Now For Something Completely Different! Please Watch The Man Behind Some Very Famous Music...Jimmy Webb This is one of the rare times when you hear a true legend tell the back story of one of his early mega hits. No matter where you live in the world, you have heard MANY of the songs Jimmy Webb has written. Just a few of them are..."Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been performed by everyone from Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes and Art Garfunkel to America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr.,and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration. He is my hero! Enjoy! youtube/watch?v=vnAglbbQ5uI
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 10:55:57 +0000
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