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Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman" in response to Campbell's urgent phone request for a "place"-based or "geographical" song to follow up "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". [5]His lyrical inspiration came while driving through the high plains of the Oklahoma panhandle past a long line of telephone poles, on one of which perched a lineman speaking into his handset.
The arrangements are generally very simple and straightforward, with Webb's piano the primary instrument, and several of the songs are performed in a deeply personal manner, more akin to home recording for Webb's own pleasure than to a commercial release—"Wichita Lineman", in particular, sounds here like the most personal and private of ...
[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
"Wichita Lineman" w.m. Jimmy Webb "The Windmills of Your Mind" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel LeGrand from the film The Thomas Crown Affair "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the film Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day "You Rat, You" w. Lee Adams m.
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In April, they promoted the musical comedy Good Times along with its soundtrack. Both of them were commercial failures. During the fall of 1967, they also released the compilation albums The Best of Sonny & Chér and Sonny & Cher's Greatest Hits. [1] In November 1967, "You Better Sit Down Kids" was released as a single alongside With Love ...
Music. Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars Carol Kaye – bass guitar; Hal Blaine – drums; Bob Felts – drums; Al Casey – acoustic guitar; Dennis McCarthy – piano
The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre.