Rob Davis (Guitarist and Songwriter)

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Rob Davis (born 1 October 1947 in Carshalton, Surrey, England) is a British guitarist and songwriter.

Davis was a guitar playing member of the 1970s glam rock band Mud, who achieved the biggest selling Number One record of 1974 in the United Kingdom, with their song "Tiger Feet".

After the band's eventual demise in 1977, Davis worked with several other groups, but his efforts met with little return.

But later, he achieved considerable commercial success as a songwriter, most notably with the songs "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" for Spiller in 2000; and "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" for Kylie Minogue in 2001. For the latter song, Davis along with co-writer Cathy Dennis, received an Ivor Novello Award for composing the most performed song of the year.

In the Grammy Awards of 2004, Davis shared a Grammy with co-writer Dennis, and performer Minogue, for another Minogue single "Come Into My World", in the category of Best Dance Recording.

Davis and Dennis also co-wrote Brooke Hogan's first hit "Everything to Me" in 2004.

These recognitions mark him out as one of the UK's present day, most successful, songwriters.

In December 2005 Davis appeared in the Channel 4 programme, Bring Back...The Christmas Number One.[1]

In January 2008 Davis appeared in the BBC Four documentary "Pop, what is it good for?"

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