The Rise and Disappearance of Paul Davis – The Man Behind “I Go Crazy”

Today we’re sharing the cold hard facts on the velvet-voiced soft rocker Paul Davis, a guy who looked like your next-door neighbor and ordinary average guy... but who was extraordinary for a time when his classic 1978 hit I Go Crazy spent a record 40 weeks in the charts… In fact, he had 8 hits. But after his biggest-selling record in the early 80s, he wanted nothing to do with recording. It was so bad he ended his contract with his label and never recorded another album. He went MIA from the charts, preferring to write songs for other artists. But just as he was getting going he was shot in the stomach by a robber outside a Nashville hotel. He survived the ordeal, but would his music career survive? At this point, he seriously thought about packing it all in. These stories and more are coming up as we cover this hidden gem artist from the 70s and 80s on the Professor of Rock.

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