Linda Davis

Linda Davis, who trained under the guidance of Reba McEntire, gained her greatest recognition through a Grammy award-winning partnership with that same mentor on the track "Does He Love You." Born and raised in Texas, she began performing on area radio broadcasts at just six years old. Relocating to Nashville during 1982, she formed the act Skip & Linda alongside Skip Eaton, yielding three modest chart successes, led by "If You Could See You Through My Eyes." Following that, she took on roles singing advertising jingles prior to joining Reba McEntire's roster of supporting vocalists. A small-scale chart entry arrived for her in 1988 via "All the Good Ones Are Taken," though her first full-length record emerged only in 1991 after inking a contract with Liberty. That project, In a Different Light, spawned a pair of additional modest successes through its namesake song and "Some Kinda Woman," yet failed to achieve substantial sales; the same held true for her 1992 self-titled release. The year 1993 elevated both Davis and McEntire to the pinnacle of country airplay with "Does He Love You," earning the Grammy honor for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. Capitalizing on this visibility through an Arista agreement, her subsequent effort, the 1994 album Shoot for the Moon with its McEntire-inspired style, reached the upper echelons of the country rankings in the Top 30, a feat matched by the more pop-oriented 1996 follow-up Some Things Are Meant to Be. Transitioning to DreamWorks, she issued I'm Yours in 1998, incorporating fresh songs alongside earlier cuts such as "Make It Through" from the Prince of Egypt soundtrack.