Glen Campbell his 10 best songs

Glen Campbell his 10 best songs After years as a session musician with the Wrecking Crew in Los Angeles, Glen Campbell released a run of singles that went nowhere in the charts. All that changed in 1967 with his rendition of Jimmy Webb’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix, which reached number two in the US Country chart. The ballad became the template for his best-known songs with Webb: aching strings, acoustic guitar, souring melody and confessional lyrics. The subject matter’s bleak; the song is about Campbell dumping a woman by pinning a note on her door and legging it. But his sweet voice drizzles the pill with syrup, making the whole dumping thing sound weirdly fine. After years as a session musician with the Wrecking Crew in Los Angeles, Glen Campbell released a run of singles that went nowhere in the charts. All that changed in 1967 with his rendition of Jimmy Webb’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix, which reached number two in the US Country chart. The ballad became the template for his best-known songs with Webb: aching strings, acoustic guitar, souring melody and confessional lyrics. The subject matter’s bleak; the song is about Campbell dumping a woman by pinning a note on her door and legging it. But his sweet voice drizzles the pill with syrup, making the whole dumping thing sound weirdly fine.