Clay Davidson
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Clay Davidson
| image_size =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|4}}
| 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
}}
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.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p409024/biography|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Clay Davidson > Biography )))] 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-29830782.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629113312/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-29830782.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2014|title=Southern Rocker Scores With Ballad|last=Patterson|first=Jim|date=July 12, 2000|work=The Associated Press|accessdate=May 24, 2014}}
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.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ag4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Clay+davidson%22&pg=PA36|title=Virgin Nashville's Clay Davidson achieves 'Unconditional' radio hit|last=Flippo|first=Chet|date=February 26, 2000|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 24, 2014}} 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.[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]
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US Heat |
| scope="row"| Unconditional
|
| 33 | 39 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak chart ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| US Bubbling |
| rowspan="2"| 2000
! scope="row"| "Unconditional"[A] | 3 | 49 | — | align="left" rowspan="3"| Unconditional |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Lie to Me"
| 26 | — | 17 |
| 2001
! scope="row"| "Sometimes" | 21 | — | 12 |
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=Music videos=
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! Year ! style="width:10em;"| Video ! Director |
| rowspan="3"| 2000
! scope="row"| "Unconditional" | rowspan="2"| Eric Welch |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Lie to Me" |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Sometimes"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/clay-davidson/387408/sometimes.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Clay Davidson : Sometimes|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=October 14, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
| Stephen Shepherd |
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Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Singer-songwriters from Virginia
Category:People from Saltville, Virginia
Category:Virgin Records artists