He also was in the running for a Grammy for best pop male vocal performance, one of his three career Grammy noms.Ī crossover success in country and pop, Davis played guitar and scored with tunes including “One Hell of a Woman,” “Stop and Smell the Roses,” “I Believe in Music” - his signature song - “Rock ‘n’ Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)” and the light-hearted “It’s Hard to Be Humble.” 6.ĭavis was signed by Clive Davis at Columbia Records in 1970, and “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me,” from his third album, spent three weeks atop the Billboard 100 in 1972.

3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and another Davis song, “Don’t Cry Daddy,” which made it to No. In his comeback year of 1969, Presley recorded “In the Ghetto,” which peaked at No. A remixed version became a worldwide hit in 2003. Mark Miller, 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' Star and 'Walk in the Clouds' Screenwriter, Dies at 97ĭavis also performed with Nancy Sinatra, hosted an NBC variety show for three seasons in the mid-1970s and starred on Broadway in 1992 as the title character in The Will Rogers Follies, followed by a national tour.Ī member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the curly-haired Texan co-wrote “A Little Less Conversation,” which Presley performed in Live a Little, Love a Little (1968).

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