Jimmy Webb was driving through the high plains of north-west Oklahoma when the inspiration for his biggest ever song came to him. It was a scorching summer afternoon and as the Grammy award-winning ...
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 ...
'Wichita Lineman' Fans Sound Off on the Best Version Ever originally appeared on Parade. Legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb gifted the world with so many classic tunes over the course of his ...
The 1968 Glen Campbell classic, “Wichita Lineman,” is a song that seems to transcend genre, decade, and demographics. It’s as much a song for the cerebral intellectual as it is for the blue-collar ...
When Glen Campbell died at the age of 81 on this day in 2017, it was a tragic loss for music lovers everywhere. As the singer of such classic hits as "Wichita Lineman," "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "By the ...