NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Songwriter Mac Davis, who wrote the Elvis Presley classic “In the Ghetto,” was honored at the BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday with tributes from Luke Bryan and Little Big Town.
Davis was given the BMI Icon award for penning five decades of hits in the pop and country worlds including “Memories,” ”A Little Less Conversation,” and “Texas in my Rearview Mirror.”
The Lubbock, Texas-native was also a film and stage actor, TV and radio personality and had a solo career as a singer.
Rascal Flatts performed “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me,” and Bryan did his best Elvis impersonation for “A Little Less Conversation.” The four-part vocal group Little Big Town performed the softly poignant “In the Ghetto.”
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