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Jimmy Webb
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", "Galv…
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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.
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2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Movie Self
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2017
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
Movie Self
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2014
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Movie Self
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2013
Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy
Movie Self
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2012
Produced by George Martin
Movie Self
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2012
Glen Campbell | Live Anthology (1972-2001)
Movie Self
- 2010
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2008
The Wrecking Crew
Movie Self - Composer
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2000
The Clean and Narrow
Movie Music
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1995
Heat
Movie Additional Soundtrack
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1992
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Movie Songs
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1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Movie Additional Soundtrack
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Music
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1987
The Hanoi Hilton
Movie Original Music Composer
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1986
Amy Grant: Headin' Home for the Holidays
Movie Self
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1985
Amazing Stories
TV show Music
More credits
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1982
The Last Unicorn
Movie Original Music Composer
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1979
Voices
Movie Original Music Composer
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1978
Ringo
Movie Music Director
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1977
An Evening with Glen Campbell
Movie Self - Special Guest
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1973
The Naked Ape
Movie Original Music Composer
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1971
Doc
Movie Conductor
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1971
The Birth of Aphrodite
Movie Music
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1968
How Sweet It Is!
Movie Songs
