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Paul Davis – ’65 Love Afair
Paul Davis’ music was a little bit country as Marie Osmond is known to say, but when he signed with Arista Records, his sound changed to a more pop/blue-eyed soul sound, akin to Hall & Oates. Not a bad thing and Daryl and John can attest.
The title track to his 1982 album, ‘Cool Night’ did very well, racing up to the #11 spot on the Hot 100.
The second single was originally titled, “’55 Love Affair” but the record company thought ’65 would work better for the pop crowd of the time, since they were teens in 1965, as was Davis. He was only 7 in 1955 and not able to understand a love affair but he was 17 in 1965, and that works better.
“’65 Love Affair” ended up being Davis’ highest charting single, peaking at #5 on the Hot 100.
