The C&I outfit would like to extend prayers and condolences to family, friends and fans of the multi-talented Mac Davis, who passed away late Tuesday in a Nashville hospital following heart surgery. He was also recipient of the BMI Icon Award.The Texas native charted several country and pop hits, and wrote other hit songs for such artists as Elvis Presley, Bobby Goldsboro and Kenny Rogers. “I knew at that moment that Mac Davis was going to be one of America’s greatest songwriters.”ĭavis was also an inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. “My first remembrance of Mac Davis was from a very early Nashville music festival,” Preston reminisced. Mac Davis’ Induction into Songwriters’ Hall of Fameĭavis’ success would culminate in 2006 when he became inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame.įormer BMI President & CEO Frances Preston introduced Davis at the ceremony. He played the role of balladeer for the 2000 telefilm The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood, replacing Don Williams.ĭavis was even awarded a star symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1998, Davis starred in the sports comedy Possums, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. He starred in the 1981 comedy film Cheaper To Keep Her, playing a divorced detective who worked for an attorney. In 1980, Davis hosted an episode of The Muppet Show. He performed “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me”, “It’s Hard To Be Humble”, and “I Believe in Music.” In 1970, he made his feature film debut alongside Nick Nolte in North Dallas Forty. Davis proved to be a “jack of all trades” when he was listed as one of 12 “Promising New Actors of 1979.” Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Mac Davis – In The Ghetto 1972 () Mac Davis’ Acting Careerĭuring the 1970s, Davis had a television variety show on NBC, The Mac Davis Show. One of the numerous songs he wrote Presley, called “A Little Less Conversation,” was recorded in 1968 and would become a posthumous success for Presley several years later.
Davis garnered the attention of Presley after he noticed him working with Sinatra and gaining steam in the pop music community. Thank you so much.” Mac Davis’ Work With ‘The King’Īrguably, Davis is most known for his collaboration with the king of rock-n-roll, Elvis Presley. “I know one thing: at ceremonies like these, there’s always a lot of people, when somebody gets an award like this, saying, ‘I wonder how come he got it,'” Davis continued. “I almost swallowed my chewing gum,” he joked as he took the podium to accept the award, adding, “I didn’t have nothin’ planned to say.” His work on songs such as “Stop and Smell the Roses,” “One Hell of a Woman,” “Rock ‘N’ Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)”, and “Burnin’ Thing” were all contributing factors to the win.ĭuring his acceptance speech, a humble Davis admitted he wasn’t sure why he had won. In 1974, the Academy of Country Music awarded Davis with the “Entertainer of the Year” award. () Davis Awarded ‘Entertainer of The Year’ Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Mac Davis (1942-2020) performs 70’s classic “Baby Dont Get Hooked On Me” - R.I.P.