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Jimmy Webb
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| EMI publishes a group of songs from Jimmy Webb's rich portfolio of remarkable ballads, some of which emanate from his early days as a staff writer for Berry Gordy's Jobete Music.
We invite you to read thru the following list of chart achievements and selected recordings:
BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX
by Glen Campbell (Capitol: 1967) #2 Country, #26 Pop, #12 AC
by Floyd Cramer (RCA: 1968) #32 AC
by Harry Belafonte (RCA: 1968) #38 AC
by Isaac Hayes (Enterprise: 1969) #37 Pop, #37 R&B
by The Mad Lads (Volt: 1969) #28 R&B, #84 Pop
by Glen Campbell & Anne Murray
(in a medley w/"I Say A Little Prayer")
(Capitol: 1971) #40 Country, #81 Pop, #13 AC
by Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick
(in a medley w/"I Say A Little Prayer")
(HBS/ABC: 1977) #65 R&B
Other versions include: Eddy Arnold (RCA), William Bell (Stax), Vikki Carr (Liberty), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Mute), Classics IV (Imperial), Jose Feliciano (RCA), Vera Lynn (EMI), Reba McEntire (MCA), Henry Mancini (RCA), Roger Miller (Smash), Marty Robbins (Columbia), Frank Sinatra (Reprise), Frankie Valli (Philips), The Ventures (Liberty), Roger Whittaker (RCA), Andy Williams (Columbia)
BY THE TIME YOU GET TO PHOENIX (the 'answer' version)
by Wanda Jackson (Capitol: 1968) #46 Country
CARPET MAN
by The 5th Dimension (Soul City: 1968) #29 Pop
DIDN'T WE
by Richard Harris (Dunhill: 1969) #11 AC, #63 Pop
by Robert Goulet (Columbia: 1969) #33 AC
by Barbra Streisand (Columbia: 1973) #22 AC, #82 Pop
Other versions include: Sammy Davis Jr. (Reprise), James Darren (Warner Bros.) Thelma Houston (Dunhill), Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot), Stan Kenton (Jasmine), Morgana King (Verve), Johnny Mathis (Columbia), Liza Minnelli (A&M), Matt Monro (EMI), Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown), Frank Sinatra (Reprise), Carla Thomas (Stax), Dionne Warwick (Scepter), Jimmy Webb (Guardian), Andy Williams (Columbia)
DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
by Nina Simone (RCA: 1968) UK #2
by The Four Tops (Motown: 1969) UK #11
by Bobby Vee (Liberty: 1968) #83 Pop
by Al Wilson (Soul City: 1968) #39 R&B
Other versions include: Clarence Carter (Atlantic), Roberta Flack (Atlantic), Hazel O'Connor (Albion), Johnny Rivers (Imperial), Linda Ronstadt (Elektra), B.J.Thomas (Scepter)
GALVESTON
by Glen Campbell (Capitol: 1969)
#1 Country, #4 Pop, #1 AC, UK #14
by Roger Williams (Kapp: 1969) #21 AC
Other versions include: Ronnie Aldrich (London), Jim Nabors (Columbia), Sheila Southern (Compose), The Ventures (Liberty), Jimmy Webb (Guardian), Lawrence Welk (Ranwood)
HONEY COME BACK
by Glen Campbell (Capitol: 1970)
#2 Country, #19 Pop, #4 AC, UK #4
by Chuck Jackson (Motown: 1969) #43 R&B
Other versions include: Lynn Anderson (Columbia), Johnny Mathis (Columbia), Jimmy Ruffin (Soul)
PAPER CUP
by The 5th Dimension (Soul City: 1967) #34 Pop
THIS IS YOUR LIFE
by Norman Connors w/Eleanor Mills (Arista: 1978) #31 R&B
Other versions include: The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
UP, UP AND AWAY
by The 5th Dimension (Soul City: 1967) #7 Pop, #9 AC
by The Johnny Mann Singers (Liberty: 1967)
#24 AC, #91 Pop, UK#6
by Hugh Masekela (Uni: 1968) #47 R&B, #71 Pop
by Al Hirt (in a medley w/"We Can Fly") (RCA: 1968) #23 AC
Other versions include: Benny Goodman (Reader's Digest), Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown), The Ventures (Liberty), Dionne Warwick (Scepter), Andy Williams (Columbia)
WHERE'S THE PLAYGROUND SUSIE?
by Glen Campbell (Capitol: 1969) #28 Country, #26 Pop
Other versions include: Bobbie Gentry (Columbia), Andy Williams (Columbia)
THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN
by Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah: 1969) #3 Pop
Other versions include: The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
Among the other Jimmy Webb compositions published by EMI are:
ROSECRANS BLVD cut by The 5th Dimension on Soul City, Johnny Rivers on Imperial and Gordon Waller on UK EMI; THE MAGIC GARDEN by The 5th Dimension on Soul City and Dusty Springfield (Philips), plus MY CHRISTMAS TREE by The Temptations (Gordy) and The Supremes (Motown)
Biography courtesy of Alan Warner |
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| By The Time I Get To Phoenix |
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| Didn't We |
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| Do What You Gotta Do |
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| Galveston |
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| Honey Come Back |
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| Where's The Playground Susie? |
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| The Worst That Could Happen |
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