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Billy Davis

CTL-P-0134 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-00351 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0134. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Chess Records songwriter

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Chess Records songwriter

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MusicianGuide (Contemporary Black Biography): Billy Davis, born Roquel Davis on July 11, 1932 in Detroit, was a songwriter and producer; he joined Chicago's Chess Records in 1961, wrote songs for Chess acts including the Dells, Etta James and Fontella Bass, and produced Bass's 'Rescue Me'; earlier he co-wrote Jackie Wilson hits 'Reet Petite' and 'Lonely Teardrops' as Tyran Carlo.

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