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"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first in 1967 by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris. Harris's version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart .
Harris recorded several albums of music, one of which, A Tramp Shining, included the seven-minute hit song "MacArthur Park" (Harris insisted on singing the lyric as "MacArthur's Park"). [28] This song was written by Jimmy Webb, and it reached number 2 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also topped several music sales charts in Europe ...
"Didn't We" is a song recorded by Irish singer and actor Richard Harris for his debut studio album, A Tramp Shining (1968). It was written and produced by Jimmy Webb and originally served as the B-side to Harris' 1968 single "MacArthur Park". "Didn't We" was then distributed as the record's single by Dunhill Records, also in 1968.
Here’s one cake that didn’t get left out too long in the rain: the eternal pop pastry that is “MacArthur Park.” The song’s epic length and unusual structure haven’t kept it from ...
In 2013, Summer, who died in 2012, achieved a posthumous No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs when Laidback Luke remixed the ballad as “MacArthur Park 2013” for the tribute album "Love ...
Richard Harris: A Tramp Shining "Didn't We" "Paper Chase" "Name of My Sorrow" "Lovers Such As I" "In the Final Hours" "MacArthur Park" "Dancing Girl" "If You Must Leave My Life" "A Tramp Shining" Dunhill Records 1968: Richard Harris: The Yard Went On Forever "The Yard Went On Forever" "Interim" "Watermark" "Gayla" "The Hymns From Grand Terrace ...
Webb formed his own production and publishing company that year, Canopy, and scored a hit with its first project, an unlikely album with Irish actor Richard Harris singing an album of all Webb songs. One of the songs, "MacArthur Park", was a long, complex piece with multiple movements [9] that was originally rejected by the group the Association.
A Tramp Shining is the debut album of Richard Harris, released in 1968 by Dunhill Records. The album was written, arranged, and produced by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb . Although Harris sang several numbers on the soundtrack album to the film musical Camelot the previous year, A Tramp Shining was Harris' first solo album.