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Mac Davis, songwriter of Elvis hits In the Ghetto and A Little Less Conversation, dies aged 78 | Pop and rock | The Guardian
Traces of Texas - Lubbock native Mac Davis' monster 1972 Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me LP. Mac wrote songs like "In the Ghetto," and "A Little Less Conversation" for Elvis. He
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A social protest in the late '60s, Mac Davis's In the Ghetto is now racially problematic - The Globe and Mail
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1972 Footage Shows Mac Davis Singing “In The Ghetto,” Which He Wrote For Elvis – Country Music Family
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