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Sep 30, 2020 · Billboard staff picks Mac Davis' finest songs as a singer and a songwriter, from his own hits to his co-writes for Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers and more. See the list, the playlist and the stories behind the songs.
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- "A Little Less Conversation"
- "Lucus Was A Redneck"
- "Watching Scotty Grow"
- "You're My Bestest Friend"
- "I Believe in Music"
- "Texas in My Rear View Mirror"
- "Stop and Smell The Roses"
- "It's Hard to Be Humble"
- "In The Ghetto"
- "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"
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Davis had a hand in multiple Elvis Presley hits, including "In the Ghetto" and this Billy Strange co-write from the Presley film soundtrack Love a Little, Live a Little. A remix of Presley's version became an unlikely global hit in 2002.
There's a lot of great songs missing from this list, including the breezy '80s superhit "One Hell of a Woman" and less obvious Elvis gem "Don't Cry Daddy," but we can't skip past this country-funk deep cut. It represents the quirky surprises to be found among Davis' album tracks.
Steel guitar drives this sentimental tale about a proud papa. It's not to be confused with the Dead Milkmen's "Watching Scotty Die." In 1970, Bobby Goldsboro took "Watching Scotty Grow" to the top of the adult contemporary charts.
"Who wipes me off when I get gravy on my shirt" begins this sweet celebration of someone who's more than the narrator's lover.
Helen Reddy, a fellow '70s and '80s crossover success story, helped solidify Davis' love letter to popular songs as one of his finest and most fiscally successful compositions.
Davis' high school memories from Lubbock and the success he later found in Atlanta, Nashville and Los Angeles inform his finest moment as a country music storyteller.
Davis and The Tonight Showbandleader Doc Severinsen wrote one of the brightest rays of country sunshine of the '70s with this 1974 call to appreciate the simpler things in life.
The popularity of this global hit from the early '80s might've faded over time, but Davis' first impactful single for Casablanca Records remains hilarious. Plus, it's as representative of the dawning of a new decade as anything by another legend we lost in 2020, Kenny Rogers. Read More: Meet Glen Campbell's Musically Talented Kids
https://youtu.be/Ll8BBZCNoqk Davis pleads for the sort of empathy our society still needs with a song turned into an oldies radio standard by the King of Rock & Roll.
As the story goes, Columbia Records challenged Davis to write a song with a catchy hook for the follow-up to his first two albums, Song Painter and I Believe in Music. He delivered with the title track of his first platinum album and, if you ask us, his crowning achievement as a singer-songwriter. Hooks and the word "hooked" remained kind to Davis....
Discover the top songs by Mac Davis, a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member and a crossover pop star. From Elvis Presley hits to country classics, here are his best tunes.
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Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas , he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, [2] and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley , providing him with the hits " Memories ", " In the Ghetto ", " Don't Cry Daddy ", and " A Little Less ...
1. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me. 14M plays. 3:04. 2. Stop And Smell The Roses. 740K plays. 2:56. 3. One Hell Of A Woman. 557K plays. 2:51. 4. Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) 164K...
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