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Davis, Louis (Chip)

(*1947)
Author: HOWARD FERSTLER

Davis, Louis (Chip) (1947–) One of the most successful and innovative entrepreneurs in the music business today, it could be said that Davis was the creator of the New Age musical genre. Raised in Sylvania, Ohio, and the son of a father who was a high-school music teacher, Davis was a musical prodigy who composed a four-part chorale when he was six, and began singing in his father’s choir at age 10. In addition to being primarily responsible for the New Age phenomenon, he has had a profound…

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