RIP Mac Davis: The singer/songwriter penned timeless hits for Elvis Presley and himself
. 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 ." His success, and general affability and charisma, led to his own NBC variety series in 1974, the same year the Academy of Country Music named him entertainer of the year.
As Davis told Billboard's Chuck Dauphin in 2015,"Memories" helped set him on his path."That was the first real hit I had," he said."I wrote for Elvis' comeback special. They had asked for a song about looking back over the years, and oddly enough, I had to write it in one night. I stayed up all night at's house in Los Angeles. He had a little office set up in his garage. I wrote it right there.
Davis scored 30 its on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart as an artist, including six top 10s. He landed four albums in the top 10 on Top Country Albums charts. Additionally, the crossover artists landed 15 hits on the billboard Hot 100 and 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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