Mac Davis Biography

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Country music was the first love of Mac Scott Davis (b. 1942) but after seeing Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly on the same show in the mid-‘50s, he became part of an entire generation of teens getting hooked on rock and roll. Although he may have "majored in beer and rock ‘n’ roll", as he once said, most of his song hits turned out to be in the pop-country mode. As a songwriter, Davis has few to compare with when it comes to output. Although he was critically panned by some, including Rolling Stone Magazine, which said he did more "to set back popular music in the ‘70s than anyone else." He also angered many feminists at the time, the publicity ironically helping his "Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me" reach the top of the pop charts. Davis, who left his Texas home for Atlanta, married at age 20 and sired a son, Scotty, who became the subject of several songs, including "Daddy’s Little Man," recorded by O.C. Smith, the Bobby Goldsboro hit, "Watching Scotty Grow," and the Presley hit, "Don’t Cry Daddy," about Scotty telling him not to be upset by television coverage of the Vietnam War. Other Presley recordings of Davis songs included "Nothingsville" and "Memories," both for the 1968 Elvis television special and also his "In the Ghetto." Davis worked early for VeeJay and Liberty Records in the office but also managed to record several songs that went nowhere, including a remake of the Drifters’ "Honey Love." Some of those tunes ended up in a 1984 collection, 20 GOLDEN SONGS. He also wrote a parody of Bob Dylan called "I Protest" and "The Phantom Strikes Again," this one for Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs and rock-oriented. Two other big hits were "Something’s Burning" for Kenny Rogers and the First Edition and the oft-recorded hit "I Believe In Music." He wrote songs for Glen Campbell’s film "Norwood" and other movies. His own later recordings have included "One Hell of a Woman," "Stop and Smell the Roses," "Forever Lovers," and "Rock ‘n’ Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)", hit records that caused Rolling Stone to make its caustic remark. He has also played Las Vegas showrooms but managed to have a monster country hit in 1985 with "I Never Made Love (‘til I Made Love To You)."

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