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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 Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971: Johnny Cash and others "Wichita Lineman" Sony Columbia Legacy 2007 Legends of Country: Classic Hits of 50s, 60s and 70s: Various Artists "Southern Nights" "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Wichita Lineman" "Galveston" Shout! Factory 2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live Vol. 1: Various Artists "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Back in the ...
Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony is the fifty-eighth album by American singer Glen Campbell, released in 2001.The album was recorded during a two-night show, January 10 and 11, 2001, at the Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he was accompanied by his daughter Debby Campbell, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
Webb was joined by fellow guest Glen Campbell, who he wrote hits songs for, including “Wichita Lineman,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress,” and ...
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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.
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At the 11th Annual Grammy Awards held in 1969, Wichita Lineman won Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical) for Hugh Davies & Joe Polito, engineers. [ 2 ] In 2000, the single Wichita Lineman was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .