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George Davis Born September 28th 1931 in New York City, and was the song writer of the hit records The Boy From New York City, and I Want To Love Him So Bad. The Boy From New York City, was covered 4 times. Originally by The AD Lib's in 1964, where it went gold, covered again by The Darts of the United Kingdom in 1978 where it went gold again, covered by The Manhattan Transfer in 1981 where it went Platinum, and Covered by Michelle Cerber on CD in 2012 (released on the album titled Songs of the Century). Davis was a Voice Trainer as well. He trained voices of artists such as the following, Billy Brown of Ray Goodman and Brown, The original Leader of The Manhattans (Smitty), The Pop group The Jelly Beans from the 60's, and The Ad Lib's.His greatest achievement was receiving a Double Citation Certificate for The Boy From New York City twice for being Broadcasted one million times by BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated). He passed away in July of 1991 leaving his royalties to his children Eric Davis, Terri Davis, George Victor Davis, Jan Fredrick Davis, Calvin Davis, and Christopher Davis (who was married to the late Willie Pearl Davis). The song appeared in several movie soundtracks such as One Fine Day starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer, My Blue Heaven starring Steve Martin. Also the commercials, Trump Plaza (Owned by Donald Trump), and the Commercial Trailer for the Movie, My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci.