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pressed between the pages of mac davis’ mind

SONG­WRITERS AS­SO­CI­ATED WITH ELVIS that re­ceive the most credit in terms of Pres­ley’s suc­cessful ca­reer are usu­ally two teams: Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller and Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman. But a third team was para­mount in Elvis’s tran­si­tion from sappy movie mat­inée idol of the mid-1960s to po­tent music and cul­tural figure in 1968-1969: Billy Strange-Mac Davis. [Read more] “pressed between the pages of mac davis’ mind”