Jimmy Webb
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- August 15, 1946 · Elk City, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling classics, including "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 many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Ghost of Richard Harris · Self
- Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul · Self
- Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me · Self
- Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy · Self
- Produced by George Martin · Self
- Glen Campbell | Live Anthology (1972-2001) · Self
- Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) · Self
- The Wrecking Crew · Self
- The Clean and Narrow · Music
- Heat · Additional Soundtrack
- Later... with Jools Holland
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest · Songs
- Born on the Fourth of July · Additional Soundtrack
- Tales from the Crypt · Music
- The Hanoi Hilton · Music, Orchestrator
- Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays · Self
- Amazing Stories · Music
- The Last Unicorn · Music, Songs
- Voices · Music, Songs
- Ringo · Music Director
- An Evening with Glen Campbell · Self
- The Naked Ape · Music, Songs
- Doc · Conductor, Music
- The Birth of Aphrodite · Music
- How Sweet It Is! · Songs