Stephen Allen Davis wrote what would become his first hit song when he was 17 years old. Percy Sledge recorded Stephen Allen's song “Take Time to Know Her” and it soon soared up the charts. Since then Stephen Allen has had over 400 songs recorded by various artists (including Joe Cocker, Meat Loaf, Tammy Wynette, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Jo Dee Messina, Charlie Rich, and more), received 18 BMI awards, been nominated twice for Grammys and has three Million Air Performance Award songs to his name. Stephen Allen's ORIGINAL DEMO OF " TAKE THE TIME TO KNOW HER" is included in this episode.

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