Billy Newton-Davis
Billy Newton-Davis | |
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| Born | April 26, 1951 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Billy Newton-Davis (born April 26, 1951, in
singer and songwriter.Biography
Newton-Davis grew up in
Juno Award for best R&B/soul recording in 1986 and included the hits "Deeper", "Right Beside You" and "Find My Way Back".[1]
His 1989 follow up, Spellbound, included his biggest Canadian chart hit, "I Can't Take It", as well as the
Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You
" and again won the Juno for best R&B/soul recording.
Newton-Davis subsequently joined The Nylons in 1991. Since leaving the Nylons, he has primarily concentrated on songwriting and live jazz and gospel performances. He also performed vocals on a number of deadmau5 tracks, including "All U Ever Want", and "R My Dreams" from At Play Vol. 2.[2]
In 2008, Newton-Davis won the
Vision TV in 2000.[2]
Discography
Studio albums
- Love Is a Contact Sport (1986)
- Spellbound (1989)
Singles
As lead artist
- "Romance" (1981)
- "Right Beside You" (1986)
- "Find My Way Back" (1986)
- "Deeper" (1986)
- "Spellbound" (1989)
- "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" (1989) (with Celine Dion)
- "I Can't Take it" (1989)
As featured artist
- The Boomtang Boys – "The Promised Land" (1995)
- deadmau5 – "Outta My Life" (2007)
- Nino Anthony – "Everything I Wanna Do" (2008)
- deadmau5 – "I Like Your Music" (2008)
- Nino Anthony – "Our House World" (2009)
- deadmau5 – "All You Ever Want" (2009)
- Spekrfreks vs Melleefresh– "Candy" (2010)
References
- ^ "You oughta Juno: What happened to those artists voted most likely to succeed? Part 2 — 1986 – 1999". National Post, David Berry and Rebecca Tucker | March 14, 2015
- ^ Xtra!, September 6, 2012.
- ^ Serafin LaRiviere (November 6 2008), "A lascivious turn for singer Newton-Davis" Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Xtra!
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