Fans Remember Beloved 'Wichita Lineman' Singer on the Anniversary of His Death: 'Makes Your Heart Ache' originally appeared on Parade. When Glen Campbell died at the age of 81 on this day in 2017, it ...
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 ...
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 ...