Tyrone Davis

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This article is about the singer. For other uses, see Tyrone Davis (disambiguation).

Tyrone Davis (4 May 1938 — 9 February 2005) was an African-American soul singer. He was born in a rural community twenty miles outside of Greenville, Mississippi in 1938 to Willie Branch and Ora Lee Jones. He spent most of his formative years in Saginaw, Michigan, but moved to Chicago in 1959.

Davis made many soul records for the Dakar and Columbia record labels from the late 1960s, right through the disco and funk booms, and into the 21st century. Davis' best-known hits were "Turn Back the Hands of Time" (1970) (written by Jack Daniels/Bonnie Thompson), "Can I Change My Mind" (1968), and "In The Mood", "Turning Point" (1976).

He died in a Chicago hospital in 2005 of complications following a stroke in October 2004.

His younger sister, Jean Davis, was a member of the group, Facts of Life.

Davis once toured in California with blues singer Blues Boy Willie of Memphis, Texas.

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