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Jimmy Webb
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jim Webb, James Layne Webb, Jimmy Layne Webb, Jimmy L. Webb
American songwriter, composer, and singer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- The cake and the rain
- The Jimmy Webb Songbook
- Memories of Raglan Street
- Raglan Street and beyond
- Tunesmith
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Film & TV
Elk City, Oklahoma, USA
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,…
Known for
- The Ghost of Richard Harris — Self2022
- Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul — Self2017
- Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me — Self2014
- Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy — Self2013
- Glen Campbell | Live Anthology (1972-2001) — Self2012
- Produced by George Martin — Self2012
- Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) — Self2010
- The Wrecking Crew — Self - Composer2008
- Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays — Self1986
- An Evening with Glen Campbell — Self - Special Guest1977
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-08-15
Discography
- Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb1968
- Words and Music1970
- And So: On1971
- Letters1972
- Land's End1974
- El Mirage1977
- Angel Heart1982
- Suspending Disbelief1993
- Ten Easy Pieces1996
- Twilight of the Renegades2005
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- 41,327
- Total plays
- 347,711
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Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma) is an idiosyncratic American popular music composer. Jimmy Webb is responsible for writing numerous popular and Top 10 hits sung by a disparate group of artists, including Glen Campbell ("Galveston"); Art Garfunkel ("All I Know"); Donna Summer and many others. Webb's father was a Baptist minister and a former Marine. His mother died when he was a teenager. His most popular songs were all composed when he was between 19 and 21 years of age
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Webb
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Elk City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Educated at
- San Bernardino Valley College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- MacArthur Park
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Bell Records
- Official website
- www.jimmywebb.com
- Image
- Jimmy Webb Deichmanske Oslo Jazzfestival (151806).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-08-15
- Commons category
- Jimmy Webb
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- birth name
- Jimmy Layne Webb
- name in native language
- Jimmy L. Webb
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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