7 pop hit that once held the record for the longest chart run on the Billboard Hot 100, and 1982's "'65 Love Affair", which at No.

1 country hits as a guest vocalist on songs by Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker.

In 1974, he recorded his third album, Ride 'Em Cowboy, and the title track, his first top 40 single, peaked at No.

[2] Davis had his first American Top 10 single with the ballad "I Go Crazy", which after 30 weeks on the Hot 100 peaked at No.

[4] After one more album on the Bang label, Davis signed with Arista Records in 1981 and scored two more hits, "Cool Night" (which in February 1982 reached No.

[2] "Cool Night" has been listed as an example of yacht rock,[5] and his songs are kept in regular rotation on stations such as YachtRockinRadio.com.

Despite his success during this time frame, Davis grew increasingly disillusioned with the industry.

When their only son, Jonathan, was born with developmental problems, Pamela retired from the music world to care for him.

He was leaving a hotel on Music Row with a female companion when an unidentified man approached, demanded his wallet, and shot him in the abdomen.

[8] Davis died of a heart attack at the Rush Foundation Hospital in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, on April 22, 2008, a day after his 60th birthday.