Carl Davis (music producer)

Davis was born in Chicago and attended Englewood High School. In 1962, Davis began working as a producer and A&R director for the Columbia subsidiary label OKeh, where he produced a number of hit records for Major Lance, Billy Butler and Walter Jackson. Many were characterised as "peppy, brassy arrangements... and danceable, upbeat songs with a Latin tinge," LLC, Matteson IL. Davis died from pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Summerville, South Carolina, on the morning of August 9, 2012, at the age of 77. ==References==