Mac Davis

Born: January 21, 1942 - Died: September 29, 2020

R.I.P.

Born Scott Davis on January 21, 1942, in Buddy Holly's hometown of Lubbock, TX, he began performing in local rock groups while still in his teens. 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. After joining the Liberty label three years later, in 1967 he moved to Los Angeles 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.
Mac Davis, who wrote some of Elvis Presley’s best-loved classics of the late 1960s such as “In The Ghetto” and “A Little Less Conversation” and had his own highly successful career as an artist. His songs were also covered by Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Lou Rawls, Ray Price, Rascal Flatts and countless others.