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| Davis recorded his own hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me |
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| During the early 1980s, he enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, catering to a primarily country audience with such songs as "It's Hard to be Humble" and "Texas in My Rearview Mirror" (both 1980); "Hooked on Music" and "Let's Keep It That Way" (1981); "You're My Bestest Friend" (1982); and "I Never Made Love 'Til I Made It With You" (1985). | During the early 1980s, he enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, catering to a primarily country audience with such songs as "It's Hard to be Humble" and "Texas in My Rearview Mirror" (both 1980); "Hooked on Music" and "Let's Keep It That Way" (1981); "You're My Bestest Friend" (1982); and "I Never Made Love 'Til I Made It With You" (1985). | ||
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Scott "Mac" Davis (born January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Music career
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. A remixed version of the song was released in 2002. Davis also wrote "Something's Burning" for Kenny Rogers which was a major hit in 1970, with sales exceeding 10 million copies. Davis also wrote the song "Watching Scotty Grow" which was a hit for Bobby Goldsboro.
Davis recorded his own hits "I Believe In Music" (a moderate hit in 1972 for the pop group Gallery) and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" (a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1972). He was named the 1974 Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.
During the early 1980s, he enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, catering to a primarily country audience with such songs as "It's Hard to be Humble" and "Texas in My Rearview Mirror" (both 1980); "Hooked on Music" and "Let's Keep It That Way" (1981); "You're My Bestest Friend" (1982); and "I Never Made Love 'Til I Made It With You" (1985).
Television, theater, feature films
From 1974 to 1976, Davis had his own television variety show on NBC, The Mac Davis Show. He made his feature film debut opposite Nick Nolte in the football film, North Dallas Forty (1979) and as a result, was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" by Screen World magazine.
Mac Davis played Will Rogers in the Broadway production of The Will Rogers Follies. Mac Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000. For his contribution to the recording industry, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd. Mac Davis was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 15, 2006, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
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