A Word From Royal Wade Kimes:

Today I lost another good friend. Again the world lost another great as they did just a few weeks ago with the loss of Eddy Arnold. Today we lost Danny Davis who was known in the music business and around the world as "Danny Davis and The Nashville Brass." His last recording was with me on my album "Strikin' Matches" where he played on the tune "Danny Play," which is mentioned in the press release below. The song is one of the most requested on XM Satellite radio chanell 10 America. This song allowed Danny Davis to be played five to six decades on radio. It was an honor to have him join me on the record, he was truly one of the greats as you will see in the information below. I will miss him sorely.He played for us, now he plays for the Master.

I want to thank each and everyone of you for your calls and emails regarding the loss of my friend, my pal. You are very much appreciated.

Thank you and God bless

Royal Wade Kimes

Below is just some of the wonderful accomplishments Danny Davis accumlated over the years and shared with the world.This press release was released by Betty Hofer, Danny Davis Publist.

Davis worked as a record producer at MGM in New York
and it was during that time when he produced six #1 singles on Connie Francis, all of which came out of sessions recorded in Nashville. It was also during his tenure at MGM that he discovered an English group known as Herman's Hermits.

From MGM, Davis moved over to RCA in New York, where he was at the helm of albums for such artists as Lana Cantrell and Nina Simone. In l968 he accepted a position with RCA in Nashville, as a producer and assistant to Chet Atkins. Among acts he was assigned to were Hank Locklin, Floyd Crammer, Willie Nelson, Dottie West, Don Gibson, Waylon Jennings, and George Beverly Shea.

During his first year in Music City, Davis produced two #1 records: "Rings Of Gold" by Don Gibson & Dottie West, and the rammy-winning "MacArthur Park" by Waylon Jennings.

However, he also produced something else that year, which would catapult him into phenomenal stardom when he founded Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass. The group's very first single on RCA, "I Saw The Light", instantly became a runaway hit. In l969 the Nashville Brass won a Grammy for their recording of "Kawliga" and the Country Music Association awarded them Best Instrumental Group of the Year---an honor the CMA would bestow upon them for six consecutive years.

It was also Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass who helped pave the way for the "Nashville Sound" in Vegas with their extensive hold-over engagements at the Landmark. They were front-runners in combining country music with symphony orchestras in countless cities. They were on numerous TV shows with such greats as Red Skelton, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Cash, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Perry Como and Dinah Shore. They entertained in Europe. They were constant favorites on the fair circuit, as well as in posh dinner clubs, for more than two decades. They performed daily for over a year at the Country Music World theater in Branson, MO. They shared the stage in Nashville with Boots Randolph for several seasons at his club in
Printer's Alley, as well as on Music Valley Drive at the Stardust Theater. They even played for the inauguration of two Presidents, Nixon and Reagan.

Over the years, Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass had recorded a total of 30 albums on RCA, in addition to others on independent labels.

Davis himself was often seen playing trumpet on Hee-Haw as part of the "Million Dollar Band". And the musical kaleidoscope of his illustrious career had just recently expanded even further when the unmistakable sounds of Davis playing horn were featured on Royal Wade Kimes' self-penned song titled "Danny Play" -- currently being aired on XM satellite radio.