Scott "Mac" Davis is a successful singer/songwriter who made a brief, but acclaimed, transition into acting. As a songwriter, he wrote the hit In the Ghetto for Elvis Presley and he wrote and performed the hits I Believe In Music and Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me. He also wrote the song Watching Scotty Grow, which Bobby Goldsboro made a #11 hit single in early 1971. . Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006. Mac Davis was born January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas.
He has three children all together.
. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis Screen World, Vol. 31.
He was a successful singer/songwriter who made a brief, but acclaimed, transition into acting. As a songwriter, he wrote the hit "In the Ghetto" for Elvis Presley and he wrote and performed the hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Dont Get Hooked On Me".
He also wrote the song "Watching Scotty Grow", which Bobby Goldsboro made a #11 hit single in early 1971. (Scotty was Daviss real-life son; both men joked later that when the song was released, Scotty Davis began to think Goldsboro was really his dad.).
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
Some of his songs (such as "Dont Cry, Daddy" and "In the Ghetto", performed by Elvis Presley ) were credited to "Scott" or "Scotty" Davis, after his son.
Ex-wife, Sarah, married Glen Campbell soon after her divorce from Davis.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 6, 2014 in Austin, Texas.
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