1. Carol Hedges was born on 22 December 1945), known professionally as Billie Davis, is an English singer who had hits in the 1960s, and is best remembered for the UK hit version of the song, "Tell Him" (1963 and and "I Want You to Be My Baby".
12 Facts About Billie Davis
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In February 1963 Davis had her biggest success with a cover version of The Exciters' "Tell Him".
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Billie Davis' recording reached number ten in the UK chart, and was followed by "He's The One", which crept into the Top 40 in May 1963.
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In 1963, the year in which popular music was transformed by the rise of The Beatles, Billie Davis left Decca records owing to financial disagreements.
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Billie Davis was an early proponent of many of the fashion styles for which the 1960s are remembered: bobbed hair, long boots of the kind popularised by Honor Blackman in early episodes of The Avengers, and leather mini-skirts.
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Billie Davis was said to have beaten the latter for "percussive effect" when recording.
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Billie Davis' final chart entry was a Northern soul version of Jon Hendricks' "I Want You to Be My Baby", originally recorded by Louis Jordan in 1952, which reached number 33 in October 1968, although sales were affected by an industrial dispute at the manufacturing plant.
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Billie Davis left Decca in April 1971 after a stay of eight years.
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Billie Davis continued to record into the 1980s and was popular, in particular, with audiences in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Billie Davis has lived in North London for most of her life and career.
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Billie Davis had two children: her son born in 1972, was a DJ, who died in 2014.
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Billie Davis's daughter, born 1982, is an artist, designer and milliner.