Editing Mac Davis (section)

{{short description|American songwriter, singer and actor (1942–2020)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Mac Davis
| image            = Mac Davis.jpg
| caption          = Davis performing at the<br/>[[Alabama Music Hall of Fame]] Concert in 2010
| birth_name       = Morris Mac Davis
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1942|1|21}}
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2020|9|29|1942|1|21}}
| death_place      = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| birth_place      = [[Lubbock, Texas]], U.S.
| occupations      = Singer-songwriter, actor
| instrument       = Vocals, guitar
| genre            = [[Country music|Country]], pop
| years_active     = 1962–2020
| label            = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]], [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| module           = {{Infobox person
| embed = yes
| burial_place = City of Lubbock Cemetery, [[Lubbock, Texas]], U.S.
}}
}}

'''Morris Mac Davis'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=1495|title=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - Mac Davis|website=Nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor. A native of [[Lubbock, Texas]], he enjoyed success as a [[Crossover (music)|crossover]] artist<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book| title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music| editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|editor-first=Colin| editor-last=Larkin| publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]| date=May 27, 2011| edition=5th Concise| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=davis%2C+mac| isbn= 978-0857125958| pages=344–345}}</ref> and writing for [[Elvis Presley]] during his early career, providing him with the hits "[[Memories (Elvis Presley song)|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]]". Davis also starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, and various films and TV shows.<ref name="Newman">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9457389/mac-davis-dead |title=COUNTRY: Mac Davis, Iconic Artist & Elvis Songwriter, Dies at 78 |date=September 30, 2020 |first1=Melinda |last1=Newman |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Ososeje">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/30/entertainment/mac-davis-dead-intl-scli/index.html |title=Mac Davis, Elvis songwriter and country star, dead at 78 |first1=Toyin |last1=Owoseje |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Wood">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-09-30/mac-davis-elvis-songwriter-70s-solo-star-dies |title=Mac Davis, hit songwriter for Elvis Presley and '70s solo star, dies at 78 |first1=Mikael |last1=Wood |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Moore"/>