The Monkees’ songs weren’t always respected in the 1960s. Despite this, country singer Jimmy Webb held one Prefab Four song in high regard. He once sang it in a melody with another classic song by The ...

Jimmy Webb’s songs are deeply embedded in our culture. His catalog of music and lyrics spans multiple genres and appeals to all living generations. He is always on the lists of the most important ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the Songwriters Hall of Famer's heart never strays too far from his home state. An Elk City native who grew up in Laverne, ...

Jimmy Webb turned down the chance to work with Elvis Presley. This was partially because his songs had been recorded by Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Webb said his decision not to collaborate with ...

Like a creature from a pop song horror movie, “MacArthur Park,” the epic seven-minute single written by Jimmy Webb and unleashed on the world to chart-topping success by the late actor Richard Harris, ...

APARTMENT OFF KINGSTON AVENUE. A LOUISVILLE MAN ADMITS TO A WORKPLACE SHOOTING. ERIC DESHIELDS PLEADED GUILTY, BUT MENTALLY ILL TODAY, JUST BEFORE JURY SELECTION WAS SET TO BEGIN ON HIS TRIAL IN JULY ...

Multiple Grammy Award-winning songwriter Jimmy Webb has topped the charts from pop to country to disco numerous times with interpretations by some of the industry’s greatest. On July 13, Jimmy will ...

Many songwriters will do whatever they can to glorify themselves and their work. By contrast, the legendary tunesmith Jimmy Webb decided to use a song from his first solo album to throw the spotlight ...

In addition to his extraordinary talent as a singer and musician, a third force steered Glen Campbell’s string of ballads toward the top of the country and popular music charts in the late 1960s. “You ...

Last week Jimmy Webb made the first repeat of Equanimity (V15), which lies in the Kirkwood region of Lake Tahoe and was first climbed in the fall of 2020 by the technical wizard Carlo Traversi. The ...