From 1974 to 1976, Davis had his own television variety show on NBC, The Mac Davis Show. ? Read a book where a character has either good looks or is popular or both. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #). ? Read a book where a character gets kissed. The song became his first Country music top 10 and a rare top 30 hit in the UK.
His first success for the company in 1980 was the novelty song "It's Hard to Be Humble", a light-hearted look at how popularity and good looks could go to one's head. At the end of the 1970s, he moved to Casablanca Records, which was best known at the time for its successes with disco star Donna Summer and rock'n'roll band Kiss. 11), "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" (pop no. He had other successes including the songs "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a number one Adult Contemporary success in 1974) (pop no.
In 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award. ? Read a book where a character is "naughty. ? Read a book where a character is overtly sexual. Other hit songs by Davis, such as "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Spread Your Love on Me", contained similar lyrics. In the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me", he pleads with a woman not to become too enamored with him, because he does not want to commit to a full-time relationship. Some of Davis's lyrics invoked overtly sexual relationships. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1972. He topped the Country and Pop charts with the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me". His big success came two years after signing with Columbia. Davis left Boots Enterprises in 1970 to sign with Columbia Records, taking all of his songs with him. ? Read a book that a character spends time in a backyard.ĥ. ? Read a book that an author's first or last name can be found in the names above. Thomas, Louis Jordan, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, and Davis himself) before it finally became a success in 1972 for the group Gallery. "I Believe in Music", often considered to be Davis's signature song, was recorded by several artists (including Marian Love, B.J. Smith, and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Other artists who recorded his material included Vikki Carr, O.C. 1 Adult Contemporary success for Goldsboro in 1971. Bobby Goldsboro also recorded some of Davis's songs, including "Watching Scotty Grow", which became a No. The song became a success for Presley and he continued to record more of Davis's material, such as "Memories", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "Clean Up Your Own Backyard". One of the songs he wrote in 1968, called "A Little Less Conversation", was recorded by Elvis Presley (and would become a posthumous success for Presley years later). ? Read a book where the MC has either a wife or a lover.Ĥ.
? Read a book where a character wears boots. ? Read a book where a character is either a writer or a singer. Boots Enterprises also acted as Davis's publishing company, publishing songs such as "In the Ghetto", "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife", "Home", "It's Such a Lonely Time of Year", and "Memories". During his time there, he played on many of Sinatra's recordings, and she worked him into her stage shows. Davis was with Boots for several years in the late 1960s. Davis became famous as a songwriter and got his start as an employee of Nancy Sinatra's company, Boots Enterprises, Inc. ? Read a book where a character is single.ģ. ? Read a book set in either Georgia or Texas. ? Read a book with a 1 or 6 in the page count. Davis also worked for the Vee Jay record company (home to such R&B stars as Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, and Dee Clark) as a regional manager, and later became a regional manager for Liberty Records. Once Davis was settled in Atlanta, he organized a rock and roll group called the Zots, and made two singles for OEK Records, managed and promoted by OEK owner Oscar Kilgo. ? Read a book where a character is religious.Ģ.Davis graduated at 16 from Lubbock High School and, looking to escape his hometown, moved to Atlanta where his mother lived. ? Read a book where a character is divorced ? Read a book with a character who is called Scott, Mac, or Linda. Davis described his father, who was divorced from Davis' mother, as "very religious, very strict, and very stubborn. He spent his childhood years with his sister Linda, living and working at the former College Courts, an efficiency apartment complex owned by his father. Scott Mac Davis was born Januin Lubbock Texas, the son of Edith Irene (Lankford) and T.
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