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Paul Davis is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tanya Tucker and The Friends of Distinction. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Davis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Robbie Dupree, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Firefall, Orleans and Pablo Cruise, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marie Osmond, Juice Newton, Dan Seals and Tanya Tucker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Paul Davis, reaching back through Tanya Tucker and forward to Marie Osmond. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Paul Lavon Davis 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.
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Paul Davis connections
Paul Davis grew out of Tanya Tucker and The Friends of Distinction, shares an orbit with Robbie Dupree, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Firefall and Orleans, went on to shape Marie Osmond, Juice Newton, Dan Seals and Tanya Tucker. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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