Madeleine Davis Biography
Madeleine Davis was born and grew up in Colombus, Georgia. Her career began by performing in children’s theatre at the famous Springer Opera House, Sophisticated Ladies, and other Springer Productions.
Gypsy, The Harvey Milk Show, Babes in Arms, The Sound of Music are just a fraction of the Film, Television, and Theatre Presentations she starred in.
Madeleine is a trained classical singer and became a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus where the late Robert Shaw was director.
As she became more successful, she also became more popular and in the late 1970’s was given the opportunity to move to Munich in Germany. It did not take long before she became an extremely sought-after background vocalist in Europe working with successful producers such as Frank Farian, Ralph Siegel, Giorgio Moroder, and many the like.
Madeleine’s tours began with Peggy March, Penny McLean, Engelbert, Precious Wilson, James Harvest, just to name a few, where she was part of the background vocals.
Along with Patricia Shockley, Kathy Bartney and Rhonda Heath, Madeleine Davis formed the group “La Mama”. Their best-known singles were “Elephant Funk”, In and out”, “Voulet-Vous”, “Give it up”, once again, just to name a few.
Madeleine was contacted by Boney M members, Maizie Williams, Marcia Barrett, and Bobby Farrell in 1989, inviting her to take the place of singer Liz Mitchell who was the lead vocalist of Boney M at the time.
More than 30 years later she is still a bundle of energy, touring the world, and when she is not on tour she offers piano and singing lessons.
Did you know that Madeleine Davis is also a wonderful Blues and Jazz singer/entertainer?