The king of romantic Chicago soul, Tyrone Davis' warm, aching vulnerability and stylish class made him especially popular with female soul fans during a lengthy hitmaking run that lasted throughout the '70s. Best known for the classics "Can I Change My Mind" and "Turn Back the Hands of Time," Davis was a versatile baritone singer who could handle everything from pop-soul to funk to bluesy chitlin-circuit R&B, but smooth soul was his true bread and butter. Once Davis broke through in the late '60s, he never really stopped recording; although the R&B chart hits dried up by the early '80s, he was still going strong into the new millennium, decades after his first single was released.

He found a home at Carl Davis' new label Dakar in 1968, when a Texas DJ flipped his first release over and started playing the B-side, "Can I Change My Mind." Showcasing Davis' lovelorn pleading to best effect, the song went all the way to number one on the R&B charts, and reached the pop Top Five as well.

Teamed with producer/arranger Willie Henderson, who'd masterminded "Can I Change My Mind," Davis capitalized on his breakthrough with a string of orchestrated hits that emphasized his new, smoother style, and helped point the way for Chicago soul into a new decade. "Is It Something You've Got" reached the R&B Top Five in 1969, and it was followed in 1970 by the sublime "Turn Back the Hands of Time." It was his second R&B number one, and also his biggest hit on the pop charts with a peak at number three; plus, the accompanying album of the same name ranks among the best soul LPs of its time, producing two more hits in the R&B Top Ten "I'll Be Right Here" and "Let Me Back In." Davis hit the R&B Top 40 with steady regularity over the next few years, including the Top Tens "Could I Forget You," "I Had It All the Time," "Without You in My Life," and "There It Is." In 1975, he scored his third number one R&B hit with "Turning Point," but left Dakar for Columbia the following year.

Davis continued to release new albums every year or two, and toured the soul/blues circuit as restlessly as ever. Tyrone Davis suffered a stroke in October of 2004 and remained hospitalized until his death in February of 2005.

All Music Guide

Tyrone Davis
After All This Time
All In The Game
Can I Change My Mind
Come And Get This Ring
Could I Forget You
Don't Let It Be Too Late
Ever Lovin' Girl
Forever
Got To Find A Way
Happiness Is Being With You
Homewreckers
Honey You Are My Sunshine
How Can I Forget You
I Can't Bump
I Can't Make It Without You
I Had It All The Time
I Know I Got A Sure Thing
I Wish It Was Me
If You Had A Change In Mind
I'm Just Your Man
It Ain't Me No More
It's So Good To Be Home With You
Judge Me Right
One Way Ticket (To Nowhere)
Saving My Love For You
That's Just My Way Of Lovin' You
There It Is
This Time
True Love Is Hard To Find
Turn Back The Hands Of Time
Turning Point
Was I Just A Fool
Was It Just A Feeling
We Got A Love
Where Lovers Meet
Without You In My Life
Woman Needs To Be Loved, A
Wrapped Up In Your Warm & Tender Love
You Don't Have To Beg
You Keep Me Holding on
You Won't Believe It
You Wouldn't Believe
Your Love Keeps Haunting Me