Vem sjöng it's hard to be humble?
Mac Davis
Mac Davis
1974 fick Davis utmärkelsen Årets underhållare av Academy of Country Music. Några av Davis andra framgångar är låtarna "Stop and Smell the Roses" (som blev nummer ett i Adult Contemporary 1974) (populär nr 9), "One Hell of a Woman" (populär nr 11), "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" (populär nr 15) och "Burnin' Thing" (populär nr 53). I slutet av 1970-talet flyttade han till Casablanca Records, som vid den tiden var mest känt för sina framgångar med discostjärnan Donna Summer och rock'n'roll-bandet Kiss. Hans första framgång för bolaget 1980 var nyhetslåten "It's Hard To Be Humble", en lättsam betraktelse över hur popularitet och gott utseende kan stiga en åt huvudet. Låten blev hans första topp 10-låt inom countrymusik och en sällsynt topp 30-hit i Storbritannien. (Den översattes till nederländska som "Het is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" och blev en hit för den nederländska sångaren Peter Blanker 1981). Senare samma år hade han också en annan topp 10-låt med "Let's Keep It That Way". I november spelades "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" av KHJ i Los Angeles som dess sista låt innan de bytte från Top 40 till Country-musik. Han nådde andra framgångsrika låtar, som "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" och "Hooked on Music", som blev hans största framgång inom countrymusiken 1981, då den nådde en plats som nr. 2. År 1985 spelade han in sin sista topp 10-succé inom countrymusiken med låten "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