Mac Davis
Posted in Music, 1970s, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 6 October 2020
Nine years ago I featured Mac Davis, who died last week, at Reelin’ in the Years 22.
I suppose, though, that the song he wrote that most people will recognise would be In the Ghetto which was a hit for Elvis Presley who also recorded Davis’s A Little Less Conversation and Don’t Cry Daddy.
It wasn’t just Elvis who had success with Davis songs. Kenny Rogers and the First Edition had a hit with his song Something’s Burning (see Reelin’ in the Years 173) as well as Everything a Man Could Ever Need, a hit for Glen Campbell.
I see from his Wiki page Davis also wrote Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) which was a hit in the UK for Kevin Johnson and I had as Reelin’ in the Years 32.
Here is Davis himself singing In the Ghetto.
Scott Mac Davis: January 21/1/1942 – 29/9/2020. So it goes.
Tags: Don't Cry Daddy, Everything a Man Could Ever Need, Glen Campbell, In the Ghetto, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Kevin Johnson, Reelin' In The Years, Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life), A Little Less Conversation