- Personal name
- James Houston Davis
- Born
- September 11, 1899
- Died
- November 5, 2000
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00058525463 4 works
00061594081 1 work
00086264946 44 works
00086265159 7 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP, BMI
- Comments
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Elected governor of Louisiana who served two non-consecutive terms separated by a dozen years. (He was elected the second time on the pledge to fight desegregation in public education.) Davis was also a nationally popular gospel and country music singer and songwriter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of fame, and occasionally performed into his early-90s.
- Family
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Anna Gordon Wife (1969-2000)
- Ranking
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505th most covered composer/author
976th most covered performer
1814th most covering performer
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