Jimmy Webb turns 65 today (meaning those AARP benefits are gonna start rolling in) and before you say Jimmy Who-whaa?, let me rattle off a few song titles for you: “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Galveston,” “MacArthur Park,” “Highwayman.” Webb wrote all of these, and the list goes on and on. Sure, a lot of Webb’s material falls into the easy listening end of the spectrum (and Richard Harris’ rendition of “MacArthur Park” is still fascinatingly, unrelentingly awful), but any person who wrote this song deserves a little recognition on his big day:

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Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.

4 replies on “Happy Birthday, Jimmy Webb!”

  1. Happy B-Day Jimmy!
    I’m surprised to see Glen Campbell here. Dude was part of ‘The Wrecking Crew’ and a part-time Beach Boy too.

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