It his commercial peak in the mid-'70s, Mac Davis was one of America's most popular entertainers, a countrypolitan-styled singer and actor who found considerable success in both fields. Born Scott Davis on January 21, 1942, in Buddy Holly's hometown of Lubbock, TX, he began performing in local rock groups while still in his teens. After moving to Georgia, Davis first broke into the music business in 1962, when he was hired by the Chicago-based record label Vee-Jay as their Atlanta-based regional manager. After joining the Liberty label three years later, in 1967 he moved to Los Angeles to head the company's publishing arm, Metric Music; in addition to running Metric's day-to-day operations, he also began composing his own songs, with Glen Campbell, Bobby Goldsboro, Lou Rawls, and Kenny Rogers & the First Edition among the artists recording his work.
In 1968, Elvis Presley recorded Davis' "A Little Less Conversation," and soon after the King was requesting more of his work. After notching a Top 40 hit with Davis' "Memories," Presley reached the Top Five in 1969 with the songwriter's "In the Ghetto," a single from the landmark From Elvis in Memphis LP. Davis also arranged the music for Presley's first television special before signing his own recording contract in 1970. In that year, he released his first chart single, "Whoever Finds This, I Love You," from his debut album, Song Painter. In 1972, Davis scored a number one pop hit with "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me," which also reached the country Top 20. His crossover success continued throughout the decade, with singles like 1974's "Stop and Smell the Roses," 1975's "Burnin' Thing," and the following year's "Forever Lovers" scoring with listeners in both camps. Between 1974 and 1976, Davis hosted a musical variety show for NBC television, followed by a string of specials; in 1979, he also starred in the film North Dallas Forty with Nick Nolte. Davis' success continued in the early '80s; "It's Hard to Be Humble," the title track of his 1980 album, was the first of four consecutive Top Ten country hits that culminated with his biggest country single, "Hooked on Music," the next year. In 1980, he also starred in a TV movie, Cheaper to Keep Her. However, a co-starring role opposite Jackie Gleason and Karl Malden in 1983's disastrous The Sting II effectively ended Davis' career in Hollywood, and by 1985, he had recorded his last Top Ten hit, "I Never Made Love (Till I Made Love With You)." In 1990, Davis made a comeback as a songwriter, co-authoring Dolly Parton's hit "White Limozeen"; that same year, he also took over the title role in the Broadway hit The Will Rogers Follies. Will Write Songs for Food, his first LP in nearly a decade, appeared in 1994.
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1970s
01 - Whoever Finds This, I Love You 02 - I'll Paint You a Song 03 - I Believe in Music 04 - Beginning to Feel the Pain 05 - Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me 06 - Everybody Loves a Love Song 07 - Dream Me Home 08 - Your Side of the Bed 09 - Kiss and Make It Bette 10 - One Hell of a Woman 11 - Stop and Smell the Roses 12 - Rock'N Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life) 13 - (If You Add) All the Love in the World 14 - Burnin' Thing 15 - I Still Love You (You Still Love Me) 16 - Forever Lovers 17 - Every Now and Then 18 - Picking Up the Pieces of My Life 19 - Music in My Life
1980s
20 - It's Hard to Be Humble 21 - Let's Keep It That Way 22 - Texas in My Rearview Mirror 23 - Hooked on Music 24 - Secrets 25 - You're My Bestest Friend 26 - Rodeo Clown 27 - The Beer Drinkin' Song 28 - Lying Here Lying 29 - Most of All 30 - Caroline's Still in Georgia 31 - I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You) 32 - I Feel the Country Callin' Me 33 - Sexy Young Girl 34 - Somewhere in America
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