Jimmy Webb

Biography

Jimmy Webb is the fact that rarity in rock and roll music, a specialist songwriter who achieved stardom for the reason that capacity. Rock and roll music provides its talk about of great songwriters, but many of them — Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Gene Clark, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend — became most widely known for their very own recordings of their finest work. Webb in addition has performed live, and documented fairly thoroughly, but his executing profession never contacted his achievement being a composer. His songwriting was sufficiently exclusive to create him mostly of the stars of this profession beyond the Broadway stage through the ’60s. Between 1966 and 1969 by itself, he was in charge of composing such platinum-selling classics as “By enough time I Reach Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Up, Up and Away,” “MacArthur Recreation area,” and “Didn’t We,” creating and organizing the strike versions of some of those tracks. Webb, actually, may well have got kept the build from the songwriter in well-known music alive and kicking in a fresh era of well-known music, conserving the songwriting occupation from becoming ghettoized around the Broadway stage as well as the globe of the industrial jingle. Together with his personal idol Burt Bacharach, Webb is among the few nonperforming performers from the ’60s to accomplish public stardom in addition to professional acclaim, which includes endured across years and a large number of stylistic developments in well-known music. Along with his achievement — proclaimed by yellow metal and platinum information — being a composer, arranger, and manufacturer, and his regular recordings of his have, Webb is most likely the closest body the fact that post-pop music era has created to approximate Hoagy Carmichael. Jimmy Webb was created the son of the Baptist minister in Elk Town, Oklahoma, on August 15, 1946. A devoted music enthusiast being a youngster, he produced his first open public appearance being a performer playing the body organ at his father’s cathedral, and even after that, he improvised, rearranged, and re-harmonized the hymns. In his teenagers, he started his composing profession with religious tracks, and afterwards led his very own rock & move band. His fascination with music intersected along with his like of books and writing, and also in his teenagers, Webb could dissect the favorite tunes around him, and started turning his focus on writing casual “follow-up” attempts. He quickly recognized that his tunes were sometimes more advanced than the originals, and arranged his sights on the profession like a songwriter. Webb quickly became popular for LA, where his 1st work in music was transcribing other’s tunes. During this time period, as he produced the rounds of posting houses, he published a bittersweet passionate ballad entitled “By enough time I Reach Phoenix,” which languished for just two years. Finally, in 1966, Johnny Streams documented the tune, which became a humble strike; Glen Campbell afterwards cut it aswell, and have scored a yellow metal record. In the meantime, Webb was devote charge from the tracks for the very first album of the fledgling pop group known as the Fifth Sizing; the effect was a chart-topping, million-selling single, “Up, Up and Away.” Between them, “By enough time I Reach Phoenix” and “Up, Up and Apart” earned eight Grammy Honours the following season, and changed Jimmy Webb in to the most prominent songwriter of his era. Like a lot of his peers, Webb acquired begun thinking about longer compositions and much more coherent body of tunes, and quickly wrote “MacArthur Recreation area,” which match the new soul from the period. The lyrics, but not really psychedelic, had been as wealthy and ornate as anything the Beatles or the Seaside Boys were tinkering with; Webb noticed the arrangement from the music as a massive sonic canvas, filled up with the combined noises of a rock and roll combo — made up of such best L.A. sessionmen as Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn, and Hal Blaine, amongst others — and a complete orchestra and choir. He originally provided the melody towards the Association, who turned down it. Undaunted, Webb made a decision to record the piece by himself, and persuaded his friend, the professional Richard Harris, to sing “MacArthur Recreation area”; after Webb documented the orchestral component in LA, Harris’ tone of voice was added on in a studio room in Dublin. Webb attempted selling “MacArthur Recreation area” to many major brands, including Columbia Information, and was declined; nobody felt a seven-plus-minute solitary by an acting professional scarcely referred to as a vocalist experienced any potential for being played, significantly less becoming a strike. Fortunately, Lou Adler’s Dunhill Information, a Los Angeles-based unbiased outfit connected with ABC Information, felt in different ways, and bought the one and the associated record, A Tramp Glowing. “MacArthur Recreation area” climbed to number 2 over the American pop graphs over an interval of 13 weeks, and along the way shattered every preconception of air-time limitations on AM radio. As Webb later on recalled, even channels that didn’t wish to play the complete solitary complete were pressured to, because their rivals were carrying it out, and it had been too big popular to disregard. A Tramp Glowing also became popular album, rising up to number 4 in July of 1968 and getting among the larger LP successes in Dunhill’s ’60s result. Jimmy Webb became as big a music celebrity as Richard Harris do from “MacArthur Recreation area” along with a Tramp Glowing. He was acknowledged and his picture appeared for the picture sleeve from the singles, as large as Harris’ name and picture. Those were the times when idea albums were getting the rage, and not simply from rock performers; Fishing rod McKuen was documenting them himself and composing them for others, and Frank Sinatra, who’d been carrying out albums constructed around conceptual tips because the early ’50s, grew a lot more ambitious (and would later on attach with Webb). As well as the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and a large number of additional artists were effectively selling well-known music concepts that used whole edges, or both edges of LPs. And Jimmy Webb was all of a sudden in their rates, as noticeable as some of them, along with popular to his credit as large as whatever George Martin being a manufacturer or Nelson Riddle as an arranger got signed their brands to, respectively. Webb and Harris’ second record together, The Lawn Continued Forever, was a far more amazing function, with Harris in better tone of voice and Webb composing a few of the most haunting lyrics and melodies of his profession. The album, missing a single to complement the grade of “MacArthur Recreation area,” never marketed as well, nonetheless it was a far more prodigious musical accomplishment. For the time being, Glen Campbell’s edition of Webb’s “Wichita Lineman” became a yellow metal record and something of the largest singles of his profession; additional Webb-penned strikes that adopted included “Galveston,” “The Most severe WHICH COULD Happen,” “Carpeting Man,” and “Paper Glass.” He also published and organized Thelma Houston’s 1969 recording Sunshower, and in 1971 had written his initial feature film rating, for Frank Perry’s Doc. Whenever a number of designed theatrical projects didn’t visit fruition, Webb made a decision to use the unforeseen hiatus to his benefit to support a solo profession. He’d previously just been symbolized on record by an early on record of unfinished demos released by Columbia Information against his desires, and his 1st serious endeavors into public overall performance were conducted nearly as an underground work, without much promotion or fanfare. His followers did attend and revel in them, but his golf club performances had been an acquired flavor, marred by his relatively ragged performing and piano playing. Webb was probably closer in heart to some Leonard Cohen (or, probably, Bob Dylan back his folk membership days), delivering his strike music as a lot more personal expressions. An elaborately created and documented 1970 established debut album, Terms & Music, was adopted a year later on by the even more basic, stripped-down ETC, including a contribution from jazz guitarist Larry Coryell. Released in 1972, Characters was highlighted by Webb’s personal rendition of “Galveston,” in addition to his Righteous Brothers’ homage “JUST ONE SINGLE Period,” and presented a cameo appearance by Joni Mitchell, who came back for 1974’s Land’s End. Webb continuing to create and produce through the entire 10 years, including 1973’s The Supremes Organized and Made by Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell’s 1974 Reunion; 1975’s Earthbound place him back using the Fifth Aspect, and he also composed and created for Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, and Frank Sinatra, the last mentioned moving away from his way to say Webb during live shows on several event. Both Glen Campbell and Judy Collins slice the haunting Webb tune “The Moon Is really a Harsh Mistress.” And Artwork Garfunkel’s 1978 Watermark — in huge component a Webb songwriting display — was another large achievement for all worried. Webb’s very own 1977 album, Un Mirage, made by George Martin, included a fresh melody known as “The Highwayman,” that was later on turned into popular by way of a quartet of Johnny Money, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. In 1979, Webb made up tracks and a rating for the film Voices, a crisis in regards to a deaf instructor who got an untapped skill for dance. (The soundtrack recording was reissued by Varese Sarabande Information in 2016.) In 1983, Webb ventured right into a fresh field of music, composing the cantata “The Pets’ Xmas,” a informing from the Xmas story from the idea of look at of pets, which had its premiere at New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, executed with the composer and offering Garfunkel one of the performers. In 1988, Webb came back to carrying out live concerts, associated with Coryell, and in 1996 he released the single documenting Ten Easy Parts, offering brand-new interpretations of a few of his best-known music. In 1998, Webb’s initial book, Tunesmith: In the Artwork of Songwriting, was released by Hyperion Press. And in 1999, Australia’s Raven Information, which acquired previously released The Webb Periods 1968-1969, released Reunited with Jimmy Webb, a assortment of Glen Campbell’s recordings of Webb’s music in the ’70s onward. England’s Debutante Information has also released a multi-artist tribute compilation to Webb, And Somebody Left the Wedding cake Out in the torrential rain…, offering shows of his music by Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, the Four Tops, Judy Collins, the Johnny Mann Performers, among others. A concert established, Live and most importantly, made an appearance in 2008. In ’09 2009, Webb teamed up along with his three sons — Christiaan, Justin, and Adam, aka the touring and documenting clothing the Webb Brothers — to record Cottonwood Plantation, released that same season on Proper Information (the U.S. discharge came 2 yrs afterwards in 2011). He released Simply Over the River this year 2010 on E1 Music. The arranged features a few of his best-known tunes, with efforts from fellow performers including Glen Campbell, Tag Knopfler, Linda Ronstadt, among others. A second recording of duets, Still Inside the Audio of My Tone of voice, again made by Fred Molin and documented in Nashville, and offering efforts from Lyle Lovett, Carly Simon, and Keith Urban, amongst others, made an appearance in 2013.

Quick Facts

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#	Fact
1	Chairman of the Board of Directors, "Songwriters Hall of Fame" [2013].
2	Counts Johnny Mercer and Oscar Hammerstein II among his greatest inspirations as a songwriter.
3	Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters in 1993.
4	Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Heist	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Chicken Little	2005	writer: "All I Know"
American Idol	2004-2005	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The X Factor	2004	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Simpsons		TV Series 2 episodes, 1992 - 1995 writer - 3 episodes, 1991 - 2004
Stone Temple Pilots: Thank You	2003	Video writer: "Wichita Lineman" Bootleg
Tarnation	2003	Documentary writer: "Wichita Lineman"
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection	2003	Video writer: "Jurassic Park"
View from the Top	2003	writer: "Up Up and Away" - as Jim Webb
My Own Private Oshawa	2002	TV Special writer: "MacArthur Park"
Night Visions	2001	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bridget Jones's Diary	2001	writer: "Up, Up and Away" - as Webb
Amores Possíveis	2001	writer: "MacArthur's Park" - as J. L. Webb
Live by Request: K.D. Lang	2000	TV Movie writer: "MacArthur Park"
Vertical Limit	2000	writer: "MacArthur Park"
The Kid	2000	writer: "Up, Up, and Away"
Committed	2000/I	writer: "Wichita Lineman"
'Weird Al' Yankovic Live!	1999	Video writer: "Jurassic Park"
Donna Summer: Live and More... Encore!	1999	TV Movie documentary writer: "MacArthur Park"
Regine: R2K	1999	Video documentary writer: "MacArthur Park"
The Acid House	1998	writer: "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
Later... With Jools Holland		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1998 writer - 1 episode, 1998
Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas	1997	TV Special documentary writer: "MacArthur Park"
Dusino	1997	TV Series writer: "Up Up And Away" - as Jim Webb
Up on the Roof	1997/I	writer: "MacArthur Park"
The Weird Al Show	1997	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Unhook the Stars	1996	writer: "MacArthur Park"
Love Serenade	1996	writer: "Wichita Lineman", "It's a Sin When You Love Somebody" - as Jim Webb
Fargo	1996	writer: "Up, Up and Away"
Heat	1995	writer: "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
Get Shorty	1995	writer: "Up, Up and Away"
Mystery Science Theater 3000	1995	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Biography	1995	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Santa Clause	1994	writer: "Christmas Will Return"
Double Happiness	1994	writer: "Macarthur Park"
Tohuwabohu	1994	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1992	TV Series writer - 1 episode
FernGully: The Last Rainforest	1992	arranger: "A Dream Worth Keeping" / writer: "A Dream Worth Keeping"
Murder Most Horrid	1991	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tales from the Crypt	1991	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Denial	1990	writer: "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" - as Jim Webb
Born on the Fourth of July	1989	writer: "Up, Up and Away"
The Fabulous Baker Boys	1989	writer: "Up, Up and Away"
Winter People	1989	writer: "Lightning in a Bottle"
Moonlighting	1988	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dolly	1988	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Hanoi Hilton	1987	lyrics: "Hero's Heart" / music: "Hero's Heart"
Headin' Home for the Holidays	1986	TV Movie writer: "Words from an Old Spanish Carol" from "The Animals' Christmas", "Carol of the Birds" from "The Animals' Christmas"
E/R	1984	TV Series writer: "I've Got a Real Emergency, Here"
Donna Summer: A Hot Summer Night	1983	TV Movie writer: "MacArthur Park"
Airplane II: The Sequel	1982	writer: "MacArthur Park"
The Last Unicorn	1982	writer: "The Last Unicorn", "Man's Road", "Now That I'm A Woman", "That's All I've Got To Say", "In The Sea" uncredited
Lou Grant	1982	TV Series writer - 1 episode
American Pop	1981	writer: "Up, Up and Away"
Brubaker	1980	writer: "Galveston" - uncredited
Top of the Pops	1978	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Olivia	1978	TV Special writer: "Grow Young"
The Muppet Show	1976-1977	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Sonny and Cher Show	1977	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Lawrence Welk Show	1969-1975	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Ernie Sigley Show	1974-1975	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Son of Dracula	1974	"Jump Into The Fire"
The Graham Kennedy Show	1973	TV Series writer - 4 episodes
The Naked Ape	1973	lyrics: "Finger Paint", "Survival Rag", "Saturday Suit" / music: "Finger Paint", "Survival Rag", "Saturday Suit"
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La	1973	TV Movie writer: "Didn't We"
Daddy Knows Best	1971	writer: "MacArthur Park" - uncredited
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall	1971	TV Special writer: "Didn't We?" - uncredited
The French Connection	1971	writer: "Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon" 1969 - uncredited
Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show	1971	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Room for Rent	1971	writer: "Wichita Lineman" - uncredited
The Virgin Rape	1971	writer: "Wichita Lineman" - uncredited
Rebel	1970	writer: "The Worst That Could Happen" - as Jim Webb
The Johnny Cash Show	1969-1970	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
This Is Tom Jones	1970	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Mike Douglas Show	1970	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Liza	1970	TV Movie performer: "Careless Weed" / writer: "Careless Weed"
Music Scene	1969	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sounds Like Us	1969	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sinatra	1969	TV Special writer: "Didn't We" - uncredited
Peterson Plays Farnon... ...Plays Peterson	1969	TV Movie writer: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
The Ed Sullivan Show	1969	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium	1969	writer: "Montage", "How Sweet It Is" - as Jim Webb
The Hollywood Palace	1969	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Elvis	1968	TV Special writer: "MacArthur Park"
Petticoat Junction		TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes, 1968 music - 2 episodes, 1968
How Sweet It Is!	1968	writer: "How Sweet It Is", "Montage" - as Jim Webb
The Best on Record	1968	TV Special writer: "Up, Up and Away", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
The Kraft Music Hall	1967	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Movin' with Nancy	1967	TV Special writer: "Up, Up and Away"
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim	1967	TV Special writer: "Up, Up and Away" - uncredited
Mr. Robot	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie	2016	writer: "MacArthur Park"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2015	TV Series music - 1 episode
The Frontier	2015/I	writer: "By The Time I Get to Phoenix"
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst	2015	TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Scandal	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Catch Me Daddy	2014	writer: "Highwayman"
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me	2014	Documentary writer: "MacArthur Park", "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "By the Time I Get To Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman"
The Footy Show	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto V	2013	Video Game writer: "Highwayman"
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	2013	writer: "Wichita Lineman"
Blood Ties	2013/I	writer: "Do What You Gotta Do"
Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy	2013	TV Movie documentary performer: "Wichita Lineman" - uncredited / writer: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Wichita Lineman" uncredited
The Joy of the Single	2012	TV Movie documentary performer: "Turn Around, Look At Me" - uncredited / writer: "Wichita Lineman" - uncredited
Top of the Pops 2	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Parks and Recreation	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony	2012	TV Special writer: "Asleep on the Wind"
Violet & Daisy	2011	writer: "See You Then"
A Heartbeat Away	2011	writer: "MacArthur Park"
t Schaep met de 5 pooten	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Rude Tube	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Estradilla: Pate Mustajärvi N.Y.T.	2010	TV Movie documentary writer: "Mä elän vieläkin"
Late Show with David Letterman		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
Two and a Half Men	2009-2010	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1	2010	Video writer: "Gentle On My Mind/Honey Come Back/By the Time I Get To Phoenix/Wichita Lineman/Galveston/Country Boy You Got Your Feet In L.A."
Benidorm	2009	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bandslam	2009	writer: "Wichita Lineman" - as Jimmy L. Webb
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews	2009	TV Series writer - 1 episode
True Blood	2008	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Wrecking Crew!	2008	Documentary writer: "Up Up And Away", "Galveston", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "MacArthur Park"
The Wire	2008	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Transsiberian	2008	writer: "Up Up And Away" - as Jim Webb
American Masters	2007	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Yhden tähden hotelli	2007	Documentary writer: "Highway Men"
Psych	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Unit	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Venice Beach in the Sixties: A Celebration of Creativity	2008	Documentary short music
The Hanoi Hilton	1987	conductor / orchestrator
Wildfire	1986	TV Series composer - 13 episodes
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1982-1983	TV Series composer - 22 episodes
The Last Unicorn	1982	additional orchestrations
Voices	1979	songs
Olivia	1978	TV Special music segment producer
Ringo	1978	TV Movie musical director
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary	1977	TV Movie music arranger / musical director
The Naked Ape	1973	conductor
'Doc'	1971	conductor

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Oklahoma Rising: The Centenial Anthem Premier	2007	TV Movie co-composer
Clean and Narrow	1999
Tales from the Crypt	1991-1992	TV Series 2 episodes
The Hanoi Hilton	1987
Amazing Stories	1987	TV Series 1 episode
Faerie Tale Theatre	1985	TV Series 1 episode
E/R	1984	TV Series 3 episodes
The Last Unicorn	1982
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1982	TV Series 1 episode
Voices	1979	score
The Naked Ape	1973
'Doc'	1971

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me	2014	Documentary	Himself - Musician
Huckabee	2013	TV Series	Himself
Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy	2013	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Songwriter
The Joy of the Single	2012	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 45th Annual CMA Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon	2011	TV Series	Himself
The Joy of Easy Listening	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Arena	2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)	2010	Documentary	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	1997-2010	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
The Wrecking Crew!	2008	Documentary	Himself
Oklahoma Rising: The Centenial Anthem Premier	2007	TV Movie	Himself
Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala	2006	TV Movie	Himself - Presenter
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton	2005	TV Series	Himself
CMT: The Greatest - Greatest City Songs	2005	TV Special	Himself
Hollywood Greats	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself (performer)
Behind the Music	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
Later... With Jools Holland	1998	TV Series	Himself
Songs in Shadow: The Making of Carly Simon's 'Film Noir'	1997	Video documentary	Musical Director
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	1994	TV Series	Himself
The Chuck Woolery Show	1991	TV Series	Himself
Headin' Home for the Holidays	1986	TV Movie	Himself - Chorale Conductor
The Glen Campbell Music Show	1982	TV Series	Himself
An Evening with Glen Campbell	1977	TV Movie	Himself - Special Guest
The Mike Douglas Show	1970-1976	TV Series	Himself - Vocalist / Himself - Composer
The Mac Davis Show	1975	TV Series	Himself - Guest
In Concert	1971	TV Series	Himself
The David Frost Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
Liza	1970	TV Movie	Himself
Playboy After Dark	1969	TV Series	Singer
The Hollywood Palace	1968	TV Series	Himself

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#	Quote
1	When I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presence and most of the interpretive intensity that I brought to the experience was actually terror.
2	I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.



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