Glen Campbell

At 81 years old, Glen Campbell has this physical status:

Career

Campbell migrated to Los Angeles in 1960 to become a session singer. He made the Champs in October. Campbell had begun working at American Music, writing books and recording demos by January 1961. Campbell soon became a sought-after session guitarist and became part of the Wrecking Crew, a group of studio musicians later known as the Wrecking Crew.

Campbell, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Nelson, Sean Martin, Nat King Cole, Tomaco, Nancy Sinatra, Jonathan Moore, Bing Crosby, John Casby, Claude Jones, Bing Crosby, Bing Crosby, Jonathan Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Jerry Curry, Bing Crosby, Lee Greene, Ronnie Dove, and Elvis Presley. When he helped record the soundtrack for Viva Las Vegas in 1964, he befriended Presley. "Elvis and I were brought up the same humble way," he continued, "picking cotton and looking at the south end of a north-bound mule."

He left the Champs in May 1961 and was then signed by Crest Records, a American Music affiliate. "Turn Around, Look at Me," his first solo release, a modest success, debuted on the Hot 100 in 1961 but the Hot 100 hit number 7 on a 1968 Vogues cover. Campbell also formed the Gee Cees, with former Champs bandmembers appearing at the Crossbow Inn in Van Nuys. The Gee Cees also released a single on Crest, the musical "Buzz Saw" which did not chart.

Campbell signed with Capitol Records in 1962. After minor success with "Too Late to Cry" and "Kentucky Means Paradise," the Green River Boys' debut with Glen Campbell, followed by a series of failed singles and albums. On 586 recorded songs, he had performed and performed by 1963. He never learned to read music, but he might play banjo, mandolin, and bass.

Campbell began appearing on television from 1964 to be a regular on Star Route, a syndicated series hosted by Rod Cameron of ABC's Shindig! The Hollywood Jamboree.

Campbell was a touring member of the Beach Boys from December 1964 to early March 1965, filling in for Brian Wilson, playing bass guitar, and singing falsetto harmonies. Bruce Johnston, a new member of the Beach Boys' tours, was then transferred to the Beach Boys' tours. "Guess I'm Dumb" by Brian Wilson, a Campbell-inspired string and horn arrangement, and Campbell's forlorn Roy Orbison-like vocal. "The author's opinion has changed."

He had his best solo hit on record in 1965, peaking at No. 45 on the Hot 100 with a reimagining of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier." "People who are supporting burning draft cards should be banned," the song's pacifist message said.

Campbell continued to perform as a session guitarist on the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds, among other things. In April of that year, he joined Rick Nelson on a tour through the Far East, playing bass for the first time.

He was partnered with producer Al De Lory when follow-up singles failed to be popular, and Capitol was considering removing Campbell from the label in 1966. They first collaborated on "Burning Bridges," a top-ten country hit in early 1967, as well as an album of the same name.

Campbell and De Lory teamed up on "Gentle on My Mind," a 1967 film by John Hartford, which was a overnight success. The song was followed by the hit "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" later in 1967, as well as "I Wanna Live" and "Wichita Lineman" in 1968, which remained on Billboard's Top 100 charts for 15 weeks. He has received four Grammy awards for his books "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix."

Campbell was also the uncredited lead vocalist on Sagittarius, a studio company, in 1967. The song debuted on Billboard Hot 100 at number 70.

Campbell recorded "Wichita Lineman," a Jimmy Webb song written in 1968. It was recorded with the support of members of the Wrecking Crew and appeared on his 1968 album of the same name. It has risen to number three on the US pop chart and has been in the Top 100 for 15 weeks. In addition, the album debuted on the American country music charts for two weeks and the adult contemporary chart for six weeks.

Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black's 1969 album "True Grit" was nominated for Best Original Song and Best Original Song, as well as sung by Campbell, co-starring Campbell.

Campbell, a 1968 summer replacement for television's The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour variety show, was given his own weekly variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, which ran from January 1969 to June 1972. Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, the show's comedy writers, were among the show's comedy writers. A 1970 biography by Freda Kramer, The Glen Campbell Story, was released at a time of his fame.

Campbell hosted major names in music on his show, including the Beatles (on film), David Gates, Bread, the Monkees, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, and Mel Tillis. Campbell was able to introduce Anne Murray and Jerry Reed, who were regulars on his Goodtime Hour program, to their careers.

Campbell released a long line of singles and appeared in the film True Grit (1969) with John Wayne and Kim Darby and Joe Namath (1970) together.

Campbell remained a regular on network television following the cancellation of his CBS series in 1972. Strange Homecoming (1974), a made-for-television film starring Robert Culp and Leif Garrett, the up-and-coming teen idol. He appeared on several television specials, including 1976's Down Home, Down Under with Olivia Newton-John. He co-produced the American Music Awards from 1976 to 1978, headlined Glen Campbell: Back to Basics, starring Seals and Crofts and Brenda Lee. He appeared on many television talk and variety shows, including Donny & Marie and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where he appeared on "Rhinestone Cowboy." He appeared on Cher, the Red Foxx Comedy Hour, The Merv Griffin Exhibition, DINAH!, and even At Pops with Arthur Fiedler and The Mike Douglas Show.

He had more hits with "Rhinestone Cowboy" ("Southern Nights") and "Country Boy" (U.S. number 11), and "Country Boy" (You Get Your Feet in Los Angeles), among other U.S. number 39) in the mid-1970s (written by Neil Diamond).

Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" was Campbell's most popular single and one of his best-known records, with over 2 million copies sold. When on tour of Australia in 1974, Campbell heard songwriter Larry Weiss' version. Both songs were in the Top 10 hits on October 4, 1975. In television shows and films, including Desperate Housewives, Daddy Day Care, and High School High, "Rhinestone Cowboy" is still popular. It was the inspiration for the 1984 Dolly Parton/Sylvester Stallone film Rhinestone. In Dickie Goodman's Jaws movie parody song "Mr.," Campbell's key word was included. "Jaws" are a character in the film "Independence on Jaws". Campbell produced a techno/pop version of the song in 2002 with UK singer Rikki & Daz, which also made it to the top ten in the United Kingdom with the dance version and related music video.

Campbell was given 4 gold medals in January 1975 as well as a coveted trophy for wholesale sales in excess of $1,000,000 in Australia.

Allen Toussaint, his other top-selling pop-country crossover hit, and Jerry Reed, who sparked the song's most popular jukebox number of 1977, created "Southern Nights."

Campbell appeared on the Los Angeles Open, a national professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, from 1971 to 1983.

Campbell appeared in Any Which Way You Can in 1980, which was the title song.

The Glen Campbell Music Show, which spanned time, from 1982 to 1983, he hosted a 30-minute syndicated music performance.

Campbell gave up smoking in March 1992 and thought it raised his singing voice. In Don Bluth's live action/animated film Rock-a-Doodle, Campbell portrayed Chanticleer the rooster.

In 1999, he appeared on VH-1's Behind the Music, A&E Network's Biography, and a PBS "in concert" special. He appeared on a variety of CMT courses, where he ranked among the nation's Best Men of Country Music.

Since Jackson began working with Campbell's music publishing company in the early 1990s, he is credited with giving Alan Jackson his first big break. Campbell influenced Keith Urban, who cites Campbell as a major influence on his performance career.

Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Campbell's new album, Meet Glen Campbell, was revealed in April 2008. On August 19, the album was released. He debuted on this album in a new musical direction, covering tracks from Travis, U2, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jackson Browne, and Foo Fighters. It was Campbell's first appearance on Capitol in over 15 years. Cheap Trick and Jellyfish contributed to the compilation as well. In July 2008, the first single, a recreation of Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), was released to radio.

Ghost on the Canvas, a then-farewell album that served as a companion to Meet Glen Campbell (2008), was announced in March 2010.

Campbell embarked on a final "Goodbye Tour" after his late 2010 Alzheimer's disease, with three of his children joining him in his backup band. In the summer of 2012, he was too ill to travel to Australia and New Zealand. In Napa, California, his last show was on November 30, 2012. Campbell took to the studio in Nashville to record Adiós, his final album that would not be announced until five years later. In what would be his last recordings, Kim Campbell said he wanted to save "what was left." During what would be Campbell's last recording session, he recorded his final song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" in January 2013. The album, which is included in the 2014 documentary I'll Be Me, was released on September 30, 2014, with the documentary following on October 24. Campbell and fellow songwriter Julian Raymond were nominated for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards on January 15, 2015.

Campbell was diagnosed in March 2016 that she was in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, and others performed a medley of Glen Campbell's hits on August 30, 2016. Kim Campbell, his wife, received the Career Achievement Award on his behalf. Alice Cooper rated him as one of the top guitar players in the country.

In April 2017, Campbell's final album Adiós, which features twelve songs from his 2012-13 sessions, was announced. It was announced on June 9, 2017. Adiós was named as the top-selling country/Americana album of 2017 in the United Kingdom by the UK's Official Charts Company.

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