She is not married. She lives in Houston with her Stanley a 7-year-old English Springer Spaniel. That exact, unswerving commitment helped her transition herself to a full-time gig as a vocalist.From her work on soundtracks and jingles, and with her background of singing and touring, Kimberly kept turning her dreams into reality with full force! These sectors include an; Degree in Communications, Radio Television Film, and a minor in Education. This page is not available in other languages. Nile said we are guests of Grace Jones, the bouncers said no no guests and they slammed the door. Then the star of the moment Kimberly came through the door with her larger than life smile and bubbly personality, handing out the hugs to everyone. Then the minute I started talking I started singing! Kimberly lives in Houston with her Stanley a 7-year-old English Springer Spaniel. Its midday Thursday and feeling excited for the afternoon ahead I jumped into my Enterprise Car Club Renault Clio and off I sped to Liverpool to meet discos hottest diva. She is grateful for all she has. We totally get each other. J: And surely taking a break from your music career must have come with a lot of life lessons, too? | Kimberly, whos voice has been compared to Witney Hustons has now also started a very successful solo career with latest single My Fire produced by Tony Moran featuring Nile Rodgers hitting no.5 in the UK and number no.1 in America. Although singer James Allens vocals were obscured by such a thick Scottish accent that I often had to look up the lyrics to understand what was being said, I still adored the album and still do to this day. Why are we in the studio for hours lets just hit it! There could easily be an entirely separate article about how great Big Star is, and maybe. More and more music, she says. Hell yes! Kimberly Davis is the vocalist for disco's greatest American band Chic, which started the craze in 1976 when two of the music world's biggest hit makers, guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards, got together. Most recently, Kimberlys unique vocal prowess was featured for the world by Tony Moran and Nile Rogers in My Fire. Kimberly hopes this latest song -- already zooming up the charts -- will spawn a slew of exciting remixes and many more new songs beyond. What have you got in the pipe line leading up to Christmas? It seems like not long ago I was a student interviewing Nile Rodgers for our student TV show, so its fantastic to meet one of the other immense talents of CHIC. She attended the prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, which inspired the movie, Fame. Growing up in a musical household, you cant help but love and appreciate all types of music. She eagerly got involved in anything and everything musical, from elementary school to her attendance at the prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts. 'Not Even the Good Things': Interview with playwright Joseph Scott Ford, Acting and Producing: Interview with filmmaker Morgan Smith, Divine Chocolate: Interview with chocolate expert and farmer advocate Liz Miller, The Conjuring: Nun spinoff unleashes terror at 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Lana Del Rey's listening party for her album Lust For Life' shows some style. Kimberly: I am a coach potato! She also won a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist. Kimberly: Yes the album will be out next year and the first single out will be I Believe In Music which I will be singing on. MM: Are you working on any other songs at the minute? Her next single, Twist of Love, built on that first success. Multi Emmy Award winner @KHOU11 Morning News Anchor M-F Jersey girl CrossFitter Houston NJ | MN | TN | PA | TX Kimberly: Neither Id put Johnny Marr on hes my favourite Mancunian, hes the bomb, we always have a blast with him when hes been a guest at our shows. MM: How did you become part of CHIC and when did you meet Nile Rodgers and Tony Moran? Instead, he decided to do none of these things and went on to form a band called Big Star. J: Do you remember the point in which you decided: This is what I wanna do with my life,? It was played by over 200 radio stations, debuting at #41 on Billboards Hot Club Play Charts. Having a right old giggle on the way back with Kimberly and Jacky about Free Boobing (youll have to ask Kimberly about that one) and Shift Sticks which I learnt that day, is the American term for a gear stick in a car, Kimberly went on to tell us about life on the Chic tour bus. Can you tell us a little bit about the song and what makes it so appealing? Join Facebook to connect with Kim Davis and others you may know. She is a South Jersey girl. And it just so happened that I had also been dancing with him before as well, at the Refuge Manchester Gay Pride party this year! [2] In 2010 her single Show Me The Way was nominated for the Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year,[3] and at the Juno Awards of 2014 her second album There's Only One was nominated for the Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. I said to him, I have this song coming out and I feel like I hear you already on it. I sent him the stems, he did the song and it went to number one. Davis' lyrics draw from real life experiences, and her music fuses R&B, soul, hip hop, and reggae. I wanted to ask Kim a bit about how she managed to raise her son for 17 years, all whilst working a full-time job and singing on the side. First of all we love them, they are like family. Mar 30, 2018 15 Dislike Share Save Tony Moran 1.3K subscribers Here's your chance to enjoy excerpts of an interview with recording star, Kimberly Davis, by Deb Crowe. Prior to joining CBS3, Kimberly served as a reporter at WTVF-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. Before, Kimberly served at CBS3 as an evening reporter and fill-in anchor. Hell, this month alone has already made me nervous about just how this years wrap-up of our favourite albums will go down. At the urging of friends who admired her talent, she not only entered a competition sponsored by KISS FM radio she won! K: Ive been trying to do it for so long, people have been asking me to give them lessons ever since I hosted open mic nights. She joined the news station as a morning anchor in June 2021. NEW! While working an office day job, Kimberly avidly pursued her passion for singing. The response from fans is the same and it lets me know that they are paying attention and that I'm doing my job correctly. Of course, she always offer choices for the many fans who enjoy her on the dance floor. Kimberly holds an American nationality. 0:00 / 41:51 Intro Kimberly Davis from Chic Interview || Nile Rodgers, Chic and life on the road Prosperous Musician 1.38K subscribers Subscribe 1.5K views 1 year ago I talk to to Kimberly. Facebook gives people the power to share. My dad had received their 2008 self-titled debut album from my uncle, and because of that I began listening to it. J: Have you decided which ones youll be bringing with you on tour? Keep upto date wth everything Kimberly Davis, Chic and Nile Rodgers on these links below, FULL GALLERY PICTURES BY ELSPETH MARY MOORE. Like many other bands, Jimkata started out by covering songs by punk and grunge bands such as Nirvana, NOFX, Rage Against the Machine and Primus. Kimberly Davis's Tweets. 3,883 Followers. KD: One of the most memorable gigs was the farewell party for Obama at the White House. Kimberly Davis - Wikipedia Kimberly Davis Kimberly Davis may refer to: Amber O'Neal, a professional wrestler whose legal name is Kimberly Dawn Davis Kimberly Davis, American singer-songwriter and member of Chic Kim Davis, clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky. My first thoughts of the Chic lady was how warming and welcoming she was and that today was destined to be a lot of fun! I gave him 60 seconds and now its been 17 years! Kimberly is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the National Association of Black Journalists. She is also a stop motion animator and an award-winning abstract artist who previously wrote for the Examiner and had 1,933 articles to her name. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). Sucker Punch was already one of my favourite albums of 2019, but my goodness, the soundscape of Sigrid in 2021 blew me away. VIVA Ems: So it must have been pretty cool working with Tony and Nile on this track are you going to be working with them more on any of your other solo stuff? From Mirror to Burning Bridges, the heavy emphasis on this broader, heavier, and dirtier sound gave me goosebumps. AGE 60s Kimberly Scott Davis Muleshoe, TX Phone Number Address Emails Kimberly: Nile is the king of story telling, every time you see him he has a story for you. Its just an honour to work with him, and when I asked him to play on My Fire he said ya just send me the stems whats the big deal, so I was like yaaaaa, as he wouldnt do it for just everybody. MM: Your solo debut, "My Fire," went to #1 on the dance charts! In South America, Europe, Asia audiences on every continent are responding to Kimberlys exceptional vocal prowess, and to the heart and soul she always infuses into her singing. The rest is hit tune after hit tune history. Youre never supposed to stop pursuing your passion. Ive never had a chance to do it, but this whole pandemic has given me the time to do that. KD: I've been singing with Chic since 2009. 1 on Billboards Dance Club Songs chart, as My Fire with Tony Moran and presenting Kimberly Davis, rises 3-1 in its eighth week on the chart . Kimberly hopes this latest song -- already zooming up the charts -- will spawn a slew of exciting remixes and many more new songs beyond. When I sing Get Lucky he gives me this intro about how he almost died from cancer, and now he feels like the luckiest man alive. But Earth Wind And Fire were so good about it, they said you guys can still play! J: That sounds incredible, and well be keeping our ears close to the talent that you work with. Kimberly works as a morning anchor at KHOU since June 2021. Most of her family is in New Jersey still her parents, theyre in New Jersey. Lead singer with Chic Kimberly Davis tells Edward Adoo how she changed her life in her lunchbreak It lights a "fire" under your butt and makes you accomplish things which to me is awesome. VIVA Ems: Have you got anyone on your hit list at the moment you want to work with? That acclaim eventually led to concert tours with Nile Rodgers and Chic, with performances-by-invitation all around the world. Starting with Blow Away Your Troubles, Newell showed the world what to expect from The Cleaners from Venus: wonderful, jangly music that was staunchly lo-fi. Davis was elected Rowan County Clerk in 2014. Each minute detail has been immaculately captured in a recording, and whilst I wholeheartedly advise you to grab a copy, I feel that theres. The whole reason the name of that song is Freak Out, it was initially F Off! Playfully dancy, melodic and energetic, the music reflects the nature of the band, as I found out when interviewing them. After the release of The Lightning I and II, we see that Win Butler and friends have taken a more traditional approach to their songwriting; not too dissimilar to sounds youd find off any of their albums from Funeral to the Suburbs, but obviously with a much tighter approach to production. Likes. And he missed the show which he was devastated about. She was also a morning reporter at KTTC-TV in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1980, Newell formed The Cleaners from Venus with Lawrence Lol Elliot, though since then, he has remained the only consistent member. They were discovered by Garth Brooks's manager. K: Well, my mother was musical, she was a singer. Surely there is no better role model for young musicians trying to make it today. So they went to the backstage and the bouncers said what do you want? She often covered breaking news and led national news coverage for CBS News during an hours-long police standoff where six officers were shot. Your passion is what keeps you alive, its what keeps you going, so you can never give up and think, Oh, Im past my prime. Says who?! Every gig is like a dance party. I love the fact that kids 5 years old are singing We Are Family. That means someone passed down to them the songs just as my parents did to me. Nile will be supporting on guitar. Kimberly Jean Davis ( ne Bailey; born September 17, 1965) is a former county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, who gained international attention in August 2015 when she defied a U.S. federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. That was awesome. Kimberly Davis is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and news personality currently working as a morning anchor at KHOU-TV, Channel 11, which is a CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas, United States. Dont get discouraged that she sings better than me, she dances better than me. NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGE PEOPLE COMPOSITION . Soon she will debut a Soulful House song, With You, written exclusively for her. Tel: We use cookies and similar technologies to personalize contents and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. She is an actress, known for One Night Only: GFW Amped Anthology (2017), WWE Smackdown! My Fire isnt your first solo song, one that springs to mind are With You I love the DJ Escape remix of this, plus I read somewhere that 60 Seconds portrays your true love romance which changed your life! K: Just travelling the continents with Nile is crazy. Davis' lyrics draw from real life experiences, and her music fuses R&B, soul, hip hop, and reggae. J: And in fact you started your own singing academy this year, why was that so important to you? Join Facebook to connect with Kimberly Davis and others you may know. She hopes to share her great fire on television, at Gay Pride parades and as many festivals as possible.Kimberly Davis is now lead singer for the famous disco band, CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers. After just a few weeks, it rocketed up to #9 with a bullet, where it remained for four weeks. Blasting SA, IDI CHE-247.845.224, Via Carlo Frasca, 3 - 6900 Lugano (Switzerland) Jessica Winter: I Want to Find Something Real, Why We Love: The Cleaners from Venus (aka Martin Newell), Adwaith Bato Mato: The Welsh Trio to Rule The World, Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited. I had a full-time job but my hours were from 12 pm 8 am. Its amazing to do what Im doing, still expressing the love of singing that Ive felt since early childhood.. K: Well the guys in the band would tell me all the time, You raised the bar for what were doing. Initially, Nile wanted to stop doing CHIC. [4] She has collaborated with artists such as Sizzla and Beenie Man, and she continues to tour.[5]. Kimberly: It was one of the craziest tours ever! Kimberly: Thats how I met Kevin Adams my husband. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Oh yes! The story is my Mum tried to hide me in the hospital visiting a friend and behind the curtain I started singing to the radio and got everyone kicked out! She joined KHOU as a morning anchor in June 2021. Jason Derulo on the Saturday night, hes got a lot of energy on stage. 9 talking about this. This site uses cookies to personalise your experience and analyse our traffic. KD: There is nothing like knowing that all your hard work is being recognized by having it hit the top of the charts. Hes excited about getting back out there, and its gotta be a good thing because now were coming back out and people have been waiting. To me, WE sounds like the bridge between The Suburbs and Reflektor, and Im all for it. [1] She is sometimes credited as "Kimberly Davies". So the school that inspired the movie, Fame, nurtured Kimberlys unmistakable talent as well. Hell yes! Ill watch 13 hours of Columbo and be happy! With You - D1 Music Electro Dubstep Radio Version, Interview with Shara Strand Billboard Artist. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. And again, be humble, thats how you keep getting your blessings. She sang in her own band before co-founding The Band Perry with her brothers in 2005. First of all he is so cool, you dont need to walk around him on pins and needles, hes totally cool he jokes around, and I love that fact theres no airs, hes like so what we doing, where we eating, what we wearing and he calls the chicks in the band biddies, he says what are the biddies wearing tonight!. Another little Brucie bonus was meeting Brett Dearden from Creative Head Space, he had brought along some custom made accessories for the shoot which included these fabulous shinny silver disco ball style head pieces. As Kim joined the Zoom call from sunny New York, I was instantly greeted by a smile and energy as infectious as CHICS Good Times groove, behind her, an incredible array of shoes covering her apartment walls. Kimberly: Ya Tony says I want you to learn a song and Im like ya ok and Ill let it sit then get in my car and play it on the way to the studio because I dont require a whole lot of time to learn any song and then well record it one time and its done, so everyone loves that about me! I still practice things that I've learned in high school. After just a few weeks, it had skyrocketed up to #9 where it remained for four weeks more. Embeddable images. This is an offshoot of the worlds most successful self-improvement book series --The CHANGE books -- from Jim Lutes and Jim Britt with selected co-authors from around the world. Heres your chance to enjoy excerpts of an interview with recording star, Kimberly Davis, by Deb Crowe. As of now, Kimberly works as a morning anchor at KHOU since June 2021. Therefore, she earns a decent salary as a morning anchor at KHOU since June 2021. Her single, With You, landed her the #4 spot on the Billboard Dance Club Charts. Its not every day you get a phone call saying: Hey Ems do you want to come hang out with Chics Kimberly Davis for the afternoon in Liverpool before her gig with Chic and Nile Rodgers then come watch the gig in the evening. Blasting News is working with the European Union in the fight against fake news. Having been the frontman of a successful band for multiple years, Chilton could have done whatever he wanted. I was also meeting up with my good friends Jacky Carroll who is on tour with Chic and photographer Elspeth Moore, who was shooting a fashion spread with Kimberly that day too for designer brand Kevan Jon. 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