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"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first in 1967 by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris. Harris's version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart .
We can talk about the lyrics in a moment, but the length is one thing “MacArthur Park” is famous for, at 7 minutes and 21 seconds, which was historic for a radio single at the time. And you ...
In 1967 Webb wrote "MacArthur Park"; the inspiration for the song was his relationship and breakup with Susie Horton. The breakup was also the primary influence for his composition "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". [30] Webb married cover girl [29] Patricia "Patsy" Sullivan, the mother of his 17-month-old son Christiaan, in 1974.
Arkansas-born Glen Campbell began his music career as a session guitarist and singer who played and sang on numerous surf, hot rod, and sunshine pop records in the mid-1960s.
With its sweeping arrangement and unique lyrics, Harris fell in love with "MacArthur Park" and turned it into the almost 7 1/2-minute highlight of his 1968 album "A Tramp Shining."
Songwriter Jimmy Webb wrote the song "MacArthur Park" in the late '60s. While it was recorded by multiple artists, most people remember Donna Summer's massive disco version.
The song "MacArthur Park", which was first recorded by Richard Harris, was originally offered to the Association for inclusion on this album.Producer Bones Howes challenged Jimmy Webb to write a pop song that incorporated classical instrumentation and an odd time signature, which he planned to have the Association record.
"Jurassic Park" is a parody of Richard Harris's version of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park", written and performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic; it was released both as a single and as part of Yankovic's Alapalooza album in October 1993.