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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 ...
And Richard’s “MacArthur Park” went to No. 2, and you know, you’re biting your nails and you’re going, “Oh man, next week we’re going to No. 1.” Nope.
In his review in AllMusic, Bruce Eder gave the album four out of five stars, calling A Tramp Shining a "great record, even 35 years later, encompassing pop, rock, elements of classical music, and even pop-soul in a body of brilliant, bittersweet romantic songs by Webb, all presented in a consistently affecting and powerful vocal performance by Harris."
Both Summer's original single version and Harris' initial recording of "MacArthur Park" are included on the "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" soundtrack. (The soundtrack also includes a rendition of "Day ...
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.
"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.
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 ...