# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mac-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:55:35.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mac-davis"
name: "Mac Davis"
slug: "mac-davis"
description: "Morris Mac Davis was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist and writing for Elvis Presley during his early career, providing him with the hits \"Memories\", \"In the Ghetto\", \"Don't Cry Daddy\", and \"A Little Less Conversation\". A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as \"Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me\". Davis also starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, and various films and TV shows."
tagline: "American songwriter, singer and actor (1942-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mac_Davis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-01-21"
deathDate: "2020-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.17
  momentum:             3.97141782625047
  historical:           19.245928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205067/"
    handle:    "nm0205067"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6HX8AbXUFaYRtlqKb4CCo0"
    handle:    "6HX8AbXUFaYRtlqKb4CCo0"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Mac Davis"
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    title: "ماك ديفيس"
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    title: "ماك ديفيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مک دیویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماک دەیڤس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
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    title: "مک دیویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A5_%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "맥 데이비스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104872"
    title: "Mac Davis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump