The release of Gail Davies' album "The Songwriter Sessions" comes as no surprise to people who have been following her career through the years. Although best known for being the first female record producer in country music, Gail Davies is also a prolific songwriter and the author of such radio standards as Bucket To The South for Lynn Anderson, Hometown Gossip for The Whites and Tell Me Why for Jann Browne, as well as her own hit recordings of Grandma's Song, Boys Like You, Not A Day Goes By, Good Lovin' Man, and Someone is Looking For Someone Like You. As a singer, Gail's voice, described by renowned jazz critic Nat Hentoff as "brilliantly evocative, " has earned her 18 Top 40 Billboard singles, with 6 songs in the Top 10, and two standing ovations on The Grand Ole Opry.

Born Patricia Gail Dickerson in Broken Bow, Oklahoma on June 5, 1948 (the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson), Gail knew from an early age that she, too, wanted to be a singer. Her parents separated when she was five years old and Gail moved to Washington State with her mother and two brothers. Her last name was changed when her mother remarried and Gail and her siblings were adopted by their kind and loving stepfather Darby Davies. After graduating from South Kitsap High School, Gail moved to Los Angeles, California, where she met and married a jazz musician. She attempted a brief career in jazz but quit after they divorced and went to work at A&M Records as a session singer, backing such legendary artists as Hoyt Axton, Neil Young and Glen Campbell. She was even invited to sit in on a recording session (produced by Phil Spector) with ex-Beatle John Lennon.