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Billy Davis Jr.

St. Louis, United States

Billy Davis Jr. is credited on 524 releases across 39 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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524

Pressings credited

39

Albums

8

Decades active

80

In collections

Biography

Billy Davis Jr. (born June 26, 1938) is an American singer and musician, best known as a member of the 5th Dimension. Along with his wife Marilyn McCoo, he had hit records during the 1960's and 1970's with "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In", "I Hope We Get to Love in Time", "Your Love", and "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)". Davis and McCoo were married in 1969. They became the first African-American married couple to host a network television series, titled The Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Show, on CBS in the summer of 1977, the year "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" won a Grammy Award.

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Credited work

524 releases · 39 albums · active 1959–2025

  • Performance · 839
  • Other credits · 408
  • Production · 165
  • Mastering · 25
  • Engineering · 22

Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Sound Recorders, Hollywood · Western Recorders · United Recording Studios, Las Vegas

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