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"Rhinestone Cowboy" is a song written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974, then popularized the next year by American country music singer Glen Campbell. When released on May 26, 1975, as the lead single and title track from his album Rhinestone Cowboy , it enjoyed huge popularity with both country and pop audiences.
The album's opening track, "Rhinestone Cowboy", was released as a single and rose to no.24 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. [7] Glen Campbell heard and liked the song, and recorded it; [ 2 ] his version became an international hit, reaching no.1 in the US and several other countries, and no.4 in the UK, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and was the Country ...
Rhinestone Cowboy is the 28th studio album by American country music musician Glen Campbell, released in July 1975 by Capitol Records. It is a concept album based on the idea of an over-the-hill country musician who is uneasy about his previous fame. [1] The album was recorded in Hollywood, and produced by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter.
Rhinestone is a 1984 American musical comedy film directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson and starring Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth and Ron Leibman. It is based on the 1975 hit song "Rhinestone Cowboy" written by Larry Weiss. Although a critical and financial failure, the film spawned ...
It was released in October 1975 as the second and final single from the album, Rhinestone Cowboy. It was Campbell's fifth number 1 on the Easy Listening chart and went to number 11 in early 1976 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" also went to number 3 on the country chart. [2]
Rhinestone Cowboy" continues to be used in TV shows and films, including Desperate Housewives, Daddy Day Care, and High School High. It was the inspiration for the 1984 Dolly Parton/Sylvester Stallone movie Rhinestone. The main phrase of Campbell's recording was included in Dickie Goodman's Jaws movie parody song "Mr. Jaws".
Beyoncé’s new album “Cowboy Carter” arrives after what the Texas-born singer says was a five-year journey she embarked on after feeling rejected by the country music world. On her eighth ...
The protagonist is a soldier waiting to go into battle who thinks of the woman he loves and his hometown of Galveston, Texas.. The song was first released in 1968 by a mournful-sounding Don Ho, [7] who introduced Glen Campbell to it when Ho appeared as a guest on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.