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Glen Campbell

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Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10. Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights". Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967. For "Gentle on My Mind" he received two awards in country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top honor as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969 Campbell was hand picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Discography

  • Meet Glen Campbell, 2008
  • Country Classics, 1991
  • Old Home Town, 2008
  • The Last Time I Saw Her, 1971
  • Gentle On My Mind, 1967
  • The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell, 1965
  • Rhinestone Cowboy, 1975
  • Try a Little Kindness, 1970
  • Wichita Lineman, 1968
  • Ghost on the Canvas, 2011
  • Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb, 2001
  • Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
  • Still Within the Sound of My Voice, 1988
  • Anne Murray / Glen Campbell, 1971
  • Bloodline, 1976
  • Southern Nights, 1977
  • By the Time I Get to Phoenix, 1967
  • Light Years, 1988
  • That Christmas Feeling
  • Galveston, 1969
  • Christmas With Glen Campbell
  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album, 1970
  • A Glen Campbell Christmas
  • Big Bluegrass Special
  • Wings of Victory, 1992
  • Show Me Your Way, 2003
  • Ode to Billy Joe / Bobbie Gentry & Glenn Campbell
  • A Satisfied Mind, 1971
  • Rhinestone Cowboy - Live in Concert, 2004
  • Glen Campbell's All Time Favorites
  • Ernie Sings & Glen Picks, 1975

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SongWichita Lineman
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