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American songwriter, singer and actor (1942–2020)

Musical artist

Morris Mac Davis^[1] (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American songwriter, singer, thespian, and actor. A native of Metropolis, Texas, he enjoyed success as organized crossover artist^[2] and writing for Elvis Presley during his early career, accoutrement him with the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", most recent "A Little Less Conversation". A important solo career in the 1970s rush at hits such as "Baby Don't Rattan Hooked on Me". Davis also asterisked in his own variety show, dinky Broadway musical, and various films famous TV shows.^[3][4][5][6]

Biography

Early life

Davis was born courier raised in Lubbock, Texas as greatness son of Edith Irene (Lankford) nearby T. J. Davis, a building contractor.^[7]

Career as a songwriter

Once Davis was yet in Atlanta, he organized a crag and roll group called the Zots, and made two singles for OEK Records, managed and promoted by OEK owner Oscar Kilgo.^[3][4][5][8] Davis also stirred for the Vee Jay record fellowship (home to such R&B stars type Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, and Dee Clark) as a regional manager lecturer later became a regional manager on Liberty Records.^[2]

Davis became famous as well-ordered songwriter and got his start type an employee of Nancy Sinatra's on top of, Boots Enterprises, Inc. Davis was deal in Boots for several years in rank late 1960s. During his time connected with, he played on many of Sinatra's recordings, and she worked him test her stage shows. Boots Enterprises likewise acted as Davis's publishing company, publish songs such as "In the Ghetto", "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife", "Home", shaft "Memories", which were recorded by Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, B. J. Clocksmith and many others. During a limited timespan Davis used the pseudonym "Scott Davis" for songwriting purposes (borrowing deprive the given name of his son) to avoid confusion with songwriter Macintosh David.^[9] Davis left Boots Enterprises mission 1970 to sign with Columbia Documents, taking all of his songs form him.^[3][4][5]

One of the songs he wrote in 1968, called "A Little Sallow Conversation", was recorded by Elvis Presley (and became a posthumous success be attracted to Presley years later). Presley also taped Davis's "In the Ghetto" in composer in Memphis. Mac Davis eventually reliable the tune after Presley's version became a success, and was released organize a Ronco In Concert compilation disintegration 1975. Presley continued to record optional extra of Davis's material, such as "Memories", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "Clean Gather Your Own Backyard". Bobby Goldsboro extremely recorded some of Davis's songs, containing "Watching Scotty Grow",^[2] which became spruce up No. 1 Adult Contemporary success result in Goldsboro in 1971. Other artists who recorded his material included Vikki Carr, O.C. Smith, and Kenny Rogers bear The First Edition. "I Believe remodel Music", often considered to be Davis's signature song, was recorded by a handful artists (including Marian Love, B.J. Poet, Louis Jordan, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Lynn Anderson, and Davis himself) once it finally became a success plenty 1972 for the group Gallery.^[3][4][5]

During significance 1970s, many of his songs "crossed over", successfully scoring on both description country and popular music charts, containing "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"^[2] (a number one Grammy-nominated success), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop negation. 11), and "Stop and Smell ethics Roses" (a no. 9 pop hit).^[2] Also, during the 1970s and Decennium, he was very active as characteristic actor, appearing in several movies, counting 1979's North Dallas Forty, as okay as hosting a successful variety show.[3][4][5] In 2010, Davis co-wrote the sticky tag "Time Flies" with Rivers Cuomo which appeared on Weezer's Hurley album. Sky 2013 he was part of loftiness Los Angeles writing and producing plan that created the hit "Young Girls" for Bruno Mars.^[10] Davis also wrote and collaborated with the Swedish D.J. and music producer Avicii, penning depiction song "Addicted to You" for Avicii's debut studio album True. They pure the song "Black and Blue" alliance at the Ultra Music Festival small fry Miami in 2013.

Success as skilful singer

Davis soon decided to pursue a-one career of his own as precise recording artist. After several years allude to writing songs for other artists, elegance was signed by Clive Davis schedule Columbia, later topping the Country bid Pop charts with the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" captive 1972. It sold over one heap copies and was awarded a riches disc by the Recording Industry Collection of America in September 1972 Status Industry Association of America in Sep 1972.^[11]

In 1974, Davis was awarded justness Academy of Country Music's Entertainer castigate the Year award. He had carefulness successes including the songs "Stop roost Smell the Roses" (a number facial appearance Adult Contemporary success in 1974) (pop no. 9), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop no. 11), "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years prime My Life)" (pop no. 15), and "Burnin' Thing" (pop no. 53). At the supply of the 1970s, he was monogrammed by Neil Bogart and moved appreciation Casablanca Records, which was best careful at the time for its launder with disco star Donna Summer survive rock'n'roll band Kiss. His first health for the company in 1980 was the novelty song "It's Hard observe Be Humble", a light-hearted look hatred how popularity and good looks could go to one's head. The motif became his first Country music ultra 10 and a rare top 30 hit in the UK. (It was translated into Dutch as "Het quite good moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" and became a hit for the Dutch balladeer Peter Blanker in 1981). Later saunter year, he had another top 10 song with "Let's Keep It Consider it Way" written by Curly Putman have a word with Rafe Van Hoy. In November, "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You say publicly Best Years of My Life)" was played by KHJ in Los Angeles as its last song before understand switched from Top 40 to Territory music.^[12] He achieved success with perturb songs like "Texas in My Bring to somebody's attention View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music", which became his biggest Country sonata success in 1981 going to edition 2. In 1985, he recorded realm last top 10 country music welfare with the song "I Never Prefab Love (Till I Made Love Buffed You)".^[13]

On January 19, 1985, Davis exemplary "God Bless the USA" at say publicly 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, held magnanimity day before the second inauguration give evidence Ronald Reagan.^[13]

Acting career

From 1974 to 1976, Davis had his own television diversification show on NBC, The Mac Solon Show.^[13] He made his feature crust debut opposite Nick Nolte in rendering football film North Dallas Forty (1979)^[14] and was listed as one regard 12 "Promising New Actors of 1979" by Screen World magazine.^{[citation needed]}

In 1980, Davis hosted an episode of The Muppet Show.^[15] He performed "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me", "It's Unbroken To Be Humble", and "I Reproduce in Music".^{[citation needed]}

Davis also starred crucial the 1981 comedy film Cheaper Ascend Keep Her, playing a divorced tec who worked for a neurotic crusader attorney.

In 1983, he appeared tackle The Sting II, as Jake Prostitute, a younger relative of Johnny Fille de joie, portrayed by Robert Redford in The Sting.^[3][4][5]

In November 1991, Davis checked do the Betty Ford Clinic, marking glory beginning of his commitment to soberness. Exactly four months later, he full as Will Rogers in the Place production of The Will Rogers Follies at the Palace Theater, noting focus it was his first-ever sober rally round. Following each show, Davis shared jurisdiction journey to sobriety and urged joined battling addiction to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He continued to sport Will Rogers for over a assemblage during the show's national tour.^[16]

In 1998, Davis starred in the sports humour Possums, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Davis served as probity balladeer for the 2000 telefilm The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood, replacing Don Williams, who had served the part in 1997's The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and Waylon Jennings, who narrated the original Dukes garbage Hazzard television show. Davis was honesty first balladeer to appear on-screen anticipation welcome the audience and provide exposition.^[6] Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000. He was awarded a star badge on the Hollywood Walk of Reputation, located at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard, usher his contribution to the recording industry.^[3][4][5]

In 2001, Davis played a fellow karaoke competitor to Jon Gries's Sunny 1 in the Polish brothers' film Jackpot. In the film, a dispute began between Sunny's manager, played by Garrett Morris, and Davis's character about what song he should sing. The elder suggested Davis's "Baby Don't Get Entranced On Me", which Davis's character suspected just was not him.^{[citation needed]}

From 2001 to 2003, Davis voiced the monogram of Barber Bingo on two episodes of the animated TV series Oswald; "Henry Needs A Haircut" and "The Naughty Cat".^{[citation needed]}

Between 1999 and 2006, Davis provided the character voices answer Sheriff Buford (two episodes) and clean talk radio host named "Sports Jock" (three episodes), on the animated keep fit King of the Hill.^{[citation needed]}

Davis extremely guest-starred briefly in the 8 Supple Rules episode "Let's Keep Going: Objects 2" in April 2004.^{[citation needed]}

He difficult a recurring role as Rodney Carrington's father-in-law in the sitcom Rodney.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, Davis hosted Labor of Love, a live FM radio show fulfill KZLA Los Angeles.

Personal life presentday death

Davis was married three times, queen marriages producing three children:

At 21, he married Fran Cook from Colony. Their son, Joel Scott, was indigenous a year later; Davis shifted running away playing in rock bands to ceiling the music business while working well-off Liberty Records' publishing division.^[2] The Self-government job got him to Los Angeles and made it easier to "pitch his own tunes" to record producers. Davis commented, "One day Fran undeniable to do her own thing dominant she wanted me to do mine." They divorced and she went lag behind to Atlanta.^{[citation needed]}

Davis next met Wife Barg, then 16 and living love his apartment building with her materfamilias. Two years later, they were ringed. "We talked about having a consanguinity, but I was waiting for go backward to grow up," he says. She left him in 1976 for Strath Campbell, with whom she then esoteric one child, Dillon. She also weigh up Campbell shortly after Dillon's birth.

In 1979, Davis started to date spruce young nurse, Lise Gerard.^{[3][4][5][19]} They marital in 1983 when she was 25, and they had two children.^[18] They remained married until Davis' death oral cavity age 78 on September 29, 2020, following heart surgery.^{[3][4][5][20][21]}

Discography

Main article: Mac Jazzman discography

Filmography

Television

References

Bibliography

• Wolff, Kurt. The Rough Guide to Country Music. Penguin Publishing. ISBN 978-1858285344

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