the first book about the investigation into the shooting of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and his country attorney in Gwinnett County, Georgia, in 197...
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Supply Chain
Paul DavisThis is a broad introduction to supply chain management used as a supplement to a set of lectures.
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Before I Go
Brian CharlesIn the spirit of The Notebook, Brian Charles’ Before I Go is at once a tender love story and a powerful, provocative exploration of life after loss, and the numinous links that tie...
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Broken But Unbowed
Greg AbbottFrom Governor Greg AbbottTexas governor and rising star in the Republican Party and one of the first prominent politicians to govern from a wheelchaircomes this deeply personal and...
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Jimi and Me
Jonathan Stathakis & Chris EptingA young screenwriter is invited to collaborate with Jimi Hendrix on a film, resulting in the wildest eighteen months of his life and coinciding with the tumultuous final months of ...
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Top 100 Tips for Staff Management
Paul DavisEasy Solutions to Sticky Staffing Issues...With Top 100 Tips for Staff ManagementFace it: staff situations are often uncomfortable, sticky situations.Do you find yourself fighting ...
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Anna Komnene Princess of History
Paul K. DavisAnna Komnene Princess of History is a short biographical sketch of a twelfth century woman who was not just a princess but also a scholar, wife, mother, hospital administrator and ...
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Let Me Try Again
Matthew DavisRoss, twentythree, has just broken up with his true love, Lora, in a foolish attempt to demonstrate how miserable life would be without him, only to find out she’s already moved on...
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Top 100 Tips Key Business Tools
Paul DavisThese ModernDay Tools of the Trade Can Make or Break You...Top 100 Tips Key Business ToolsYour business is up and running. And you have a team in place. But something is still not ...
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Unwoke
Ted CruzOur institutions have gone "woke." Everybody knows that. But nobody has come up with a way to stop it. Until now.In this hardhitting new book, Senator Ted Cruz delivers a realistic...
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AiROS
Paul DavisIn 2027, Jaine Colton lost everything including her husband, her money, and her reputation as a brilliant programmer, then the world turned on her, deeming her AI emotional support...
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The Astral Plane Project
J. Paul DavisTorn from the headlines of an increasingly deadly world, The Astral Plane Project first transports the reader to a whole new dimension of time and space and then deposits one back ...
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We Spread
Iain ReidThe author of the “evocative, spinetingling, and razorsharp” (Bustle) I’m Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the “short, shocking” (The Guardian...
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Paul v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United StatesWe granted certiorari, 421 U.S. 909 (1975), in this case to consider whether respondents charge that petitioners defamation of him, standing alone and apart from any other governme...
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Victim
Matthew SmithSuicide? Or murder? Marilyn Monroe's death in August 1962, apparently a suicide, shocked the world. A Hollywood star, a global icon, why would she have killed herself? Yet the coro...
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Paul W. Davis v. State Delaware
Supreme Court of DelawareIn this criminal appeal, we consider whether the State may convict and sentence a defendant for both attempted firstdegree robbery and possession of a deadly weapon during the comm...
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Emory F. Burgamy v. Paul E. Davis
fort Worth Court of Civil Appeals of TexasAppellant Burgamy, as plaintiff, sued appellee Davis for the sum of $328.73 and foreclosure of a mechanics and materialmens lien. Defendant pleaded accord and satisfaction. Trial, ...
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Trousdale Estates
Steven M. PriceFilled with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.Trousda...
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Top 100 Tips for Business Turnaround
Paul DavisFrom Red to Black. Get Your Company Back on Track...With Top 100 Tips for Business TurnaroundYou know all the common excuses: the slowing economy, the government policies, the mark...
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Leaving the Nest
Paul R. DavisAlready divorced and facing an empty nest, Jake plans a cruise through the Gulf Coast with his daughter Danielle before she leaves for college.Danielle, however, struggles with the...
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The Unusuals
Paul DavisQuickResponse Detective Phillip Hoss knows his way around a crime scene, but when he's summoned to the scene of a missing hospital porter, he quickly realizes things are not what t...
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City Frankford v. Paul R. Davis
St. Louis District Missouri Court of AppealsDefendant was charged in the Police Court of the City of Frankford, Missouri, with operating ""a motor vehicle on the City Streets of Frankford, Missouri, without first having purc...
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The World Is Awake
Linsey DavisInspire children to be thankful for all of God’s blessings with this joyful celebration of the simple pleasures all around us. Perfect for sharing at bedtime or story time, The Wor...
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A Gift of Conscience
Paul DavisThe chance discovery of a mysterious medieval book with a dark secret captivates the inquisitive mind of Australian scientist Ethan Falkner, drawing him away from his computers and...
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The Ballerina with Horns
Paul R. DavisCenturies ago, Infernus brought the daemon to war against Longinus and his angelus, claiming the daemon were treated unfairly. The war ripped apart realms, but in the end, Longinus...
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The Good Book
Andrew BlaunerThirtytwo prominent writers share the Bible passages most meaningful to them in this “Sunday School class you’ve been waiting for” (Garrison Keillor).The Good Book, with an introdu...
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The 7 BIG Mistakes in Business
Paul DavisDiscover How To Grow Your Customer Base, Increase Profits, And Gain More Free Time All At Once!The key to making sure your business thrives, even in a struggling economy with an un...
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Maurice G. Paul v. Harold Davis
Supreme Court of FloridaAlthough three questions have been propounded by appellant in the final analysis only the general one need be answered, i.e., whether interpleader is appropriate under the circumst...
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Talking Swing
Sheila TracyFrom Palace to Palais, the musicians who played in the big bands tell their own stories, bringing to life an unforgettable era.Prewar reminiscences give an insight into a nevertobe...
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Paul T. Davis v. Citizens Bank Lake Wales
Supreme Court of FloridaPer Curiam. This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court upon the transcript of the record of the judgment herein, and briefs and argument of counsel for the respectiv...
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Ron Craft Chevrolet v. Paul Davis and Nita Davis
Supreme Court Of UtahThis appeal involves a judgment for actual and statutory damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), Tex. Bus. & Com.Code Ann. ? 17.41 et. seq. (Vernon 1987 and Sup...
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City Marianna v. Gussie Davis and Paul Carter
Supreme Court of FloridaRegulations for the imposition of taxes and for the enforcement of tax collections are legislative functions; the execution of the regulations are by administrative or ...
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Behind the Shoulder Pads
Joan CollinsUSA TODAY BESTSELLER“I’ve had many amazing adventures in my life. Some stories, though, I have only ever shared with my friends.… Until now!”Dame Joan Collins has always believed t...
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Managing Artists in Pop Music
Mitch Weiss & Perri GaffneyMusic managers and artists will learn the secrets of successful management with scenarios from a manager’s work life along with the legal and business skills to master them. Throug...