The Legacy Of Glen Campbell
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
After 40 years in the music business, Arkansas
native Glen Campbell`s mind is packed with lyrics, melodies and
show biz trivia.
The sharecropper`s son has worked with the likes of Frank
Sinatra, Elvis, the Beach Boys, Merle Haggard, Dean Martin, Nat
"King" Cole and many others.
Now his musical journey is documented in a four-CD box set,
"Glen Campbell: The Legacy 1961-2002." It`s and 80-song
compilation.
Campbell, now 67 years old, remembers something about everyone
he worked with.
Campbell was playing guitar in his uncle`s western swing band by
the time he was a teenager. He moved to the West Coast in his early
20s and for a long time was known more as a session player than a
solo artist.
His commercial breakthrough was 1967`s "By The Time I Get to
Phoenix," a song by Jimmy Webb. Like many of his hits, the song
was embraced by country and pop audiences.
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