Linda Davis
Linda Kaye Davis (born November 26, 1962 in Dotson , Texas ) is a multiple Grammy award-winning American country singer. She is the mother of Hillary Scott , who, as the lead singer of Lady Antebellum, is one of the biggest stars of the current county scene in the USA.
Career
Before she began her career as a solo artist, she and Skip Eaton had three minor hits in the country charts as one half of the duo Skip & Linda : If You Could See You Through My Eyes , I Just Can't Turn Temptation Down (1982 ) and This Time (1983). From 1988 Davis placed 13 hits in the country charts as a soloist over a period of ten years and recorded five albums for major labels .
From 1988 Davis was under contract with Epic for a short time . But after three singles had only booked modest chart positions, she switched to Capitol in 1990 , where her debut album In a Different Light was also released a year later. In the same year Davis was also heard on the album Back Home Again by Kenny Rogers as a background singer. The collaboration between the two continues to this day, as Davis often accompanied Rogers on tours, appeared in his opening act and sang with him in a duet.
Davis' greatest success by far was the ballad Does He Love You (1993), a duet with Reba McEntire , America's most successful country singer at the time. Davis was on tour with her, but also supported her as a background singer and had already taken on a composition by McEntire on her debut album. Does He Love You was number one on the country charts for a week and was awarded a Grammy and a CMA Award for the “Vocal Event of the Year”. A few years later, Liza Minnelli and Donna Summer recorded the title for Minnelli's album Gently . Although Davis and McEntire recorded other duets with If I Could Live Your Life (1996) and Face to Face (1998), none of these recordings were released as a single.
The duet with Reba McEntire sold Davis' solo albums better and both Shoot for the Moon (1994) and Some Things Are Meant to Be (1996) for Arista were able to place in the charts. The title track of the latter album was Davis' greatest success without a duet partner, a number 13 in the country charts. She had another top 20 hit in 1998 with I Wanna Remember This , a song that can also be found on the soundtrack to the action film Black Dog with Patrick Swayze .
Davis had already passed the commercial peak of her career at the end of 1998 when she last hit the top 40 in the country charts with I'm Yours . The album of the same name for the DreamWorks label contained both new songs such as a duet with Randy Travis ( Make It Through , for the Nashville soundtrack for The Prince of Egypt ) as well as a selection of previously released titles. With From the Inside Out Davis was listed for the last time in the country charts in spring 1999.
From 2003, three albums appeared on the small indie label Center Hill, which Davis produced together with her husband Lang Scott . Their daughter Hillary Scott was also part of the Christmas album Family Christmas . While the follow-up I Have Arrived (2004) offered familiar country sounds, Young At Heart (2007) was a collection of jazz standards .
Davis was still very active as a live artist afterwards, but her music career was clearly overshadowed by her daughter Hillary Scott, who celebrated great success with the country band Lady Antebellum and was awarded several Grammy awards. After a joint Christmas album had been created in 2003, Scott asked her mother and father Lang and her sister Rylee Scott to come into the studio for the album Love Remains produced by Ricky Skaggs . The Christian pop music work was a huge success, reaching the top 10 on the US charts and winning two Grammys and a Billboard Music Award .
In 2009, Davis was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame for her services to country music .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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Country
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| 1994 | Shoot for the moon |
US124 (3 weeks) US |
Country28 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1996 | Some Things Are Meant to Be |
US164 (4 weeks) US |
Country26 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1998 | I'm yours | - |
Country61 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 2016 | Love remains |
US7 (12 weeks) US |
Country2 (26 weeks) Country |
as Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
|
More albums
- 1991: In a Different Light
- 1992: Linda Davis
- 2003: Family Christmas
- 2004: I Have Arrived
- 2007: Young at Heart
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Country
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| 1982 | If You Could See You Through My Eyes |
Country63 (7 weeks) Country |
as part of Skip & Linda
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| I Just Can't Turn Temptation Down |
Country73 (5 weeks) Country |
as part of Skip & Linda
|
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| This time |
Country89 (4 weeks) Country |
as part of Skip & Linda
|
|
| 1988 | All the Good Ones Are Taken |
Country50 (10 weeks) Country |
|
| 1989 | Back in the swing again |
Country51 (6 weeks) Country |
|
| Weak nights |
Country67 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1990 | In a Different Light In a Different Light |
Country61 (7 weeks) Country |
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| Some Kinda Woman In a Different Light |
Country68 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1994 | Company Time Shoot for the Moon |
Country43 (13 weeks) Country |
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| Love Didn't Do It Shoot for the Moon |
Country58 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1995 | Some Things Are Meant to Be Some Things Are Meant to Be |
Country13 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 1996 | A Love Story in the Making Some Things Are Meant to Be |
Country33 (19 weeks) Country |
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| 1998 | I Wanna Remember This Black Dog OST |
Country20 (21 weeks) Country |
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| 1999 | I'm Yours I'm Yours |
Country38 (19 weeks) Country |
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| From the Inside Out I'm Yours |
Country60 (7 weeks) Country |
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| 2016 | Thy Will Love Remains |
Country27 (21 weeks) Country |
as Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
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More singles
- 1991: Three Way Tie
- 1992: There's Something 'Bout Loving You
- 1992: He Isn't My Affair Anymore
- 1996: Walk Away
- 2017: Still (as Hillary Scott & the Scott Family)
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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Country
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| 1993 | Does He Love You Greatest Hits Volume Two |
UK62 (1 week) UK |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
with Reba McEntire
chart entry in UK only 1999 |
literature
- Irwin Stambler & Grelun Landon: Country Music the Encyclopedia. St. Martin's, 2000, page 121, ISBN 0-312-26487-9 .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Linda Davis at Allmusic (English)
- Linda Davis at Discogs (English)
- Linda Davis at the Internet Movie Database (English)
swell
- ↑ Kenny Rogers, Back Home Again. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005, 2005, pp. 106-7, ISBN 0-89820-165-9
- ↑ Hillary Scott & Scott Family accept early Grammy Awards , Cindy Watts, Dave Paulson, The Tennessean, February 12, 2017
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: UK US / Linda Davis US / Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Linda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Linda Kaye |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dotson , Texas |