Rainy Davis

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Rainy Davis
Davis in 1989
Background information
Birth name	Denise Lorraine Davis
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	R&B pop hip hop
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Supertronics Columbia/CBS Rainysongs Entertainment
Website	rainysongs.com

Denise Lorraine "Rainy" Davis is an American singer and songwriter. Out of four Billboard charted singles, Rainy Davis is known best for her song "Sweetheart". The single was originally released on the New York–based independent label Supertronics Records. However, after the song became a hit in the clubs, then on urban radio and eventually crossing over to pop radio, Columbia Records A&R exec Joe McEwen offered Davis a production-artist deal for worldwide physical distribution, which included buying her previous contract from Supertronics. She went on to record two albums for Columbia and received numerous awards for her contributions to hit songs over the years.

In 2005, when digital music distribution was new to the majority of independent artists and label professionals, Davis, founder and president of Rainysongs, set up her online entertainment company with worldwide digital distribution. This was one of the first digital music distribution labels owned by an African-American woman. Davis was also one of the pioneers to structure the foundation for fair digital recording agreements in the U.S.^[1]