Clay Davidson

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American singer-songwriter

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::summary American singer-songwriter ::

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Field	Value
name	Clay Davidson
birth_date
origin	Saltville, Virginia, U.S.
instrument	Vocals, guitar
genre	Country
occupation	Singer-songwriter
years_active	1999–2001 (Solo)
2016–2018. (with Arnold Davidson as Damn Davidsons.)
label	Virgin Records Nashville
Capitol Nashville
associated_acts	Jude Cole
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Clay Davidson (born April 4, 1971) is an American country music artist. He signed to Virgin Records Nashville division in late 1999. Davidson released his debut album Unconditional on April 11, 2000. Its title track was a top 5 hit for him on the Billboard country charts, and the album produced two more Top 30 hits. Davidson was later transferred to Capitol Records Nashville after Virgin Nashville's lineup was merged into Capitol, although he did not record anything for Capitol and was soon dropped. To date, Unconditional remains his only studio album.

Biography

Clay Davidson was born in Saltville, Virginia to a musical family. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in search of a record deal. While in Nashville, Davidson won Charlie Daniels' Talent Round-Up show in 1995. Davidson and his wife later moved to Tennessee, and Davidson soon became a demo singer for other artists.

Davidson was later called in to substitute for Michael McDonald at a party for rock artist Jude Cole. While at the party, Cole recommended Davidson to Scott Hendricks, who had just started the Virgin Records Nashville label. Davidson's first album, Unconditional, was released in 2000, producing three hit singles on the country music charts.

In early 2001, Virgin Records announced that it would be closing its Virgin Nashville branch. Virgin's artist roster was transferred to Capitol Nashville. Davidson, however, did not record any albums or singles during his tenure on Capitol and was soon dropped from the label. On July 20, 2001, Davidson and his touring band were involved in a bus accident outside Effingham, Illinois. He and his bandmates suffered only minor cuts and bruises, but several concerts had to be canceled.

Discography

Albums

::data[format=table] | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | US Country | US Heat | Unconditional | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 33 | 39 | | | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | US Country | US | US Bubbling | "Unconditional"[A] | "I Can't Lie to Me" | "Sometimes" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2000 | 3 | 49 | — | Unconditional | | | | | | | 26 | — | 17 | | | | | | | | | 2001 | 21 | — | 12 | | | | | | | ::

;Notes

A**^** "Unconditional" also peaked at number 9 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Music videos

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Year	Video	Director	"Unconditional"	"I Can't Lie to Me"	"Sometimes"
2000	Eric Welch
Stephen Shepherd
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References

[{{AllMusic
Patterson, Jim. (July 12, 2000). "Southern Rocker Scores With Ballad". [[The Associated Press]].
Flippo, Chet. (February 26, 2000). "Virgin Nashville's Clay Davidson achieves 'Unconditional' radio hit".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090605232257/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1445319/davidson-is-unconditionally-ok.jhtml CMT.com : Clay Davidson : Davidson Is Unconditionally OK]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090606031507/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1446466/clay-davidson-on-the-mend.jhtml CMT.com : Clay Davidson : Clay Davidson on the Mend]
Whitburn, Joel. (2012). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012". Record Research, Inc.
(July 2024). "CMT : Videos : Clay Davidson : Sometimes". [[Country Music Television]].

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