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Bonnie Davis (Gertrude Melba Smith) was born on 10 June, 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is an A 20th-century african american women singer. Discover Bonnie Davis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

Popular As Gertrude Melba Smith
Occupation Singer
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 10 June, 1920
Birthday 10 June
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of death 1 August, 1976
Died Place New Jersey, United States
Nationality United States

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1920

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

1930

However, in the late 1930s she started working as a singer in New York, initially in saxophonist Teddy Hill's band.

1942

By early 1942, she had joined another band, the Piccadilly Pipers, based at the Piccadilly Club in Newark, New Jersey.

The group comprised Clement Moorman (piano and vocals), Ernie Ransome (guitar and vocals), and Henry Padgette (bass).

She recorded several tracks with the trio, including "Don't Stop Now", for Herman Lubinsky, who had recently established Savoy Records.

However, because of the "Petrillo Ban" which prevented union members from releasing records legitimately at the time, the release was credited to Bonnie Davis - a pseudonym for Smith - with the "Bunny Banks Trio" - a name disguising the actual musicians.

1943

Her recording of "Don't Stop Now" reached no.1 on the R&B chart in 1943.

She was the mother of singer Melba Moore.

Melba Smith was born in New Orleans, but her family relocated to Bessemer, Alabama, when she was a child.

At first she planned to become a school teacher.

On March 6, 1943, the record reached no.1 on the "Harlem Hit Parade", which was later renamed the R&B chart.

1945

Several further records credited to Bonnie Davis (sometimes also nicknamed "The Oomph Girl") with the Bunny Banks Trio were issued by the Savoy label before, in 1945, the label reverted to using the name of the Piccadilly Pipers.

The same year, Bonnie Davis and bandleader Teddy Hill had a daughter together; she was born Beatrice Hill, and later became known as singer Melba Moore.

Soon after the birth, the couple separated.

1946

Bonnie Davis and the Piccadilly Pipers left the Savoy label in 1946.

1950

In 1950, Bonnie Davis and pianist Clem Moorman were married.

They began releasing singles again in 1950, and over the next four years recorded for the Keystone, Columbia, Coral and Melmar labels.

However, the records were not commercially successful.

With Davis and Moorman as the core members, there were various personnel changes in the group: Ransome was replaced by Walter "Pinky" Smith, and Padgette by, firstly, Ed "Skeets" McKaine, and then James "Doc" Starkes, who was in turn succeeded by Brother Moncur.

1955

In 1955, Bonnie Davis began recording as a solo singer, at first for Decca Records and then various other labels including Tune Tone, who released an LP, All I Want Is You, credited to Bonnie & Clem, "The Aero-Dynamic Singers", in 1966.

1970

Davis and Moorman continued to perform together in clubs as a duo until the early 1970s, when they divorced.

1976

She died in August 1976 in East Orange, New Jersey of cancer, and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, New Jersey.