Master songwriter Jimmy Webb is gearing up for a double play in MA in the coming week. The writer of such classics as Wichita Lineman, Galveston, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away and more comes to Boston and Northampton. Info is below. Ticket info at jimmywebb.com/shows 5/16 - City Winery Boston, Boston MA 5/17 - The Iron Horse, Northampton MA Webb's songs have been recorded Glen Campbell, Frank Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Tony Bennett, Amy G

52 years today on Nov. 2, 1968, Glen Campbell's recording of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. It was destined to be Glen's first Top 10 pop hit. It also reached # 1 on the Adult Contemporary and Country charts. Here's a vintage clip of the song that has become a classic. #GlenCampbell GLEN CAMPBELL Should Be In The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame!!! * Friends Of Glen--The Glen Campbell Fan Forum On Facebook! * Glen Campbell (Official) * Glen Campbell A Cam

Jimmy Webb on Songwriting (and That Cake) - Best Classic Bands

“What surprises people about Wichita Lineman is that it was written in a hurry. If I'd had more time, I would have looked at that couplet and taken it out”: Jimmy Webb on Elvis, his lost weekend with Nilsson and Lennon, and that classic lyric