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Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21. During his career, he established himself as one of America's most successful and honored songwriter/composers.
Jimmy Webb originally did Sandy Cove, Pretty Ballerina, Old Friends, Moonlight Mile and other songs. Jimmy Webb wrote MacArthur Park, Wichita Lineman and By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
BILLBOARD'S TOP 10 SONGS WRITTEN BY JIMMY WEBB. 01. MacArthur Park – Donna Summer, 1978. 02. Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell, 1969. 03. MacArthur Park – Richard Harris, 1968. 04. Worst That Could Happen – Brooklyn Bridge, 1969.
A night with Jimmy at the keys is not unlike getting to hear George Gershwin or Cole Porter live. It’s hard to believe one guy could have written all these amazing songs…if you get a chance to see him live, grab it. People ask why nobody writes songs like they used to. Fortunately for us all, Jimmy Webb still does.”.
Jimmy Webb discography. The following is a chronological list of recordings and performances of songs written by Jimmy Webb. [1] [2] [3] Year. Artist. Album. Song (s) Label. 1965.
May 13, 2024 · Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946, Elk City, Oklahoma, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter who wrote multiple easy-listening hit pop songs beginning in the 1960s. Two of his early songs, “Up, Up and Away” (1967) and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (1968), won several Grammy Awards in the late 1960s—Webb himself won the 1967 Grammy ...
Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer and performer known worldwide as a master of his trade. Since his first platinum record, “The Worst That Could Happen,” Webb has had numerous hits including “Up, Up and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,
Jimmy Webb's accomplishments as a composer, arranger, and producer demonstrate beyond question that he remains as important and vital a cultural figure today as he was over thirty years ago. Embraced by his peers, Webb has influenced and affected some of the finest musical talents of our time.
Apr 29, 1982 · Webb’s tumultuous years as pop music’s golden boy are remembered in colorful detail in handwritten memoirs he has compiled under the title “Future Letters to My Children.”
The critical acclaim composer and 1986 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Webb has received during his almost thirty years of success is as remarkable as the accomplishments they honor: Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
