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Mac Davis
Mac Davis
I 1974 blev Davis tildelt prisen som årets underholder af Academy of Country Music. Nogle af Davis' andre succeser omfatter sangene "Stop and Smell the Roses" (en nummer et Adult Contemporary-succes i 1974) (populær nr. 9), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop nr. 11), "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" (pop nr. 15) og "Burnin' Thing" (pop nr. 53). I slutningen af 1970'erne skiftede han til Casablanca Records, som på det tidspunkt var bedst kendt for sine succeser med diskostjernen Donna Summer og rock'n'roll-bandet Kiss. Hans første succes for selskabet i 1980 var novelty-sangen "It's Hard To Be Humble", et letfærdigt kig på, hvordan popularitet og godt udseende kan stige en til hovedet. Sangen blev hans første top 10 i Country-musikken og et sjældent top 30-hit i Storbritannien. (Den blev oversat til hollandsk som "Het is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" og blev et hit for den hollandske sanger Peter Blanker i 1981). Senere samme år havde han også endnu en top 10-sang med "Let's Keep It That Way". I november blev "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" spillet af KHJ i Los Angeles som den sidste sang, inden selskabet skiftede fra Top 40 til countrymusik. Han opnåede andre succesfulde sange, såsom "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" og "Hooked on Music", som blev hans største Country-musiksucces i 1981, da den gik ind på no. 2. I 1985 indspillede han sin sidste top 10-succes inden for countrymusik med sangen "I Never Made Love (Till I Made Love With You)".
Mac Davis
Mac Davis
In 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award. Some of Davis's other successes include the songs "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a number one Adult Contemporary success in 1974) (popular no. 9), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop no. 11), "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" (pop no. 15), and "Burnin' Thing" (pop no. 53). 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. 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. The song became his first Country music top 10 and a rare top 30 hit in the UK. (It was translated into Dutch as "Het is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" and became a hit for the Dutch singer Peter Blanker in 1981). Later that year, he also had another top 10 song with "Let's Keep It That Way". In November, "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" was played by KHJ in Los Angeles as its last song before it switched from Top 40 to Country music. He achieved other successful songs, such as "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music", which became his biggest Country music success in 1981, going to no. 2. In 1985, he recorded his last top 10 country music success with the song "I Never Made Love (Till I Made Love With You)".
Mac Davis