Bob Dylan once called Glen Campbell's 1968 Jimmy Webb-penned classic "Wichita Lineman" “The greatest song ever written.” ...
Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock 'n' roller who wrote the raw classic "I Fought the Law" and posed the enduring question "Who can ...
Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs, from Keith Whitley’s country smash I’m No Stranger To The Rain to the Everly Brothers’ Walk ...
Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs, from Keith Whitley's country smash “I'm No Stranger to the Rain” to the Everly Brothers' “Walk Right Back,” a personal favorite Curtis completed while in ...
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, ...
When you think about Outlander, you’ll often find yourself thinking of its iconic theme song. “Skye Boat Song” is a classic Scottish folk song, but composer Bear McCreary arranged it in such a ...
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 ...
This week in 1968: Dr. Spock and three others receive two-year prison terms for counseling draft evasion; Moscow begins commercial flights to the United States; a National Airlines DC-8 with 64 ...
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 ...
When Glen Campbell heard John Hartford’s “Gentle on My Mind” on the radio, he was working as a session musician as part of the Los Angeles-based The Wrecking Crew. Though Capitol Records signed him as ...