American Songwriter

On This Day in 1968, Glen Campbell Was at No. 1 With the Album That Put Him on the Map and a Title Track That Served as a TV Theme Song

On this day (October 22) in 1968, Glen Campbell was at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with Gentle on My Mind, giving him his first entry on the tally. After years of struggling to find success ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1967, Glen Campbell Turned a Jimmy Webb-Penned Song Into a Classic “Succinct Tale” With an O. Henry-Esque Twist

“By The Time I Get To Phoenix” is the title track of Campbell’s seventh studio album.. The record also includes “Hey Little One”, another hit single for Campbell. “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” is ...
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Glen Campbell’s Signature 1975 Hit Was Originally Offered to Another Singer

Fifty years ago, Glen Campbell was riding high with his hit song “Rhinestone Cowboy.” The song was at No. 2, right under David Bowie’s “Fame” on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, in mid-September 1975, ...
Yahoo

‘Out of the frying pan and straight into hell’: Glen Campbell’s wild ride from poverty to insanity

On April 11 1966, Glen Campbell was drafted in as a last minute rhythm guitarist for a recording session with Frank Sinatra. Unable to believe that he was in the presence of his idol, he spent much of ...
Tennessean

Story Behind the Song: Learn how 'Wichita Lineman' came to be

When songwriter Jimmy Webb left an unfinished version of the song "Wichita Lineman" for Glen Campbell to listen to, he never got a response and assumed it was a no-go. But when he eventually spoke to ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

POPNOTES | OPINION: Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell transformed country music — and helped a divided nation hear itself anew

In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness. The genre, ...