Morris Mac Davis (born in Lubbock, TX, on 21 January 1942; died September 2… Read Full Bio ↴Morris Mac Davis (born in Lubbock, TX, on 21 January 1942; died September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor who has enjoyed much crossover success. His early work writing for Elvis Presley produced the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation". A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me", making him a well-known name in pop music. He also starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, and various films and TV shows.
Davis graduated at 16 from Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas. He spent his childhood years with his sister Linda, living and working at the former College Courts, an efficiency apartment complex owned by his father, T. J. Davis, located at the intersection of College Avenue and 5th Street. Davis describes his father, who was divorced from Davis's mother, as "very religious, very strict, and very stubborn." Though Davis was physically small, he had a penchant for getting into fistfights. "In those days, it was all about football, rodeo, and fistfights. Oh, man, I got beat up so much while I was growing up in Lubbock," Davis said in a March 2, 2008, interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper. "I was 5 feet, 9 inches, and weighed 125 pounds. I joined Golden Gloves, but didn't do good even in my (own) division." After he finished high school, Davis moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his mother lived, to get out of Lubbock.
Once he was settled in Atlanta, he organized a rock and roll group called the Zots, and made two singles for OEK Records, managed and promoted by OEK owner Oscar Kilgo. Davis also worked for the Vee Jay record company (home to such R&B stars as Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, and Dee Clark) as a regional manager, and later also served as a regional manager for Liberty Records.
Davis became famous as a songwriter and got his start as an employee of Nancy Sinatra's company, Boots Enterprises, Inc. Davis was with Boots for several years in the late 1960s. During his time there, he played on many of Sinatra's recordings, and she worked him into her stage shows. Boots Enterprises also acted as Davis's publishing company, publishing songs such as "In the Ghetto", "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife", "Home", "It's Such a Lonely Time of Year", and "Memories", which were recorded by Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, B. J. Thomas, and many others. Davis left Boots Enterprises in 1970 to sign with Columbia Records, taking all of his songs with him.
One of the songs he wrote in 1968, called "A Little Less Conversation", was recorded by Elvis Presley (and would become a posthumous success for Presley years later). Presley recorded "In the Ghetto" in sessions in Memphis. According to maverick record producer Jimmy Bowen, "Ghetto" was originally pitched to Sammy Davis, Jr. Mac, guitar in hand, played the song in a studio, with onlookers such as Rev. Jesse Jackson and other members of the black activist community. Mac Davis, the only white man in the room at the time, eventually told Bowen, "I don't know whether to thank ya, or to kill ya." Mac Davis eventually recorded the tune after Presley's version became a success, and was released in a Ronco In Concert compilation in 1975. It was later released on a campy Rhino Records Golden Throats compilation in 1991. The song became a success for Presley and he continued to record more of Davis's material, such as "Memories", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "Clean Up Your Own Backyard". Bobby Goldsboro also recorded some of Davis's songs, including "Watching Scotty Grow", which became a #1 Adult Contemporary success for Goldsboro in 1971. Other artists who recorded his material included Vikki Carr, O.C. Smith, and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. "I Believe in Music", often considered to be Davis's signature song, was recorded by several artists (including Marian Love, B.J. Thomas, Louis Jordan, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, and Davis himself) before it finally became a success in 1972 for the group Gallery.
Later, he also became known as a country singer. During the 1970s, many of his songs "crossed over", successfully scoring on both the country and popular music charts, including "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" (a number one Grammy-nominated success), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop no. 11), and "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a no. 9 pop hit). Also, during the 1970s, he was very active as an actor, appearing in several movies, as well as hosting a successful variety show.
Davis soon decided to pursue a career of his own in country music; he was signed to Columbia Records in 1970. After several years of enriching the repertoires of other artists, his big success came two years after signing with Columbia. He topped the Country and Pop charts with the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me". It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1972.
Some of Davis's lyrics invoked overtly sexual relationships. In the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me", he pleads with a woman not to become too enamored with him, because he does not want to commit to a full-time relationship. Other successful songs, such as "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Spread Your Love on Me", contained similar lyrics.
In 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award. Some of Davis's other successes include the songs "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a number one 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 Of My Life)" (pop no. 15), and "Burnin' Thing" (pop no. 53). At the end of the 1970s, he moved to Casablanca Records, which was best known at the time for its successes with disco star Donna Summer and rock'n'roll band Kiss. His first success for the company in 1980 was the novelty song "It's Hard To Be Humble", a light-hearted look at how popularity and good looks could go to one's head. The song became his first Country music top 10 and a rare top 30 hit in the UK. (It was translated into Dutch as "Het is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" and became a hit for the Dutch singer Peter Blanker in 1981). Later that year, he also had another top 10 song with "Let's Keep It That Way". In November, "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" was played by KHJ in Los Angeles as its last song before it switched from Top 40 to Country music. He achieved other successful songs, such as "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music", which became his biggest Country music success in 1981, going to no. 2. In 1985, he recorded his last top 10 country music success with the song "I Never Made Love (Till I Made Love With You)".
On January 19, 1985, Davis performed "God Bless the USA" at the 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, held the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
Davis graduated at 16 from Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas. He spent his childhood years with his sister Linda, living and working at the former College Courts, an efficiency apartment complex owned by his father, T. J. Davis, located at the intersection of College Avenue and 5th Street. Davis describes his father, who was divorced from Davis's mother, as "very religious, very strict, and very stubborn." Though Davis was physically small, he had a penchant for getting into fistfights. "In those days, it was all about football, rodeo, and fistfights. Oh, man, I got beat up so much while I was growing up in Lubbock," Davis said in a March 2, 2008, interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper. "I was 5 feet, 9 inches, and weighed 125 pounds. I joined Golden Gloves, but didn't do good even in my (own) division." After he finished high school, Davis moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his mother lived, to get out of Lubbock.
Once he was settled in Atlanta, he organized a rock and roll group called the Zots, and made two singles for OEK Records, managed and promoted by OEK owner Oscar Kilgo. Davis also worked for the Vee Jay record company (home to such R&B stars as Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, and Dee Clark) as a regional manager, and later also served as a regional manager for Liberty Records.
Davis became famous as a songwriter and got his start as an employee of Nancy Sinatra's company, Boots Enterprises, Inc. Davis was with Boots for several years in the late 1960s. During his time there, he played on many of Sinatra's recordings, and she worked him into her stage shows. Boots Enterprises also acted as Davis's publishing company, publishing songs such as "In the Ghetto", "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife", "Home", "It's Such a Lonely Time of Year", and "Memories", which were recorded by Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, B. J. Thomas, and many others. Davis left Boots Enterprises in 1970 to sign with Columbia Records, taking all of his songs with him.
One of the songs he wrote in 1968, called "A Little Less Conversation", was recorded by Elvis Presley (and would become a posthumous success for Presley years later). Presley recorded "In the Ghetto" in sessions in Memphis. According to maverick record producer Jimmy Bowen, "Ghetto" was originally pitched to Sammy Davis, Jr. Mac, guitar in hand, played the song in a studio, with onlookers such as Rev. Jesse Jackson and other members of the black activist community. Mac Davis, the only white man in the room at the time, eventually told Bowen, "I don't know whether to thank ya, or to kill ya." Mac Davis eventually recorded the tune after Presley's version became a success, and was released in a Ronco In Concert compilation in 1975. It was later released on a campy Rhino Records Golden Throats compilation in 1991. The song became a success for Presley and he continued to record more of Davis's material, such as "Memories", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "Clean Up Your Own Backyard". Bobby Goldsboro also recorded some of Davis's songs, including "Watching Scotty Grow", which became a #1 Adult Contemporary success for Goldsboro in 1971. Other artists who recorded his material included Vikki Carr, O.C. Smith, and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. "I Believe in Music", often considered to be Davis's signature song, was recorded by several artists (including Marian Love, B.J. Thomas, Louis Jordan, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, and Davis himself) before it finally became a success in 1972 for the group Gallery.
Later, he also became known as a country singer. During the 1970s, many of his songs "crossed over", successfully scoring on both the country and popular music charts, including "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" (a number one Grammy-nominated success), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop no. 11), and "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a no. 9 pop hit). Also, during the 1970s, he was very active as an actor, appearing in several movies, as well as hosting a successful variety show.
Davis soon decided to pursue a career of his own in country music; he was signed to Columbia Records in 1970. After several years of enriching the repertoires of other artists, his big success came two years after signing with Columbia. He topped the Country and Pop charts with the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me". It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1972.
Some of Davis's lyrics invoked overtly sexual relationships. In the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me", he pleads with a woman not to become too enamored with him, because he does not want to commit to a full-time relationship. Other successful songs, such as "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Spread Your Love on Me", contained similar lyrics.
In 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award. Some of Davis's other successes include the songs "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a number one 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 Of My Life)" (pop no. 15), and "Burnin' Thing" (pop no. 53). At the end of the 1970s, he moved to Casablanca Records, which was best known at the time for its successes with disco star Donna Summer and rock'n'roll band Kiss. His first success for the company in 1980 was the novelty song "It's Hard To Be Humble", a light-hearted look at how popularity and good looks could go to one's head. The song became his first Country music top 10 and a rare top 30 hit in the UK. (It was translated into Dutch as "Het is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" and became a hit for the Dutch singer Peter Blanker in 1981). Later that year, he also had another top 10 song with "Let's Keep It That Way". In November, "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" was played by KHJ in Los Angeles as its last song before it switched from Top 40 to Country music. He achieved other successful songs, such as "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music", which became his biggest Country music success in 1981, going to no. 2. In 1985, he recorded his last top 10 country music success with the song "I Never Made Love (Till I Made Love With You)".
On January 19, 1985, Davis performed "God Bless the USA" at the 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, held the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
Remember When
Mac Davis Lyrics
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A.J. SWEARINGEN Kapeesh and u know a J.A.Outlaw brilli sunshine and paradise…
Alan Jackson Remember when I was young and so were you And time…
ALICE LILY Thought I saw your shadow under the door Just a trick…
Avril Lavigne Remember when I cried to you a thousand times I told…
Avril Lavigne(에이브릴 라빈) Remember when I cried to you a thousand times I told…
Backroads Do you remember when, where we began? You took my hand…
Bad Wolves (Remember when) when it was 1992 Two little kids stealing re…
Bert Kaempfert I'm sitting with an empty glass and a broken heart, Thinking…
Better Luck Next Time On Monday, I tore the world apart On Wednesday, I came…
Brenda Lee Pizza pies and carousels, fountains, wishing wells Remember …
Carter Powers You knock on my door I invite you to stay Come…
Castledoor Remember when we left our homes, and moved to San…
Chris Kläfford A little smile As you walk by It's been a while Since we…
Chris Wallace I'm sitting with an empty glass and a broken heart Thinking…
Color Me Badd Nothing could be harder to believe When you told me that…
Connor Danstrom You talked too softly When we gathered on a front porch On…
Coral I remember when I saw the sea freeze But it said…
Countdown Nashville Remember when I was young and so were you And time…
Decimal 5 Show me your heart and show me your soul And I'll…
Deryck Whibley Remember when I cried to you a thousand times I told…
Dick & Dee Dee Love's a freedom A feeling A reason to change I'm leaving th…
EMASOUND Remember when We were young Watching all the lights in the c…
F.A.M.E. [Talking] Say L, hold these keys man What kind of wheels i…
Faye Webster I remember when you were talking 'Bout flying me out I remem…
Field Guide You don't love me, you just love my attention You…
Finn Liam Remember when we lay awake in bed And you asked if…
Gabriel Esquitini Remember when I cried to you a thousand times I told…
Gucci Mane Do you remember when (remember when) Do you Do you remember …
Gucci Mane feat. Ray J Do you remember when (remember when) Do you Do you remembe…
H.S.E. Remember when we used to see The lovely smiles of you…
HalfNoise I welcomed, the sorrow It came so vastly I turned to hide…
Hatebreed Remember when is a phrase for fools The here and now…
Heathers I remember when, when we sat outside, Digesting "nourritu…
Imagination Movers Looking back just me and you I said, "Boom Ollie, Ollie,…
J-CAST Kapeesh and u know a J.A.Outlaw brilli sunshine and paradise…
Jen Gloeckner Do you remember me When I used to be free When I'd…
Joakim Molitor I remember when I gave you keys to my car Didn’t…
Jordan Sitting here at closing time You pour the wine And we drink…
K-Hand Remember we were young, we didn't even have a plan Had…
Karnaboy Do you remember when We would sit up all night Talking to…
Laga Savea Remember when we used to walk on the beach everybody used…
Legitimate Business "Well take me back," I cried, "To red sunsets and…
Liam Finn Remember when we lay awake in bed And you asked if…
Lyga Sometimes I try to pretend I play it super cool…
Malu and Lily Thought I saw your shadow under the door Just a trick…
Matt Bukovski & A.R.D.I. Do remember when, I tried to leave You held my hands,…
Melodica Melody and Me Nothing could be harder to believe When you told me that…
Mind Driver If I knew back then what I know now Oh…
Missy Elliott I know I may act stubborn boy But that don't mean…
Nite Owl Ay you remember when when me and you you we…
Off The Record Silent screams echo through your life. Can anyone hear of…
OFFICE - The Black Keys It happened when I heard her name Same old thoughts crept…
Ofln - Bad Wolves (Remember when) When it was 1992 Two little kids stealing re…
On Three Do you remember when I would on your side And we flow We…
One Last Look Remember when we thought we were friends I knew back then…
Patricia Lewis Na na na na na na na na na na…
Rupert Holmes Remember when I was young and so were you and time…
Saga "How are you - have I made you wait?" I'm the…
Shades Apart Reaching through the pain the real world sent your way…
St. John I used to know everything you wanted I used to know…
The Black Keys It happened when I heard her name Same old thoughts crept…
The Heathers (Instrumental) I remember when, When we sat outside, Digest…
The Parlotones Remember when we were young playing superheroes in our under…
The platter - Paul Anka Remember when (dah-doot-doo-doo) I first met you (dah-doot-…
The Sound Lemon Remember back when we were young Oh we had so much…
The Strungs I stand alone ??? you offered me ??? your power…
There for Tomorrow Your initial reply hit me undercover When I lost my head…
Thonio Some of that ohh baby I like it raw Remember that Stop,…
Three I just stay up at night I'm just so lost in…
Tim Myers Remember when we used to laugh where the summer grass…
Tinashe Ooh, mighta fall in love again Fallin' so easy Why am I…
Under Spinning Lights Remember when we we're gonna drive to california A summer o…
Us and Our Daughters Remember when we were young Our hearts they would beat like…
Wallows Thought I saw your shadow under the door Just a trick…
Wasia Project Remember when we talked 'til dawn Saw the night fade into…
Wayne Newton Pizza pies, a carousel, The fountains and the wishing well,…
Weiss Allison I used to know everything you wanted I used to know…
Yehonathan I closed my eyes and you were gone There was nothing left…
You Won't Remember When it's a sorry state i find you in all…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Mac Davis:
A Little Less Conversation Baby, I wanna tell you something I'm gonna go I'm gonna go…
A Poor Man's Gold It's the feeling I get looking down at my brand…
Baby Don Girl you're gettin' that look in your eyes, and it's startin…
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me Girl you're gettin' that look in your eyes And it's startin'…
Baby Dont Get Hooked On Me Girl you're gettin' that look in your eyes, and it's starti…
Beginning To Feel The Pain I took the bad news standing up Shrugged and poured myself …
Burnin' Thing When I'm thinking bout you, baby There's a bittersweet pain…
Dream Me Home Well, it's two A.M. in Nashville, Midnight in L.A. You're as…
Everybody Loves A Love Song Na na na, na na na Na na na na na…
Forever Lovers Forever lovers, forever friends A lifetime's a short time …
Friend Lover Woman Wife She's a friend, she's a lover, she's a woman, she's…
Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife Well, she's a friend, she's a lover She's a woman, she's…
Half And Half You lie in gentle sleep beside me I hear your warm…
Hollywood Humpty Dumpty I could just sit around making music all day long As…
Hooked On Music Well it was Newyears eve I was fourteen at the…
Hot Texas Night On a hot Texas night We waited for the rains We trembled…
I I could just sit around making music all day long As…
I Believe In Music I could just sit around making music all day long As…
I Still Love You On a quiet street In the city A littleold man walked along S…
I'll Paint You A Song I look inside your eyes And find a little girl Whose dream…
In the Ghetto As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' A…
It's Hard To Be Humble "Back a few months ago, I was headlinin' a great…
Let's Keep It That Way There's no need to lie Without me half trying, I could…
Lucas Was A Redneck Lucas was a redneck through and through Drinkin' and fighti…
Lucus Was A Redneck Lucas was a redneck through and through Drinkin' and fightin…
Me Well, it's two A.M. in Nashville, Midnight in L.A. You're as…
Memories Memories Pressed between the pages of my mind Memories Sweet…
Oh Lord It's Hard To Be Humble "Back a few months ago, I was headlinin' a great…
One Hell Of A Woman She's a woman She's a baby She's a witch She's a lady She's …
Poem For My Little Lady She's young and soft and kind And she deserves a whole…
Poor Boy Boogie Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm Mm mm mm…
Poor Man's Gold It's the feeling I get looking down at my brand…
Something's Burning You lie in gentle sleep beside me I hear your warm…
Song for Sarah You lie in gentle sleep beside me I hear your warm…
Stop And Smell The Roses Hey Mister Where you going in such a hurry Don't you think…
Texas in My Rear View Mirror I was just fifteen and out of control lost to…
The Words Words, don′t come easy, to me, how can I find…
Two Plus Two Show nuff one plus one is two Is show nuff making…
Watchin There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad, he's…
Watching Scotty Grow There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad What…
Whoever Finds This I Love You On a quiet street In the city A littleold man walked along S…
Whoever Finds This, I Love You On a quiet street in the city A little old man…
You're My Best Friend Well who wipes me off when I get gravy on…
Your Side Of The Bed Lord, I miss you I just can't get it Through my weary…
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