Davis also arranged the music for Presley's first television special before signing his own recording contract in 1970. 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.
In 1968, Elvis Presley recorded Davis' "A Little Less Conversation," and soon the King was requesting more of his work. After joining the Liberty label three years later, he moved to Los Angeles in 1967 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. 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. 1972's Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me and 1974's Stop and Smell the Roses are among the best of Davis' albums from his hitmaking days in the '70s, and 2000's The Best of Mac Davis combines many of his smash singles along with his own performances of memorable tunes he wrote for other artists.īorn Scott Davis on January 21, 1942, in Buddy Holly's hometown of Lubbock, Texas, he began performing in local rock groups while still in his teens. First making his name in the music business as a label manager and a songwriter, he went on to become a star on the strength of his warm, smooth voice, engaging personality, and confident but self-effacing demeanor. At 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.
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