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Walter Davis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Walter Paul Davis, Greyhound, Sweet D, Walt Davis, The Man with the Velvet Touch, The Candyman, Walter Pearl Davis
American basketball player (1954–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 46
Top works
- People Coloring Book 2
- Alphabet Writing Workbook
- People Coloring Book
- Animals Coloring Book 4
- Boats Coloring Book
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1926-05-26
- Active to
- 1991-09-28
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,881
- Total plays
- 29,264
Tags
Walter Davis (March 1, 1912 – October 22, 1963) was an African American blues singer and pianist. Davis had a rich singing voice that was as expressive as the best of the Delta blues vocalists. His best-known recording, a version of the train blues standard "Sunnyland Blues", which he released in 1931, is more notable for the warmth and poignancy of his singing than for his piano playing. Two more of his best known songs were "Ashes In My Whiskey" and "Blue Blues". <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pineville
- Place of death
- Charlotte
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 88
- Image
- Walter Davis - Phoenix Suns.jpg
- Height
- 198
Show 11 more facts
- nickname
- The Man with the Velvet Touch
- relative
- Hubert Davis
- drafted by
- Phoenix Suns
- date of birth
- 1954-09-09
- end of work period
- 1992-00-00
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- Commons category
- Walter Davis (basketball)
- date of death
- 2023-11-02
- name in native language
- Walter Davis
- birth name
- Walter Pearl Davis
- sport number
- 6
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