Gail Davies: The Game/I’ll Be There/Givin’ Herself Away/What Can I Say, 2CD Edition
Gail Davies

• Four albums from Gail Davies appearing on CD for the first time.
• Including 13 charting singles from the early 1980s.

Gail Davies was born Patricia Gail Dickerson on 5th June 1948 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.

Beginning her career as a session singer in Los Angeles, she added her voice to recordings by Hoyt Axton, Neil Young and Glen Campbell. She was befriended by Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris, toured with Roger Miller and briefly sought out a career as a jazz singer.

In the mid-1970s Davies moved to Nashville and after a succession of chart recordings in the early 1980s she raised the bar for females in Country Music with her songwriting and production skills. Henry Lewy, from her time in LA, was her influence in music production, helping her to establish herself as one of country’s most influential females.

She was the first woman to be credited with taking control of her own music and producing her own albums. Like Waylon and Willie before her, she presented her music, her way.

‘The Game’ (1980), the first album featured in this collection, produced three chart singles. ‘I’ll Be There’ (1981) features three Top 10 singles. ‘Givin’ Herself Away’ (1982) contained four chart singles and featured legendary guitarist Albert Lee, bassist Leland Sklar and pianist Bill Payne. ‘What Can I Say’ (1983) contained three chart singles.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

THE GAME

1 BLUE HEARTACHE
2 THE GAME
3 GOOD LOVIN’ MAN
4 CARELESS LOVE
5 LOVE IS LIVING AROUND US
6 SORRY THAT YOU’RE LEAVIN’
7 NEVER SEEN A MAN LIKE YOU
8 DROWN IN THE FLOOD
9 LIKE STRANGERS
10 WHEN I HAD YOU IN MY ARMS

I’LL BE THERE
11 I’LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME)
12 IT’S A LOVELY, LOVELY WORLD
13 MAMA’S GONNA GIVE YOU SWEET THINGS
14 KENTUCKY
15 HONKY TONK WALTZ
16 FAREWELL SONG
17 OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION
18 GET THAT FEELIN’ INSIDE
19 I’M HUNGRY, I’M TIRED
20 GRANDMA’S SONG
21 NO-ONE TO WELCOME ME HOME

DISC TWO

GIVIN’ HERSELF AWAY
1 ROUND THE CLOCK LOVIN’
2 MOVIN’ (I MIGHT DECIDE TO STAY)
3 HOLD ON
4 IT’S AMAZING WHAT A LITTLE LOVE CAN DO
5 DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM)
6 GIVIN’ HERSELF AWAY
7 ALL THE FIRE IS GONE
8 SINGING THE BLUES
9 YOU TURN ME ON I’M A RADIO
10 DAWN
WHAT CAN I SAY
11 BOYS LIKE YOU
12 FOLLOWING YOU AROUND
13 ON A REAL GOOD NIGHT
14 HALLELUJAH, (I LOVE HIM SO)
15 WHAT CAN I SAY
16 YOU’RE A HARD DOG (TO KEEP UNDER THE PORCH)
17 IT’S YOU ALONE
18 IF YOU CAN LIE A LITTLE BIT
19 THE BOY IN YOU IS SHOWING
20 SETTING ME UP