The music world loses a singer-songwriter whose career spanned five decades.
Mac Davis 1981
Mac Davis wrote and sang his own hits breaking through to no.1 on the American Pop Charts with this song in 1972.
Baby baby don’t get hooked on me...
But the beloved singer-songwriter is better known for writing hits for performers including Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Tom Jones and Elvis.
On a cold and gray Chicago morn a poor little baby child is born in the ghetto …
The multi-talented Davis from Lubbock, Texas became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, had his own variety TV show and acted in films and performed on Broadway. He died yesterday at 78 following heart surgery. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.
New generations may also know Davis’ work because he co-wrote “Young Girls” for Bruno Mars.
On another sad note Helen Reddy – who also died yesterday at 78 – recorded one of Davis’ songs – “I Believe in Music.” It was the B-side of her 1971 breakthrough hit, “I Don’t Know How To Love Him.”