1. Gail Davies was born on Patricia Gail Dickerson; June 5,1948 and is an American singer-songwriter and the first female record producer in country music.
25 Facts About Gail Davies
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Gail Davies is the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson and the sister of songwriter Ron Davies.
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Gail Davies established herself as a successful singer and songwriter during the 1970s and 1980s, scoring numerous Top 10 and Top 20 Billboard hits.
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Gail Davies was one of country music's most influential artists, becoming the genre's first female record producer.
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Gail Davies has been cited as a role model for other female singers, including Suzy Bogguss, Kathy Mattea, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Pam Tillis.
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Gail Davies was born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, United States.
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Gail Davies briefly sang jazz, but quit after they divorced.
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Gail Davies was able to sit in on a John Lennon session, produced by Phil Spector, and was befriended by songwriter, Joni Mitchell.
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Gail Davies was invited to tour Europe with Frank Zappa, but turned the offer down to work with country artist Roger Miller, making her television debut as his singing partner on The Merv Griffin Show.
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Gail Davies moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1976 and signed with EMI Publishing as a staff songwriter.
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However, Gail Davies was determined to prove she was a singer herself.
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Unhappy with the production of her first album, Gail Davies switched to Warner Bros.
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Gail Davies went on to produce I'll Be There in 1980, which spawned three more Top 10 Billboard hit singles.
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Gail Davies was nominated for an ACMA and CMA Award in 1981 and voted "Best New Female Vocalist" by The DJs of America.
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The year 1982 showed that Gail Davies was not slowing down.
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Gail Davies released her third self-produced album Giving Herself Away.
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Gail Davies's career took a short hiatus in the winter of 1982, when she gave birth to her only child, Christopher Scruggs, who is the son of songwriter Gary Scruggs and the grandson of bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs.
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Gail Davies signed with RCA Records in 1984 and released Where Is a Woman to Go.
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In 1989, Gail Davies signed with MCA Records and produced an album of 10 self-penned compositions entitled Pretty Words.
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Gail Davies received an IBMA award, along with a Grammy Award nomination, for her duet with Ralph Stanley in 2002.
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Gail Davies was nominated for an Americana Music Award that same year for producing and arranging a tribute to Webb Pierce entitled Caught in the Webb.
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Gail Davies was inducted into The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Gail Davies was named "Country Music International Ambassador" during CMA week in 2009 and released her autobiography, The Last of the Outlaws, in 2011.
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Gail Davies's latest project is an album dedicated to her late brother entitled Unsung Hero: A Tribute To The Music of Ron Davies.
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Gail Davies's son, Chris Scruggs, is a former co-lead singer and guitarist for the roots-country band BR549 and, as of 2024, has been the bassist of Marty Stuart's Fabulous Superlatives band since 2015.