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. 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

Davis's 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 Sears's 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". Davis's 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 album's first single, the Mac McAnally composition "Company Time", failed to enter the Top 40. It was followed by "Love Didn't Do It" at No. 58. Davis, along with Trisha Yearwood and Martina McBride, sang guest vocals on McEntire's mid-1995 cover version of the Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonald song "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.

I'm Yours

Davis's fifth album, I'm 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 Murray's "You Needed Me" on Roman's 2013 album At Last.

In 2013 & 2015, Davis toured with fellow country singer Kenny Rogers.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US Heat
In a Different Light	Release date: February 1, 1991 Label: Capitol Records	—	—	—
Linda Davis	Release date: April 21, 1992 Label: Liberty Records	—	—	—
Shoot for the Moon	Release date: April 26, 1994 Label: Arista Nashville	28	124	2
Some Things Are Meant to Be	Release date: January 30, 1996 Label: Arista Nashville	26	164	7
I'm Yours	Release date: November 3, 1998 Label: DreamWorks Nashville	61	—	—
Family Christmas	Release date: 2003 Label: Center Hill	—	—	—
I Have Arrived	Release date: 2004 Label: Center Hill	—	—	—
Young at Heart	Release date: December 4, 2007 Label: Center Hill	—	—	—
Love Remains	To be released: 2016 Label: EMI Records Nashville	To be released
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

As Skip & Linda

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country
1982	"If You Could See You Through My Eyes"	63	N/A
	"I Just Can't Turn Temptation Down"	73
	"This Time"	89

Solo

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1988	"All the Good Ones Are Taken"	50	—	N/A
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	"There's Something 'Bout Loving You"	—	—	Linda Davis
	"He Isn't My Affair Anymore"	—	—
1994	"Company Time"	43	73	Shoot for the Moon
	"Love Didn't Do It"	58	—
1995	"Some Things Are Meant to Be"	13	13	Some Things Are Meant to Be
1996	"A Love Story in the Making"	33	22
	"Walk Away"	—	80
1998	"I Wanna Remember This"	20	31	Black Dog
1999	"I'm Yours"	38	52	I'm Yours
	"From the Inside Out"	60	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak 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"		—	—	62	Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1989	"Weak Nights"	Larry Boothby
1990	"In a Different Light"	Greg Crutcher
1991	"Three Way Tie"
1992	"He Isn't My Affair Anymore"
1993	"Does He Love You"	Jon Small
1994	"Company Time"
	"Love Didn't Do It"
1995	"Some Things Are Meant to Be"	Steven Goldmann
	"On My Own"	Dominic Orlando
1998	"I Wanna Remember This"	Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano
	"I'm Yours"	Morgan Lawley
1999	"From the Inside Out"	Tara Johns

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