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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.
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman From Season 2, Episode 10, originally aired November 25, 1970. Neil Diamond – Cracklin' Rosie; Ray Price – For The Good Times; Roy Orbison – Cryin' From Season 1, Episode 15, originally aired September 27, 1969. Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash – Pretty Woman From Season 1, Episode 15, originally aired ...
Arte Johnson as "Tyrone F. Horneigh" approaching Lucille Ball in a sketch on the show (1971). The character was originally created for Laugh-In.. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American music and comedy television variety show that was hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 29, 1969, to June 13, 1972, on CBS.
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 ...
"Wichita Lineman" "Galveston" Shout! Factory 2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live Vol. 1: Various Artists "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Back in the Saddle Again" "Bye Bye Love" duet with Ray Charles "Medley: Gentle on My Mind/Honey Come Back/By the Time I Get to Phoenix/Wichita Lineman/Galveston/Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.)"
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Webb was born on August 15, 1946, in Elk City, Oklahoma, and raised in Laverne, Oklahoma.He grew up in a religiously conservative family; [5] His father, Robert Lee Webb, was a Baptist minister and veteran of the United States Marine Corps who presided over rural churches in southwestern Oklahoma and west Texas.
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