{"id":2175,"date":"2019-10-15T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexbattles.com\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2020-10-09T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:35:27","slug":"mac-davis-hit-songwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexbattles.com\/?p=2175","title":{"rendered":"Mac Davis, hit songwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mac_Davis\">Morris Mac Davis, known as <strong>Mac Davis<\/strong><\/a>  (January 21, 1942 &#8211; September 29, 2020), was a country music singer and songwriter originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much pop music crossover success. He became one of the most successful country singers of the 1970s and 1980s. He is also an actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Muppet Songs: Mac Davis - It&#039;s Hard to Be Humble\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IlQMCJalSKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s Hard to Be Humble&#8221; Words and Music by Mac Davis <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performed by Mac Davis and Jim Henson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mac Davis (1942-2020) - &quot;Baby Don&#039;t Get Hooked On Me&quot; - The Midnight Special (1973)\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q2kewGOGd08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>&#8220;Baby Don&#8217;t Get Hooked on Me&#8221; Words and Music by Mac Davis Performed by Mac Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nana Mouskouri &amp; Cliff Richard - I Believe In Music\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j1i_tDnimTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>&#8220;I Believe In Music&#8221; Words and Music by Mac Davis Performed by Cliff Richard and Nana Mouskouri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mac Davis - In The Ghetto 1972\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ll8BBZCNoqk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>In The Ghetto Words and Music by Mac Davis <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performed by Mac Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morris Mac Davis, known as Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 &#8211; September 29, 2020), was a country music singer and songwriter originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much pop music crossover success. 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