Mac Davis

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Real Name:
Morris Mac Davis
Profile:
US country and pop singer / songwriter and actor born January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas. Died September 29, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.

He was responsible for one of the biggest hits of Elvis Presley, "In The Ghetto", (although he wrote that under the pseudonym Scott Davis, using the given name of his son during a short timespan to avoid confusion with songwriter Mack David) and "A Little Less Conversation". He was a prolific writer of songs for Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Bobby Goldsboro, amongst others.

He graduated from Lubbock High School in Texas and attended Emory University and Georgia State College. During this period, he formed his own rock band and performed on the Atlanta night club circuit while cutting a few singles which included "Honey Love" (1963) under the Vee-Jay label with who be became a regional manager. Davis made a name for himself in the industry, initially as a writer of several songs recorded by Elvis Presley, among them "A Little Less Conversation" (1968, along with Billy Strange) "In the Ghetto" (1969) and "Memories" (1969, also with Billy Strange), prior to going on to a successful career as a solo artist. After signing a contract with the Columbia label, he earned a gold record with "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" (1972, which achieved a number one placing on the charts) and had further Top 20 hits with "One Hell of a Woman" (1974), "Stop and Smell the Roses" (1974) and "Rock N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" (1974). He hosted his own television series "The Mac Davis Show" (1974 to 1976) and appeared in several films among them "North Dallas Forty" (1979), as well as other TV programs. He was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 1998 for his work as a recording artist and in 2006, he was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. He died from heart related issues.

Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
Sites:
Wikipedia, songhall.org, repertoire.bmi.com, repertoire.bmi.com, nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com
Aliases:
Scott Davis (5)
In Groups:
Zots
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CS 9969 Song Painter — Mac Davis Mac Davis Song Painter (Album) Columbia CS 9969 Canada 1970 Sell This Version
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C 30926 I Believe In Music — Mac Davis Mac Davis I Believe In Music (Album) Columbia C 30926 US 1971 Sell This Version
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PCA 31770 Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me — Mac Davis Mac Davis Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me (Album) Columbia PCA 31770 US 1972 Sell This Version
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KC 32206 Mac Davis — Mac Davis Mac Davis Mac Davis (Album) Columbia KC 32206 Canada 1973 Sell This Version
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CA 32582 Stop And Smell The Roses — Mac Davis Mac Davis Stop And Smell The Roses (Album) Columbia CA 32582 Canada 1974 Sell This Version
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PC 33551 Burnin' Thing — Mac Davis Mac Davis Burnin' Thing (Album) Columbia PC 33551 US 1975 Sell This Version
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SPB-4024 Mac Davis Sings — Mac Davis Mac Davis Mac Davis Sings (Album) Trip SPB-4024 US 1975 Sell This Version
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SOPO 92 All The Love In The World — Mac Davis Mac Davis All The Love In The World (Album) Columbia SOPO 92 Japan 1975 Sell This Version
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PC 34105 Forever Lovers — Mac Davis Mac Davis Forever Lovers (Album) Columbia PC 34105 US 1976 Sell This Version
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PC 34313 Thunder In The Afternoon — Mac Davis Mac Davis Thunder In The Afternoon (Album) Columbia PC 34313 US 1977 Sell This Version
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PC 35284 Fantasy — Mac Davis Mac Davis Fantasy (Album) Columbia PC 35284 Canada 1978 Sell This Version
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NBLP 7239 Texas In My Rear View Mirror — Mac Davis Mac Davis Texas In My Rear View Mirror (Album) Casablanca NBLP 7239 US 1980 Sell This Version
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NBL 57207 It's Hard To Be Humble — Mac Davis Mac Davis It's Hard To Be Humble (Album) Casablanca NBL 57207 US 1980 Sell This Version
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AW 14187 Honey Love — Mac Davis Mac Davis Honey Love ‎(LP) Koala (3) AW 14187 US 1980 Sell This Version
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NBL8 7257 Midnight Crazy — Mac Davis Mac Davis Midnight Crazy (Album) Casablanca NBL8 7257 US 1981 Sell This Version
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PLP 49 Beginning — Mac Davis Mac Davis Beginning ‎(LP, Album) Plantation Records PLP 49 US 1981 Sell This Version
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NBLP 7274 Forty 82 — Mac Davis Mac Davis Forty 82 (Album) Casablanca NBLP 7274 US 1982 Sell This Version
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SN 7165 Little Touch Of Love — Mac Davis Mac Davis Little Touch Of Love ‎(LP, Album) Accord (2) SN 7165 US 1982 Sell This Version
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FC 38950 Who's Lovin' You — Mac Davis Mac Davis Who's Lovin' You (Album) Columbia FC 38950 Canada 1983 Sell This Version
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25S-201 Soft Talk — Mac Davis Mac Davis Soft Talk (Album) Casablanca 25S-201 Japan 1984 Sell This Version
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MCA-5590 Till I Made It With You — Mac Davis Mac Davis Till I Made It With You (Album) MCA Records MCA-5590 US 1985 Sell This Version
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MCA-5718 Somewhere In America — Mac Davis Mac Davis Somewhere In America (Album) MCA Records MCA-5718 US 1986 Sell This Version
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CK 64444 Will Write Songs For Food — Mac Davis Mac Davis Will Write Songs For Food (Album) Columbia CK 64444 US 1994 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
1227 I'm A Poor Loser — Mac Davis Mac Davis I'm A Poor Loser (Single) Jamie 1227 US 1962 Sell This Version
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OUR FIRST Pick Hit Of The Week / Too Much Twistin’ — Mac Davis Mac Davis Pick Hit Of The Week / Too Much Twistin’ ‎(7", Single) Nite-Time OUR FIRST US 1962 Sell This Version

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vobo63

vobo63

July 17, 2015
I think, there is something wrong with the description of this artist.
Real name is Morris Mac Davis. Scott Davis is one of his sons!
Please correct this. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis

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