| Theresa
Davis has had vast experience in the music/recording
and entertainment industries, from being
a studio vocalist, to being a member of
a major mainstream recording group, to
doing commercial jingles and voice-overs,
to being a print model, to becoming a
theatre actress, to performing on television.
Theresa did her first studio backup recording
at the tender age of 15 at Paul Sarano's
first studio in Chicago, IL where she
was born, and the fire was lit. Shortly
thereafter, she joined a recording group
called "Our Ladies of Soul,"
who enjoyed nominal success with their
recording of "Let's Groove Together"
under the Aries label. It was also not
long after the short stint with that group,
that Theresa was asked to join another
group, already established, and on the
Stax record label. That group was The
Emotions and Theresa was asked
to replace the eldest sister. She was
with that group for four years, and recorded
three albums with them. When the sister
decided she wanted to return to the group,
Theresa left, and as she had already made
many contacts in the industry, when people
found out that she was free, she was able
to pursue offers that she couldn't while
part of a group. The first thing she did
was two print ads for the Vince Cullers
Ad Agency, then she went on to do jingles,
and eventually voice-overs.
Theresa started to get calls for doing
studio back-up vocals (which is her passion),
and as time passed on, she started contracting
other singers, and also arranging vocals.
She is still to this day a sought-after
studio singer, known to get the job done
to the artist's or producer's satisfaction,
and quickly. Although the artist's she
has done vocals for are Otis Clay,
the late Tyrone Davis,
Billy Price, Gene
Chandler, Syl Johnson,
the late Walter Jackson,
Ramsey Lewis, Brian
Culbertson, and Paul
Simon.
Theresa has also toured and performed
live with Otis Clay all
over the U.S., Canada, and Europe; with
Ramsey Lewis, on his
"Between the Keys" CD tour in
the U.S.; with The Sue Conway
Victory Singers in Europe, and
with Rev. Jessy Dixon and the
Jessy Dixon Singers in Europe.
Her travels have taken her to places such
as Amsterdam, Holland, Belgium, countless
cities in Italy, Sweden, Switzerland,
Germany, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands,
France, Slovenia, Berlin, and Japan.
Theresa has done some theatre at Chicago's
ETA Theatre, both musical theatre and
stage acting, and has done pit singing
at The Black Ensemble Theatre. ETA Theatre
is also where Theresa did her CD release
party in March of 2000, for the release
of her first solo CD entitled 'Somene
You Want to Love' on the McCartyArt record
label.
Theresa recently sang on a PBS television
special, "Love, Rhythm & Soul,"
where she sang back-up as part of a trio
for artists such as: the late Lou
Rawls, Freda Payne,
The Spinners, Billy
Paul, Thelma Houston,
The Three Degrees, the
late Edwin Starr, and
others.
Theresa will be recording another solo
CD in May of this year, again on the McCartyArt
label.
She is truly grateful to God for the gift
of song, and will continue to shine her
light as long as it is lit. |