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Bonnie Davis (June 10, 1920 - August 1976), was an American R&B singer most popular in the 1940s.

She was born Melba Smith in Bessemer, Alabama, and initially planned to become a school teacher. However, in the late 1930s she started working as a singer in New York, initially in saxophonist Teddy Hill’s band. She and Hill had a daughter together, who was born Beatrice Hill (born October 29, 1945 in New York City) and later became the singer Melba Moore.

On March 6, 1943, she had a # 1 R&B hit with Don’t Stop Now, which was credited to Bonnie Davis and the Bunny Banks Trio, apparently in order to circumvent union rules during a musicians’ strike. The recording also featured pianist Clement Moorman, whom Davis later married.

Davis and Moorman continued to perform together in clubs as a duo as late as the 1970s, before her death in 1976 in New Jersey.

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Bonnie* & Clem*
All I Want Is You
1964, LP, Tune Tone Records, Tune Tone Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Bonnie Davis And The Piccadilly Pipers
If You Only Knew / Sometimes
1961, 7", Single, Knowles
Bonnie Davis
Take A Number From One To Ten
1958, 7", Tune Tone Records, Tune Tone Records
Bonnie Davis
Take A Number From One To Ten
1958, 7", Promo, Tune Tone Records, Tune Tone Records
Bonnie Davis
Pepper-Hot Baby / For Always, Darling
1955
Bonnie Davis And The Piccadilly Pipers
If You Only Knew / Sometimes
1954, 7", Single, Melmar Records
Bonnie Davis And The Piccadilly Pipers
How Could You / Since You're Gone
1954, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Bonnie Davis And The Piccadilly Pipers
I Like It / One Little Raindrop
1952, 7", Coral
The Piccadilly Pipers With Bonnie Davis
Let Me Play With Your Poodle / So Long
1946, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues
The Piccadilly Pipers Featuring Bonnie* And Clem*
You're Not Doing Your Homework / I Don't Stand For That Jive
1946, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bonnie Davis With The Piccadilly Pipers
Shoo Shoo Baby / You're Not Doin' Your Home Work (Like You Used To Do)
1944, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bonnie Davis With The Piccadilly Pipers
Don't Stop Now / He Knows How To Knock Me Out
1944, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Pvt. Lloyd Thompson* With The Herbie Fields Quintet / Bonnie Davis With Bunny Banks Trio
I Wonder / I Don't Stand For That Jive
1944, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bonnie Davis, Bunny Banks Trio / Bunny Banks
Don't Stop Now / Paratroop Boogie
1943, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bonnie Davis With Bunny Banks Trio
I Don't Stand For That Jive / No Love Blues
1943, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bonnie Davis With The Bunny Banks Trio*
Get In Touch With Me / So Long
1943, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bonnie Davis
I'll Make You Mine
7", Promo, Decca
Bonnie Davis
Please Return My Heart
7", Promo, Gary Records (5)
Bonnie Davis And The Piccadilly Pipers
So Near And Yet So Far /A Long Way To Go
Shellac, 10", Melmar Records
Bonnie Davis, The Piccadilly Pipers
I Wanna/Angry
7", Promo, "X"

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Různí
78 RPM R&B Vocal Groups (Volume Four)
2004, CDr, Comp, Tone Productions (3)
Johnnie And Jack
Sincerely
1964
Piccadilly Pipers*
Upstairs / Forget It You're Still In Love
1945, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bunny Banks Trio
Don't Stop Now / Moon Nocturne
1943, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Bunny Banks Sextette / Bunny Banks Trio
Why Don't You Do Right / He Knows How To Knock Me Out
1943, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
Různí
The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s
2022, 4xCD, Comp, Acrobat, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Různí
Rockin' Horse Cowgirl
2020, CD, Comp, Atomicat Records, ,
Country/Easy Listening/Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Rhythm & Blues
Různí
Forbidden Fruit
2020, CD, Comp, Atomicat Records
Různí
A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 2: 1942-44
2014, 4xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Různí
Quicksand: The Groove Records Story 1954 - 1956
2014, 2xCD, Comp, One Day Music, ,
Doo Wop/Rhythm & Blues
Různí
The R&B Years 1942-45 Volume 1
2008, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Boulevard Vintage, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Různí
Rarest Of The Rare Vol. 15
2007, CD, Comp, Crystal Ball
Různí
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz - Part 2 (1941 - 1953)
2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Swing/Vocal/Ballad/Rhythm & Blues/Bop/Cool Jazz/Gospel
Různí
50 Sublimes Chanteuses De Jazz (1940-1953)
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Body & Soul (2),
Různí
Ladies Up Front Female-led Vocal Quartets (1946-1953)
2002, CD, Comp, F.L.Q., ,
Rhythm & Blues
Různí
Rare Grooves Volume 3
CDr, Comp, Official (6), Official (6)
Různí
Groove 1
7", EP, Comp, Unofficial, W/Lbl, Groove (15)
Různí
Rare Grooves Volume 1
CD, Comp, Unofficial, Official (6)