Mac Davis was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor.
30 Facts About Mac Davis
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Once Mac 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.
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Mac Davis worked for the Vee Jay record company as a regional manager and later became a regional manager for Liberty Records.
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Mac Davis became famous as a songwriter and got his start as an employee of Nancy Sinatra's company, Boots Enterprises, Inc Mac Davis was with Boots for several years in the late 1960s.
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Mac Davis left Boots Enterprises in 1970 to sign with Columbia Records, taking all of his songs with him.
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Mac Davis eventually recorded the tune after Presley's version became a success, and was released in a Ronco In Concert compilation in 1975.
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Bobby Goldsboro recorded some of Mac Davis's songs, including "Watching Scotty Grow", which became a No 1 Adult Contemporary success for Goldsboro in 1971.
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Mac Davis soon decided to pursue a career of his own as a recording artist.
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In 1974, Mac Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award.
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Mac Davis achieved success with other songs like "Texas in My Rear View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music", which became his biggest Country music success in 1981 going to number 2.
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On January 19,1985, Mac Davis performed "God Bless the USA" at the 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, held the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
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Mac Davis made his feature film debut opposite Nick Nolte in the football film North Dallas Forty and was listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1979" by Screen World magazine.
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In 1980, Mac Davis hosted an episode of The Muppet Show.
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Mac Davis starred in the 1981 comedy film Cheaper To Keep Her, playing a divorced detective who worked for a neurotic feminist attorney.
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In November 1991, Mac Davis checked into the Betty Ford Clinic, marking the beginning of his commitment to sobriety.
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Mac Davis continued to play Will Rogers for over a year during the show's national tour.
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In 1998, Mac Davis starred in the sports comedy Possums, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Mac Davis was the first balladeer to appear on-screen to welcome the audience and provide exposition.
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Mac Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Mac Davis was awarded a star symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard, for his contribution to the recording industry.
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In 2001, Mac Davis played a fellow karaoke competitor to Jon Gries's Sunny Holiday in the Polish brothers' film Jackpot.
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From 2001 to 2003, Mac Davis voiced the character of Barber Bingo on two episodes of the animated TV series Oswald; "Henry Needs A Haircut" and "The Naughty Cat".
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Between 1999 and 2006, Mac Davis provided the character voices of Sheriff Buford and a talk radio host named "Sports Jock", on the animated series King of the Hill.
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Mac Davis guest-starred briefly in the 8 Simple Rules episode "Let's Keep Going: Part 2" in April 2004.
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Mac Davis had a recurring role as Rodney Carrington's father-in-law in the sitcom Rodney.
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In 2000, Mac Davis hosted Labor of Love, a live FM radio show for KZLA Los Angeles.
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Mac Davis was married three times, his marriages producing three children:.
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Mac Davis next met Sarah Barg, then 16 and living in his apartment building with her mother.
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Mac Davis left him in 1976 for Glen Campbell, with whom she then had one child, Dillon.
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In 1979, Mac Davis started to date a young nurse, Lise Gerard.