Linda Davis

Linda Kaye Davis Born November 26 1962 In Dotson Texas Is An American Country Music Singer. Before Beginning A Career As A Solo Artist She Charted Three Minor Country Singles As One Half Of The Duo Skip & Linda. In Her Solo Career Davis Has Recorded Five Major-Label Studio Albums And More Than 15 Singles. Her Highest Chart Entry Is "Does He Love You" Her 1993 Duet With Reba McEntire Which Reached Number One On The Billboard Country Charts And Won Both Singers The Grammy For Best Country Vocal Collaboration While Her Highest Solo Chart Peak Is 1996's "Some Things Are Meant To Be" At #13. Davis Is Also The Wife Of Country Singer Lang Scott And The Mother Of Lady Antebellum Lead Singer Hillary Scott.
Contents Hide * 1 Biography O 1.1 In A Different Light And Linda Davis O 1.2 "Does He Love You" And Shoot For The Moon O 1.3 Some Things Are Meant To Be O 1.4 I'm Yours O 1.5 2003-Present * 2 Discography O 2.1 Albums O 2.2 Singles 2.2.1 As Skip & Linda 2.2.2 Solo 2.2.3 Guest Singles O 2.3 Music Videos * 3 References * 4 External Links Edit Biography
Wiki Letter W.Svg This Section Requires Expansion With More Biographical Info Critical Reception. Linda Kaye Davis Was Born November 26 1962 In Dotson Texas. She Made Her Singing Debut On A Local Radio Show At Age Six. By The Time She Was 20 Davis Moved To Nashville Tennessee Where She Paired Up With Singer Skip Eaton To Form The Duo Skip & Linda. Skip & Linda Signed To MDJ Records And Had Three Minor Singles On The Billboard Country Charts. 1 Edit In A Different Light And Linda Davis After Skip & Linda Parted Ways Davis Found Work As A Jingle Singer And Subsequently As A Backing Vocalist For Reba McEntire. Davis's First Solo Chart Entry Came In 1988 On Epic Records Although It Was Not Until 1991 That She Released Her Debut Album In A Different Light On Liberty Records. This Album Produced Two Chart Singles But No Top 40 Hits. It Was Followed By A Self-Titled Second Album In 1992 Which Did Not Produce Any Chart Singles At All. Edit "Does He Love You" And Shoot For The Moon Davis Saw Her Biggest Chart Success In 1993 When She And McEntire Recorded Their Duet "Does He Love You". Davis's Only Number One Country Hit It Also Won Her And McEntire A Grammy Award For Best Country Vocal Collaboration That Year. 1 Soon Afterward Davis Signed To Arista Nashville And Recorded Her Third Album Shoot For The Moon. This Album's Lead-Off Single The Mac McAnally Composition "Company Time" Fell Short Of The Top 40. It Was Followed By "Love Didn't Do It" At #58. Davis Along With Trisha Yearwood And Martina McBride Sang Guest Vocals On McEntire's Mid-1995 Cover Of The Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonald Song "On My Own" Although Only McEntire Received Chart Credit For It. Edit Some Things Are Meant To Be Davis Did Not Enter Top 40 On The Country Charts Again Until 1996 With The Title Track Of Her 1996 Album Some Things Are Meant To Be Her Second Album For Arista. This Song Peaked At #13 On The Country Charts Becoming Her Highest Solo Chart Peak. Following It Were "A Love Story In The Making" Co-Written By Former NRBQ Member Al Anderson At #33 And "Walk Away" Which Failed To Chart. Also Included On This Album Was The Song "What Do I Know" Released By Ricochet That Same Year As Its Debut Single. Edit I'm Yours Davis's Fifth Album I'm Yours Was Released In 1998 On DreamWorks Records Then A Newly-Established Record Label. Its Lead-Off Single "I Wanna Remember This Was Also Featured On The Soundtrack To The Film Black Dog. This Song Peaked At #20 In 1998 Followed By The Title Track At #38 And "From The Inside Out" At #60. After This Latter Song Davis Exited DreamWorks. Edit 2003-Present In 2003 Davis Self-Released A Christmas Album With Her Husband Lang Scott And Their Daughter Hillary B. April 1 1984 . Two More Self-Released Albums I Have Arrived And Young At Heart Followed In 2004 And 2007 Respectively. Hillary Founded The Country Music Group Lady Antebellum In 2006. Edit Discography Edit Albums
Year Album Details Chart Positions
US Country US US Heat
1991 In A Different Light * Released February 1 1991 * Label Liberty Records — — —
1992 Linda Davis * Released April 21 1992 * Label Liberty Records — — —
1994 Shoot For The Moon * Released April 26 1994 * Label Arista Nashville 28 124 2
1996 Some Things Are Meant To Be * Released January 30 1996 * Label Arista Nashville 26 164 7
1998 I'm Yours * Released November 3 1998 * Label DreamWorks Nashville 61 — —
2003 Family Christmas With Lang And Hillary Scott * Released 2003 * Label Center Hill — — —
2004 I Have Arrived * Released 2004 * Label Center Hill — — —
2007 Young At Heart * Released December 4 2007 * Label Center Hill — — — Edit Singles Edit As Skip & Linda
Year Single US Country Album
1982 "If You Could See You Through My Eyes" 63 Single Only
"I Just Can't Turn Temptation Down" 73
"This Time" 89 Edit Solo
Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Country CAN Country
1980 "Steppin'" — — Singles Only
1988 "All The Good Ones Are Taken" 50 —
1989 "Back In The Swing Again" 51 —
"Weak Nights" 67 —
1991 "In A Different Light" 61 — In A Different Light
"Some Kinda Woman" 68 —
"Three Way Tie" — —
1992 "He Isn't My Affair Anymore" — — Linda Davis
1994 "Company Time" 43 73 Shoot For The Moon
"Love Didn't Do It" 58 —
1996 "Some Things Are Meant To Be" 13 13 Some Things Are Meant To Be
"A Love Story In The Making" 33 22
"Walk Away" — —
1998 "I Wanna Remember This" 20 31 I'm Yours
1999 "I'm Yours" 38 52
"From The Inside Out" 60 —
2004 "I Have Arrived" — — I Have Arrived Edit Guest Singles
Year Single Artist Chart Positions Album
US Country CAN Country UK
1993 "Does He Love You" Reba McEntire 1 1 — Greatest Hits Volume Two
1999 "Does He Love You" Re-Release — — 62 Moments And Memories The Best Of Reba Edit Music Videos
Year Video Director
1991 "In A Different Light" Greg Crutcher
1993 "Does He Love You" With Reba McEntire Jon Small
1994 "Company Time"
"Love Didn't Do It"
1995 "Some Things Are Meant To Be" Steven Goldmann
"On My Own" With Reba McEntire Martina McBride And Trisha Yearwood Dominic Orlando
1998 "I Wanna Remember This" Miller Murano
"I'm Yours" Morgan Lawley
1999 "From The Inside Out" Tara Johns Edit References 1. ^ A B Huey Steve. "Linda Davis Biography". Allmusic. Http //www.Allmusic.Com/cg/amg.Dll?p Amg&sql 11 Aifuxql5ldae~T1. Retrieved 2008-10-28. Edit External Links * Linda Davis Official Site read less