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"Wichita Lineman" is a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb for American country music artist Glen Campbell, [2] who recorded it backed by members of the Wrecking Crew. [3] Widely covered by other artists, it has been called "the first existential country song".
At the 1969 Grammy Awards, Webb accepted awards for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", and "MacArthur Park". In 2019 "Wichita Lineman" was added to the National Recording Registry. [12] In 1969, Glen Campbell continued the streak of Webb hits with the gold record "Galveston" and "Where's the Playground Susie".
"Words" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin, ... The song was recorded by Glen Campbell on the Wichita Lineman album released in 1968, ...
The actual Wichita lineman was a real person we know little about. Webb remembered when traveling through the panhandle of Oklahoma and Texas, seeing miles and miles of nothing but telephone poles ...
"Wichita Lineman" "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "If These Walls Could Speak" "Didn't We" "Worst That Could Happen" "All I Know" "McArthur Park" Guardian Records 1996: R.E.M. single "Wichita Lineman" (live) Warner Bros. Records: 1997: Carly Simon: Film Noir "Film Noir" Arista Records: 1997 Christine Andreas Love Is ...
By 1970, Webb had achieved a measure of fame as a songwriter. From 1967 to 1970, his songs had given him two dozen entries on the Billboard Hot 100, among them several Top Ten hits, including "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris, "Worst That Could Happen" by the Brooklyn Bridge, "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell, "Galveston" by Glen Campbell and "Up, Up and Away" by the 5th Dimension.
[88] [nb 6] Campbell enlisted the Wrecking Crew as a backup unit on many of his own solo records during the 1960s, such as on "Gentle on My Mind", and on two songs written by Jimmy Webb, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and his single "Wichita Lineman". [90] Leon Russell pictured in 1970, the year he became a solo recording artist
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