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Mac Davis (born January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter and actor.
During his early years in music, he lived in Atlanta, Georgia where he played in a rock & roll band. As a songwriter, in the early 1970s, he wrote the hits In the Ghetto, Memories and Don't Cry Daddy for Elvis Presley. He also penned A Little Less Conversation for Presley's 1968 film, Live a Little, Love a Little that was re-released in 2002 in a remixed version. Davis also wrote the song "Watching Scotty Grow" that became a hit for Bobby Goldsboro.
Davis recorded his own hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me." From 1974 to 1976 he had his own television variety show on NBC, The Mac Davis Show. He was named the 1974 "Entertainer of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music.
He made his motion picture debut opposite Nick Nolte in the 1979 football film, North Dallas Forty and as a result, was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" by Screen World Magazine.
Mac Davis played the title role in the Broadway production of The Will Rogers Follies.
Davis has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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