BIOGRAPHY OF JULIUS J. DAVIS, JR., aka
JUICE THA BLACK BEETHOVEN


Born in the birthplace of Jazz (New Orleans, Louisiana) and raised in the Rock and Roll capital of the world (Cleveland, Ohio), JULIUS J. DAVIS, JR. (a.k.a. “JUICE”) is a third generation musician, choir director, pianist, and music teacher.
An incredibly unique childhood blessed Julius with two Godly, church-oriented parents (Inez Lawrence Davis and Julius Joseph Davis, Sr.), and, both Inez and Julius Sr. were professional musicians, as well as music teachers/educators. When the Davis family moved from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cleveland, Ohio in 1963, young “JUICE” was immediately enrolled in the Cleveland Music School Settlement, a renowned community music education institution. It was there, at this institution where he formally and officially began his music education in Classical Piano and Music Theory. His teachers immediately recognized his prodigious talent for the piano, and he studied there for the next ten years. Upon his graduation from Shaw High School in 1974, he attended Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) on a full music scholarship, until his graduation from that institution in 1978, where he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree with a dual concentration/major in Music Education and Piano Performance.
In 1979, Julius began to compose his own pop, R&B, and dance songs, and after several years of submitting these songs to various record companies and music publishers, his song, “STRIVE,” was recorded by the internationally known R&B/Disco artist, GLORIA GAYNOR. The song appeared on Ms. Gaynor’s album, “I AM GLORIA GAYNOR,” as well as hitting the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart (#86) in the Summer of 1984. In 2009, Mr. Davis’ original African-American spiritual, “DONE SET MY MIND ON JESUS,” was performed in concert by the Tuskegee University Golden Voices Concert Choir. One of Juice’s original Country songs,“BONAFIDE COUNTRY GAL,” was released in May, 2021 as a part of a new virtual music platform based out of London, England called Concerto XL.
Look out for Juice’s upcoming Halloween EP (Extended Play Album) on WOA Records and Music (based in London, England). This rockin’ EP is called, “JUICE’S KIDZ HALLOWEEN DANCE SMASH BASH” and will feature five (5) original Halloween songs, “DANCIN’ WITH DRACULA,” “THE TRANSYLVANIA TWIST,” “WOLF MAN ROCK (WOLF MAN ROCKIN’),” “FRANKENSTEIN FROMP,” AND ZEENA (I’M A ZOMBIE GIRL), all written, recorded, and performed by Julius “JUICE” Davis, JR., aka JUICETHA BLACKBEETHOVEN…
Aside from creating, recording, and performing songs and music of all genres, “JUICE” has another great passion, which is teaching and sharing his love for music with children, youth, and adults. Currently, he is the retired Music Teacher/Choral Music Director at St. Andrew Catholic School (Cape Coral, Florida), as well as an Adjunct Professor of Music at Florida Southwestern State College in Fort Myers, Florida.
“JUICE” consistently composes, records, and performs songs in these genres: Pop, Country, Traditional/Contemporary Gospel and Christian Music, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop, Children’s, Comedy/Novelty, Vintage Dance Pop, EDM, as well as music for movies and television. His ultimate goals are to be a consistently great hit songwriter of multiple genres of music, to write a hit Broadway musical, and to write music for movies and television. Look for more “JUICE” music under his Artist Name, JUICE THA BLACK BEETHOVEN, as well as on his website, JuiceThaBlackBeethoven.com.
Juice Tha Black Beethoven’s most recent release is his Dance/Pop song, “POUNCE,” which was released on WOA International Records (London, England, UK) on August 27, 2025, and has hit the Amazon UK, Amazon US, and Apple Music Charts.
Ultimately, “JUICE’S” personal goal with his music is to make a “CONNECTION” with ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO HEARS AND LISTENS TO HIS MUSIC….PERIOD!!!