The discography of American country artist Gail Davies consists of ten studio albums, three compilations, one live album, and twenty-five singles. In 1974, she recorded and released one single with A&M Records before signing with Lifesong Records in 1978.[1] Her self-titled debut album was released in November 1978, spawning three singles. The album's first single, a cover Webb Pierce's "No Love Have I", peaked at number twenty six on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It was the third single entitled "Someone Is Looking for Someone Like You" that became Davies' first major hit, reaching the top fifteen on the Billboard country chart in 1979.[2] Dissatisfied with her first album's production techniques, Davies produced her second studio album, The Game. With the album's released in 1980, Davies became the first female country artist to produce her own recordings entirely by herself.[1][2] "Blue Heartache" was the project's lead single, becoming her first top-ten hit in 1980.[1]
| Gail Davies discography | |
|---|---|
 Gail Davies with her D-28 Martin guitar. | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 25 |
I'll Be There (1981) was her third studio album and became the most commercially successful, peaking at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1][3] Spawning three singles, "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)", "It's a Lovely, Lovely World", and "Grandma's Song", became top-ten hits on the Hot Country Singles chart. Her next studio album Givin' Herself Away was issued in February 1982.[2] It included the top-ten single, "Round the Clock Lovin'"[2] and a cover of Marty Robbins' "Singing the Blues", which reached the country top twenty. What Can I Say (1983) was her fifth studio release and final recording for Warner Bros. Records, reaching number forty-eight on the country albums chart in 1983.[4] Signing with RCA Nashville in 1984, Where Is a Woman to Go was released on the label that November, reaching a peak of number fifty-seven. The album spawned a total of four singles, including the major hits "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Break Away".[5] Pretty Words was issued in 1989 on MCA Records, spawning two minor Billboard country singles. While becoming a staff producer for Capitol Nashville in 1990, Davies released her next studio album, The Other Side of Love, through the same label.[1] In the 1990s, she formed her own record label entitled Little Chickadee, releasing two studio albums on the company: Eclectic (1995) and Love Ain't Easy (1998). Her 2005 compilation release The Songwriter Sessions compiled forty-five original tracks recorded by Davies throughout her career and is her most recent album release.[1]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [6] | ||
| Gail Davies |
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— |
| The Game |
|
40 |
| I'll Be There |
|
27 |
| Givin' Herself Away |
|
41 |
| What Can I Say |
|
48 |
| Where Is a Woman to Go |
|
57 |
| Pretty Words |
|
— |
| The Other Side of Love |
|
— |
| Eclectic |
|
— |
| Love Ain't Easy |
|
— |
| Since I Don't Have You (featuring Benny Golson) |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
The four albums recorded for Warner Brothers (The Game, I'll Be There, Givin' Herself Away and What Can I Say) have now been re-issued by Morello on a double CD set with two albums on each disc, marking the first time these releases have been available on this format.[7]
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live and Unplugged at the Station Inn |
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Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Best of Gail Davies |
|
| Greatest Hits |
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| The Songwriter Sessions |
|
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] |
CAN Country [9] | |||
| "Party in My Heart" | 1974 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "No Love Have I" | 1978 | 26 | — | Gail Davies |
| "Poison Love" | 27 | — | ||
| "Someone Is Looking for Someone Like You" | 1979 | 11 | — | |
| "Blue Heartache" | 7 | 49 | The Game | |
| "Like Strangers" | 1980 | 21 | 52 | |
| "Good Lovin' Man" | 21 | — | ||
| "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" | 4 | 8 | I'll Be There | |
| "It's a Lovely, Lovely World" | 1981 | 5 | 11 | |
| "Grandma's Song" | 9 | 17 | ||
| "Round the Clock Lovin'" | 1982 | 9 | 13 | Givin' Herself Away |
| "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" | 17 | 7 | ||
| "Hold On" | 24 | — | ||
| "Singing the Blues" | 1983 | 17 | 19 | |
| "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" | 18 | 20 | What Can I Say | |
| "Boys like You" | 1984 | 19 | 26 | |
| "It's You Alone" | 55 | — | ||
| "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" | 20 | 38 | Where Is a Woman to Go | |
| "Nothing Can Hurt Me Now" | 1985 | 37 | 50 | |
| "Unwed Fathers" | 56 | — | ||
| "Break Away" | 15 | — | ||
| "Waiting Here for You" | 1989 | 50 | — | Pretty Words |
| "Hearts in the Wind" | 69 | — | ||
| "Happy Ever After (Comes One Day at a Time)"[10] | 1990 | — | — | The Other Side of Love |
| "The Other Side of Love" | — | 89 | ||
| "Your Mamma Works So Hard"[11] | 1995 | — | — | Eclectic |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Appearances on other artist's albums
edit| Year | Artist | Album[12] |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Michael Dinner | The Great Pretender |
| 1975 | Hoyt Axton | Southbound |
| 1976 | Tom Pachero | Swallowed Up |
| 1977 | Hoyt Axton | Road Songs |
| 1982 | Lacy J. Dalton | Dream Baby |
| 1985 | Neil Young | Old Ways |
| Emmylou Harris | The Ballad of Sally Rose | |
| 1987 | The Whites | Greatest Hits |
| 1996 | Hugh Moffat | The Life of a Minor Poet |
| Emmylou Harris | Portraits | |
| 1998 | Paul Craft | Brother Jukebox |
| 2001 | Rosie Flores | Speed of Sound |
| 2002 | Ralph Stanley | Clinch Mountain Sweethearts |
| 2003 | Ron Davies | Where Does the Time Go |
Music videos
edit| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1985 | "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" |
| "The Trouble with Love" | |
| "Break Away" |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Coyne, Kevin John (27 April 2008). "100 Greatest Women -- Gail Davies (#69)". Country Universe. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d Harris, Craig. "Gail Davies -- Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "I'll Be There -- Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "What Can I Say -- Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Where Is a Woman to Go -- Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Billboard Chart Positions > Albums". allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
- ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/GAME-THERE-GIVIN-HERSELF-AWAY/dp/B0C77GX581/
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles". RPM. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. April 14, 1990.
- ^ "Davies On Little Chickadee For Her 1st Set In 4 Years" (PDF). Billboard. April 29, 1995. p. 26.
- ^ "Gail Davies discography". Gail Davies.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.