On July 29, 1986, the country hitmaker was leaving a hotel on Music Row with a female companion when an unidentified man approached them and demanded Davis' wallet. Davis was shot once in the abdomen during the attempted robbery and rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery.
The incident came at an especially significant point in Davis' career.
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame notes that he wrote relatively few songs each year, but an unusually high percentage became successful.
Davis had also written "Meet Me in Montana," which became a No. 1 country hit for Seals and Marie Osmond in 1985.
"You're Still New to Me," written by Davis and Paul Overstreet and recorded by Osmond, 66, with Davis, was released in July 1986. The romantic duet eventually reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart, giving Davis another major career milestone.
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame says Davis signed another recording contract after the incident, although he became frustrated with being pigeonholed as a country artist.
The shooting became part of a larger conversation about crime around Nashville's Music Row. A contemporary 1986 trade publication noted that Davis himself later expressed appreciation for coverage of crime in the area after recovering from the gunshot wounds.
Davis died in 2008 at age 60, a day after his birthday, after suffering a heart attack.
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