Glen Campbell
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Biography
[Edit]It isn't accurate to call Glen Campbell "pure country," but his smooth fusion of country mannerisms and pop melodies and production techniques made him one of the most popular country musicians of the late '60s and '70s. Campbell was one of the leading figures of country-pop during that era, racking up a steady stream of Top Ten singles, highlighted by classics like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "I Wanna Live," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," "Rhinestone Cowboy," and "Southern Nights." Boasting Campbell's smooth vocals and layered arrangements, where steel guitars bounced off sweeping strings, those songs not only became country hits, they crossed over to the pop charts as well, which was appropriate, since that is where he began his musical career. Originally, he was a Los Angeles session musician, playing on hits by the Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Merle Haggard. By the end of the '60s, he had become a successful solo artist, and that success would not abate until the late '80s, when he stopped having radio hits and began concentrating on live performances at his theater in Branson.
Campbell was born and raised in Delight, Arkansas, where he received his first guitar when he was four years old. Learning the instrument from various relatives, he played consistently throughout his childhood, eventually gravitating toward jazz players like Barney Kessel and Django Reinhardt. While he was learning guitar, he also sang in a local church, where he developed his vocal skills. By the time he was 14, he had begun performing with a number of country bands in the Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico area, including his uncle's group, the Dick Bills Band. When he was 18, he formed his own country band, the Western Wranglers, and began touring the South with the group. Four years later, Campbell moved to Los Angeles, California, where he became a session musician.
Shortly after arriving in California, Campbell earned the reputation of being an excellent guitarist, playing on records by Bobby Darin and Rick Nelson. In 1960, he briefly joined the instrumental rock & roll group the Champs, who had the hit single "Tequila" two years earlier. The following year, he released his debut single, "Turn Around, Look at Me," on the small Crest label; the single reached number 62 later in the year. By the summer of 1962, he had released "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" on Capitol Records; the single only spent two weeks on the charts, peaking at 76. While he was tentatively pursuing a solo career, Campbell continued to play professionally, most notably for Elvis Presley and Dean Martin. Also in 1962, he played guitar and sang on "Kentucky Means Paradise," a single by the one-off group the Green River Boys, who released an album, Big Bluegrass Special. "Kentucky Means Paradise" became a hit on the country charts, climbing to number 20. Instead of pursuing a full-fledged country career after the single's release, Campbell returned to studio work, and over the next two years he played on sessions by Frank Sinatra ("Strangers in the Night"), Merle Haggard ("The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde"), the Monkees ("I'm a Believer"), the Association, and the Mamas & the Papas, among many others.
Following Brian Wilson's breakdown and retirement from the road in 1965, Campbell became a touring member of the Beach Boys for several months. At the end of his tenure as the group's temporary bassist, the Beach Boys offered him a permanent spot in the band, but he turned them down when they wouldn't allow him to have an equal cut of the group's royalties. A few months after rejecting their offer, the Beach Boys' record label, Capitol, offered Campbell a full-fledged contract. His first release under his new long-term Capitol contract was a version of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "The Universal Soldier," which peaked at number 45. For much of 1966, he continued to pursue studio work, but he released "Burning Bridges" toward the end of the year, and it climbed to number 18 on the country charts early in 1967.
During 1967, Capitol pushed Campbell as a country recording artist, and their breakthrough arrived in the late summer when his folky country-pop rendition of John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind" became a Top 40 hit on both the country and pop charts. By the end of the year, he had released a cover of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," which reached number two on the country charts, and number 26 on the pop charts. Early in 1968, "Gentle on My Mind" won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording of 1967. Campbell's success continued in 1968, as "I Wanna Live" became his first number one hit and "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" reached number three. The following year, CBS television hired him to host the variety show The Glen Campbell Good Time Hour, which became quite popular and helped establish him as not only a country star, but a pop music superstar.
Throughout the late '60s and early '70s, Campbell continued to rack up hit singles, including the number one hits "Wichita Lineman" (1968) and "Galveston" (1969), plus the Top Ten singles "Try a Little Kindness" (1969), "Honey Come Back" (1970), "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" (1970), and "It's Only Make Believe" (1970). In 1968, he began recording duets with Bobbie Gentry, and they had hit singles with their versions of two Everly Brothers songs: "Let It Be Me," which reached 14 in 1969, and "All I Have to Do Is Dream," which peaked at number six in 1970. Also in 1969, he began a film career, appearing in the John Wayne movie True Grit that year and Norwood the following year.
By 1972, Campbell's record sales started slipping. After "Manhattan Kansas" reached number six that year, he had trouble having Top 40 hits for the next two years. Furthermore, his television show was canceled. As his career slowed, he began sinking into drug and alcohol addiction, which continued even through his mid-'70s revival. In 1975, he returned to the Top Ten with "Rhinestone Cowboy," a huge hit that reached number one on both the country and pop charts. Over the next two years, he had a number of Top Ten country hits, including "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" and "Don't Pull Your Love"/"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which also reached the pop charts. In 1977, he had his final number one hit with "Southern Nights," which topped both the country and pop charts.
Following the success of "Southern Nights" and its follow-up, "Sunflower," Campbell stopped reaching the country Top Ten with regularity, yet he had a string of lesser hits and was an immensely popular performer in concert and television. During the mid-'80s, he experienced a brief commercial revival, as the singles "Faithless Love," "A Lady Like You," and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" all reached the country Top Ten. By that time, he had begun to clean up his act. Over the course of the mid-'80s, he kicked his addictions to drugs and alcohol and became a born-again Christian. Appropriately, he began recording inspirational albums, yet he didn't abandon country music. As late as 1989, Campbell's smooth, synth-laden contemporary country-pop was reaching the country Top Ten; his last two Top Ten country hits were "I Have You" (1988) and "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" (1989).
Campbell began recording less frequently in the early '90s, especially since he could no longer reach the charts and the radio, since they were dominated by new country artists. Over the course of the decade, he gradually moved into semi-retirement, concentrating on golf and performing at his Goodtime Theater in Branson, Missouri. In 1994, he published his autobiography, Rhinestone Cowboy. Campbell released a comeboack album of sorts, the ironically titled Meet Glen Campbell, produced by Julian Raymond and Howard Willing, on Capitol Records in 2008. In June of 2011, Campbell, by now 75 years old, announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In spite of the ailment, he finished an album, Ghost on the Canvas, which was released in August that same year, and began a tour that was to be his farewell to the music business.
Title: Glen Campbell'S All Time Favorites
Artist: Glen Campbell
Title: The 3 Big Guitars (Remastered)
Artist: Glen Campbell, Billy Strange, Howard Roberts
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Big Guitars (Remastered)
Artist: Glen Campbell, Billy Strange, Howard Roberts
Genre: Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: L'art de la guitare à 12 cordes / L'art de la guitare a 12 cordes
Artist: Glen Campbell, Mason Williams
Genre: World Music
Title: Plays 12 String Guitar (Remastered)
Artist: Glen Campbell
Genre: Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Country Shindig (Remastered)
Artist: Glen Campbell
Genre: Country, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Rhinestone Cowboy - The Best Of
Artist: Glen Campbell
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Rock, World Music, Country, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Ernie Sings & Glen Picks
Artist: Glen Campbell, Ernie Ford
Title: Glen Campbell I'll Be Me Soundtrack
Artist: Glen Campbell, The Band Perry, Ashley Campbell
Genre: Country
Title: Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
Artist: Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell
Title: Norwood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Glen Campbell, Al De Lory
Genre: Rock, Country, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: Christmas Greats (Digitally Remastered)
Genre:
Title: Bluegrass Roots of Mumford & Sons
Genre: Pop
Title: Heartbreak Country USA
Genre: Country
Title: Highlights From Melody Ranch, Vol. 4
Genre: Country
Title: The Greatest Stars of Folk Music
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Country Essentials, Vol. 4
Genre: Country
Title: Highway Of Hits Volume 9
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Almost Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 9 (Original Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Song Shop, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs For You (4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Super Tracks & Great Singers Vol. 8
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Highlights From Melody Ranch Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: In Search of the American Dream
Genre: Country
Title: The Very Best of Country Legends
Genre: Country
Title: Your Birthday Present - Song Mix - 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Country Legends - Volume Two
Genre: Country
Title: The Complete Twelve String Story: Volume 1
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Natale 2012, Vol. 3 (Oh Happy Day)
Genre: Pop
Title: Mi Mejor Navidad Vol. 1
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Traditionals Carols
Genre: Latin, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Le cœur de Noël / Le coeur de Noel
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 50 Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Villancicos
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 50 Succès de Noël / 50 Succes de Noel
Genre: Latin, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 50 Villancicos de Siempre
Genre: Latin, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 50 Villancicos Populares
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 50 Villancicos para Toda la Familia
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Cantamos 100 Villancicos
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Rhinestone Cowboys - Icons of Country
Genre: Country
Title: Anthology of the Twelve String Guitar
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 20 X-Mas Hits (Remastered)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 101 Driving Songs CD 3
Title: The No. 1 Hits - 1975
Title: The No. 1 Hits - 1977
Title: Time Life - Spirit Of The 60s CD 2 Pop Troubadors
Genre: Disco
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1969
Genre: Rock
Title: Compact Disc Club - Wonderful CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Greatest Oldies Collectors Edition Vol. 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Time Life - Sounds Of The Seventies - Pop Nuggets Late 70'S
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Hard Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, World Music, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: Time Life - Sounds Of The Seventies 1977
Genre: Electronica, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock, World Music, Country, Country Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: Best Of The Sixties CD 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Sound Of The Westcoast 1965 - 1979 CD 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Best Of The 70'S CD 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Millennium - 1975 - 1979 CD 1
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Billboard TOP100 Romantic Hits 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Christmas CD1
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Pure Christmas CD 2
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Pure Christmas CD 3
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Christmas With The Stars CD 1
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Christmas With The Stars CD 2
Genre: World Music, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas With The Stars - Disc 3
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: In the Heat of the Night (Soundtrack)
Artist: Quincy Jones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Delta Lady - The Rita Coolidge Anthology
Artist: Rita Coolidge
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: The Best of Bobbie Gentry - The Capitol Years
Artist: Bobbie Gentry
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Country, Pop
Title: The Very Best of Bobbie Gentry
Artist: Bobbie Gentry
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Country, Pop
Title: Blue Kentucky Girl (Expanded & Remastered) (US Release)
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Happy Holidays: Warm & Wonderful Christmas Favorites
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Merry Christmas, Baby: Romance And Reindeer From Capitol
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Great Records Of The Decade: 70's Hits Country, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: Celebrate A Country Christmas
Artist: Mickey Gilley
Genre: New Age, Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 80 From America. 80 Classic American Tracks (CD4)
Artist: Universal Music
Title: I'll Never Fall In Love Again: The Best Of
Artist: Bobbie Gentry
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Top Of The Pops '75 (CD2)
Artist: Top Of The Pops