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Songs Performed or Written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography
Roquel "Billy" Davis (July 11, 1932 – September 2, 2004), of Detroit, was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Davis was also known as a writer and producer of commercial jingles, mostly for Coca-Cola. He used the pseudonym Tyran Carlo on writing credits. Early in his career in Detroit, Davis sang and wrote with an early version of the Four Tops called "The Four Aims", which included his cousin Lawrence Payton. In the late-1950s, he collaborated with Berry Gordy,... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - #2: You Got What It Takes - #3: Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) - #4: You Got What It Takes - #5: You Got What It Takes
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2.
09/1956
3.
4.
10/1957
5.
6.
03/1958
written by Berry Gordy, Gwendolyn Gordy & Tyran Carlo
7.
09/1958
[Brunswick 55086]
written by Tyran Carlo
, Berry Gordy &
George Gordy
8.
10/1958
[Atlantic 2001]
written by Berry Gordy, Tyran Carlo
& Albert Green
9.
11/1958
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #308]
[Brunswick 55105]
written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo
10.
[Brunswick 55121]
written by Berry Gordy Jr. & Tyran Carlo
11.
06/1959
[Brunswick 55136]
written by Berry Gordy Jr. & Tyran Carlo
12.
10/1959
[United Artists 185]
written by Tyran Carlo
, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr. &
Marv Johnson
13.
12/1959
[Chess 1743]
written by Berry Gordy, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Gwen Gordy
14.
written by Tyran Carlo
, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr. & Marv Johnson
15.
05/1960
[Argo 5359]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Berry Gordy & Gwen Gordy
16.
07/1960
17.
08/1960
[Anna 1119]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Berry Gordy & Gwen Gordy
18.
[Argo 5402]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
19.
[Argo 5428]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
&
Shirley Hall
20.
12/1962
[Check-Mate 1015]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Ty Hunter
21.
[Argo 5437]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
&
Tony Clarke
22.
08/1963
[Argo 5445]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
23.
10/1963
[Argo 5452]
written by Tony Clarke & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
24.
25.
07/1964
[Checker 1082]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
26.
09/1964
27.
10/1964
28.
12/1964
[Chess 1915]
written by Carl Smith, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Wilfred McKinley
29.
[Chess 1918]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Leonard Caston
30.
01/1965
[Chess 1920]
written by Carl Smith, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
&
Ronald Ellison 31.
02/1965
B side to You Better Get It
[Dial 4003]
written by Tyran Carlo
, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr. & Marv Johnson
32.
03/1965
33.
06/1965
[Checker 1113]
written by Carl Smith, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Raynard Miner
34.
12/1965
[Checker 1128]
written by Carl Smith, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Raynard Miner
35.
12/1965
[Checker 1131]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Carl Smith & Raynard Miner
36.
B side to Mountain Of Love
[Chess 1948]
written by Raynard Miner, Carl Smith & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
37.
02/1966
[Checker 1132]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
&
Shena DeMell
38.
03/1966
US B side to I Can't Rest
[Checker 1137]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
,
Sugar Pie DeSanto & Shena DeMell
39.
04/1966
[Checker 1137]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Raynard Miner & Carl William Smith
40.
08/1966
US B Side to Recovery
[Checker 1131]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Carl Smith & Raynard Miner
41.
11/1966
[Checker 1152]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Sugar Pie DeSanto
42.
[Epic 5-10144]
written by Tyran Carlo
, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr. & Marv Johnson
43.
04/1967
[Chess 1986]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Carl Smith & Raynard Miner
44.
[Common United 3011]
written by Tyran Carlo
, Berry Gordy Jr., Gwen Gordy &
Billy Hill 45.
[Uni 55272]
written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo
46.
11/1971
47.
12/1971
[Elektra 45762]
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
48.
[Atlantic 4002]
written by Berry Gordy Jr., Tyran Carlo
& Gwen Gordy
49.
07/1973
[Capitol 3651]
written by Roquel Davis
& Bill Backer
50.
09/1973
[RCA Victor APB0-0072]
written by
Dottie West & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
51.
12/1973
[Volt 4101]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Leonard Caston
52.
[United Artists 529]
written by Bill Backer, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway
53.
12/1974
[Mega 1217]
written by Roquel Davis
, Harry Pratt & Charles Sutton
54.
55.
06/1975
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway,
Bill Becker & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
56.
[ABC/Dot 17620]
written by Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy & Tyran Carlo
57.
written by Tyran Carlo
, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr. & Marv Johnson
58.
[Door Knob 045]
written by Berry Gordy Jr. & Tyran Carlo
59.
[Buddah 615]
written by Berry Gordy Jr. & Tyran Carlo
60.
12/1979
written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo
61.
[Capitol 4958]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
& Leonard Caston
62.
written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo
63.
R: re-entered UK charts after appearing in the BBC Two documentary series Arena written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo
64.
[Chariot 1921]
written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo
65.
[Got 2002]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
66.
08/1990
written by
Rosenthal Offenbach ,
Frank Farian ,
George Reyam ,
Warren Casey ,
Jim Jacobs ,
Chuck Berry ,
Fred Fassert ,
Kal Mann ,
Dave Appell , Berry Gordy, Tyran Carlo
,
Bob Crewe &
Kenny Nolan 67.
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
68.
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
69.
70.
Ladyflash The Go! Team
from
Thunder, Lightning, Strike
R written by The Go! Team, Davy DMX, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
, Raynard Miner & Carl Smith
71.
72.
11/2011
R written by Berry Gordy & Tyran Carlo