<P> Davis soon decided to pursue a career of his own in country music; he was signed to Columbia Records in 1970 . After several years of enriching the repertoires of other artists, his big success came two years after signing with Columbia . He topped the Country and Pop charts with the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me ." It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1972 . </P> <P> Some of Davis's lyrics invoked overtly sexual relationships . In the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me", he pleads with a woman not to become too enamored with him, because he does not want to commit to a full - time relationship . Other successful songs, such as "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Spread Your Love on Me", contained similar lyrics . Many country songs from other artists that were popular during the 1970s and 1980s also featured sexual themes . </P> <P> In 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award . Some of Davis's other successes include the songs "Stop and Smell the Roses" (a number one Adult Contemporary success in 1974) (popular no . 9), "One Hell of a Woman" (pop no . 11), "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" (pop no . 15), and "Burnin' Thing" (pop no . 53). At the end of the 1970s, he moved to Casablanca Records, which was best known at the time for its successes with disco star Donna Summer and rock'n'roll band Kiss . His first success for the company in 1980 was the novelty song "It's Hard To Be Humble", a light - hearted look at how popularity and good looks could go to one's head . The song became his first Country music top 10 and a rare top 30 hit in the UK . (It was translated into Dutch as "Het is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven" and became a hit for the Dutch singer Peter Blanker in 1981). Later that year, he also had another top 10 song with "Let's Keep It That Way". In November, "Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" was played by KHJ in Los Angeles as its last song before it switched from Top 40 to Country music . He achieved other successful songs, such as "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music", which became his biggest Country music success in 1981, going to no . 2 . In 1985, he recorded his last top 10 country music success with the song "I Never Made Love (Till I Made Love With You)". </P> <P> On January 19, 1985, Davis performed "God Bless the USA" at the 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, held the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan . </P>

Who sings the song it's hard to be humble
find me the text answering this question