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 had three minor country singles in the charts as one half of the duo Skip & Linda. In her solo career, Davis has recorded five studio albums for major record labels 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. Her highest solo chart position is Some Things Are Meant to Be at No. 13 in 1996. Davis is the wife of the country singer Lang Scott and the mother of Hillary Scott, the co-lead singer of Lady Antebellum. Biography Linda Kaye Davis was born November 26, 1962, in Dotson, Texas. She first sang in public on a local radio show at age six. By the time she was 20, Davis had moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she paired up with the singer Skip Eaton to form the duo Skip & Linda. They signed to MDJ Records and had three minor singles on the Billboard country charts.[1] Davis later performed at a piano bar inside a Sheraton hotel, when she was discovered by the record producer Bob Montgomery. In a Different Light and Linda Davis Daviss first solo chart entry came in 1988 on Epic Records, although it was not until 1991 that she released her first album In a Different Light on Liberty Records. This album produced two chart singles, but no Top 40 hits. That same year, Davis co-wrote the title track of Dawn Searss debut album What a Woman Wants to Hear. A year later, Davis released her second album, Linda Davis, which did not produce any chart singles at all. Reba McEntire then chose Davis as a backing vocalist for her road band. Does He Love You and Shoot for the Moon Davis had her biggest chart success in 1993 when she and McEntire recorded their duet Does He Love You. Daviss only number one country hit, it also won her and McEntire a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration that year. Soon afterward, Davis signed to Arista Nashville and recorded her third album,Shoot for the Moon. This albums first single, the Mac McAnally composition Company Time, failed to enter the Top 40. It was followed by Love Didnt Do It at No. 58. Davis, along with Trisha Yearwood and Martina McBride, sang guest vocals on McEntires mid-1995 cover version of the Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonaldsong On My Own, although only McEntire received chart credit for it. 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 No. 13 on the country charts, becoming her highest solo chart position. Following it were A Love Story in the Making (co-written by the former NRBQ member Al Anderson) at No. 33, and Walk Away, which failed to chart. Also included on this album was the song What Do I Know, released by Ricochet the same year as its first single. Im Yours Daviss fifth album, Im Yours, was released in 1998 on DreamWorks Records, then a newly established record label. Its first single, I Wanna Remember This, was used on the soundtrack to the film Black Dog. The song peaked at No. 20 in 1998, followed by the title track at No. 38 and From the Inside Out at No. 60. After this latter song, Davis left DreamWorks. She was signed to Kenny Rogers Dreamcatcher Records in 2000. 2003-present In 2003, Davis self-released a Christmas album with her husband, Lang Scott, and their daughter, Hillary (b. April 1, 1986). 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. Davis joined Lulu Roman (of Hee Haw fame) for a cover version of Anne Murrays You Needed Me on Romans 2013 album At Last. In November 2013, Davis joined country singer Kenny Rogers on a 24-date tour that will end in December.
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