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Jimmy Webb originally did Marie, Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel), Fallow Way, Moonlight Mile and other songs. Jimmy Webb wrote MacArthur Park, Wichita Lineman and By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
- August 15, 1946
Pages in category "Songs written by Jimmy Webb". The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
In 1982, he produced the soundtrack for the film The Last Unicorn, an animated children's tale, with the musical group America performing five new Jimmy Webb songs: "The Last Unicorn", "Man's Road", "In the Sea", "Now That I'm a Woman", and "That's All I've Got to Say".
Jimmy Webb discography. The following is a chronological list of recordings and performances of songs written by Jimmy Webb. [1][2][3] 'Nuff Said! "The Eleventh Song (What a Groovy Day!)"
YearArtistAlbumSong (s)2020Thelma Houston and Jimmy Webbsingle"Someone Is Standing Outside"2019Coming Home to You"When The Loving Was Easy"2017"Just Like Always" "It Won't Bring Her ...2016Where Have You Been All My Life?"Wichita Lineman"- Do What You Gotta Do
- The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress
- Highwayman
- All I Know
- Galveston
- By The Time I Get to Phoenix
- Wichita Lineman
- Up, Up and Away
- The Worst That Can Happen
- Macarthur Park
We open up our top 10 Jimmy Webb songs with one of his most beautiful songs. This is one of those great ones that you might have forgotten. The chord changes and melody are written so well to invite great interpretation by artists. Our favorite two versions of this song were performed and recorded separately by The Four Tops and Johnny Rivers. It w...
We continue with our Top 10 Jimmy Webb Songs list with a presentation of his beautiful song “The Moon’s Is A Harsh Witness.” Our favorite version of this Jimmy Webb song was recorded by Linda Ronstadt in 1982. The legendary Bill Payne of Little Feat plays the piano on this one. Other standout versions of this song were recorded by Glen Campbell in ...
“Highwayman,” is one of the great Jimmy Webb songs that Webb composed in the 1970s. The song has not been recorded by that many people which is surprising because it’s such a great country western song. It’s also a homage to the road. The song was first released on Jimmy Webb’s 1977 solo album entitled El Mirage. That album was produced by George M...
You know this one! It’s also probably the Art Garfunkel version that you remember. Jimmy Webb seemed to connect with the heavens above when he wrote this glorious song. Music does not get much more heartwarming than this song and performance. Art Gunfunkel’s angelic voice was so perfectly suited for this one. Michael Feinstein recorded a version of...
All brilliant songwriters whose music is covered by many artists usually have that one special voice that really connects with their material. Burt Bacharach had Dionne Warwick, Jim Steinman had Meat Loaf and Jimmy Webb had Glen Campbell. The legendary singer recorded many of Jimmy Webb’s greatest songs. The next three spots present three of the be...
Jimmy Webb knew how to tell a story. Jimmy Webb could set up a scene that the listener could see clearly, and feel deeply. This one was special. This one was also so sad. How could you not feel for the woman waking up to find the note telling her that her man had left her for good? This one was just so heartbreaking and we just could not stop liste...
If we had to choose the best opening line of any pop song in history, this one would be it. Glen Campbell’s vocal was so perfect on Jimmy Webb’s masterpiece “Wichita Lineman.” Glen Campbell recorded this incredible version in 1968. The recording was a huge hit. Glen Campbell’s version hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. The song had ...
I am still singing this song. This is just one of those songs that once you hear it, you can never get it out of your head. One of our favorite songs from the 1960s was The 5th Dimension’sversion of Jimmy Webb’s grand song “Up Up And Away.” The song was a huge hit in 1967 and 1968. The song and recording won six Grammy Awards in 1968. If you were a...
If there ever was an ultimate “one that got away,” song, it was Jimmy Webb’s “The Worst That Can Happen.” The classic version of this heartbreaking song was recorded by Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bride. Maestro’s version was recorded in 1968. The song hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Brooklyn Bridge. The Fifth Dimensionalso reco...
We wondered which Jimmy Webb songs we would pick for the number one spot on the list. Jimmy Webb has written so many classic songs, we knew it would be tough. It soon became clear that the Richard Harris version of Macarthur Park would take the top spot. Yet, we know nobody knows what “left a cake out in the rain,” means. But so what, that’s art. T...
- Brian Kachejian
BILLBOARD'S TOP 10 SONGS WRITTEN BY JIMMY WEBB. 01. MacArthur Park – Donna Summer, 1978. 02. Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell, 1969. 03. MacArthur Park – Richard Harris, 1968. 04. Worst That Could Happen – Brooklyn Bridge, 1969.
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He has written and produced countless platinum-selling hits such as “ Highwayman ”, “ MacArthur Park ”, “ Galveston ”, “ Wichita Lineman ”, “ Up, Up and Away,” the recently popular “ Do What You...
