DER US-AMERIKANISCHE SINGER-SONGWRITER MAC DAVIS IST GESTORBEN

Der am 21. Januar 1942 in Lubbock (Texas) geborene US-amerikanische Singer-Songwriter Mac Davis (Bild) ist am 29. September 2020 in Nashville (Tennessee) gestorben. Er war vor allem im Country-Bereich tätig und feierte grosse Erfolge als Song-Lieferant für Elvis Presley («Memories», «In the Ghetto», «Don't Cry Daddy» und «A Little Less Conversation»). Für seine eigene Solokarriere schuf er Hits wie «Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me». Mac Davis trat auch in Varieté- und TV-Shows und Filmen sowie in einem Broadway-Musical auf.

Foto: User:Carol M. Highsmith, 2010 – Public domain – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mac_Davis.jpg

Mac Davis, Iconic Artist & Elvis Songwriter, Dies at 78

In addition to Presley, among the artists who recorded Davis‘ compositions were Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, Tom Jones and Johnny Cash. But the Grammy nominee saved some of his best work for himself, scoring hits with «Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me,» which he took to No. 1 in 1972, as well as «Stop and Smell the Roses» and «Rock N Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life).»

Melinda Newman

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9457389/mac-davis-dead

Davis earned his first of three Grammy nods for writing «In the Ghetto»; it was nominated in 1969 in a category then known as best contemporary song. In 1972 he was nominated for male pop vocal performance with «Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me»; in 1976 he competed for male country vocal performance with his «Forever Lovers» album.

Mikael Wood

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-09-30/mac-davis-elvis-songwriter-70s-solo-star-dies

Mac Davis Was ‘The Blake Shelton of the 1970s,‘ Says Fellow Songwriter Bobby Braddock

The writer of «He Stopped Loving Her Today» calls his friend Davis «one of the most down-to-earth superstars ever.»

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/mac-davis-appreciation-bobby-braddock-songwriter-1234788296/

Video:

Mac Davis (1942-2020) – «Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me» – The Midnight Special (1973)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2kewGOGd08

Mehr:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/327730

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mac-davis-mn0000185669

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205067/