Once Davis was settled in Atlanta, he organized a rock and roll group called the Zots, and made two singles for OEK Records, managed and promoted by OEK owner Oscar Kilgo. I joined Golden Gloves, but didn't do good even in my division.' Davis graduated at 16 from Lubbock High School and, looking to escape his hometown, moved to Atlanta where his mother lived. 'I was 5 feet, 9 inches, and weighed 125 pounds. Oh, man, I got beat up so much while I was growing up in Lubbock,' Davis said in a March 2, 2008, interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper.

'In those days, it was all about football, rodeo, and fistfights. Davis described his father, who was divorced from Davis' mother, as 'very religious, very strict, and very stubborn.' Though Davis was physically small, he had a penchant for getting into fistfights. He spent his childhood years with his sister Linda, living and working at the former College Courts, an efficiency apartment complex owned by his father. Biography Early life ĭavis was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Edith Irene (Lankford) and T. Davis also starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, and various films and TV shows. A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as ' Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me'.

A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley, providing him with the hits ' Memories', ' In the Ghetto', ' Don't Cry Daddy', and ' A Little Less Conversation'.

Mac Davis (Janu– September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor.

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