Talk:Billy Davis (guitarist)

Recent edits
Recent edits by appear to contravene guidance at WP:Autobio. The issue has been raised at WP:BLPN. Further discussion welcome, here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:22, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

On the point that seems to be a particular issue, this link to the June 8, 1961 issue of Jet magazine states: "Bill Davis of the Drifters quartet is changing his legal name to Mubarak Abdul Samad. He has become an orthodox Moslem". This article on the Drifters, from a usually very reputable source, Marv Goldberg, refers to an interview with Abdul Samad, mentions Bill Davis, and includes a mention of "Bill Davis (Abdul Samad) was once again on guitar." The caption here mentions "Abdul Samad (Bill Davis)", as does this.... etc. However, this copyright entry mentions "Abdul Samad, pseud[onym] of William Howard Davis, Jr.". So.. are J.C. Davis, Bill(y) Davis, and William Howard Davis Jr. the same person, or - somewhere along the line - has there been a mix-up? If we can resolve this, we can hopefully resolve the editing problem to everyone's satisfaction. Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Text below copied from User talk:Ghmyrtle: Please note that I made changes because I am not Bill Davis aka Abdul Samad. My name is JC Davis, known as Billy (with a Y) Davis. There has been a mix up because of our names. If you look up Bill Davis, he does not look like me in any way, shape or manner! https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/group-the-drifters-rick-sheppard-bill-davis-aka-abdul-samad-news-photo/7428745

Next, whoever wrote this on me made mistakes on years, certain items so I am trying to fix them to make them correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcbilly (talk • contribs) 16:23, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Firstly, thanks to for responding to this, and clarifying.  Secondly, my apologies to him - and to anyone else who was confused - by what seems to have been my error.  The subject of this article, Billy Davis (guitarist), is clearly not the same person as the Bill Davis of the Drifters who also played guitar and took the name Abdul Samad.  I don't know why I got so muddled over this but it seems that I did get it wrong, and I apologise.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:10, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

"Abdul Samad (guitarist)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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