Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb

Born: August 15, 1946
in Elk City, Oklahoma, USA
American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been performed by many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr.,and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.

Movies for Jimmy Webb...

The Ghost of Richard Harris
Title: The Ghost of Richard Harris
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2022
Type: Movie
A candid and revealing insight into the private life and public career of Richard Harris. One of the most remarkable actors of his generation, the documentary explores Harris’s complex and, at times, contradictory character. Each of his three sons — Jared, Jamie and Damian — brings their own perspective to bear as they summon the ghost of their late father to the screen.
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Joe Cocker - Mad Dog with Soul
Title: Joe Cocker - Mad Dog with Soul
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 2017
Type: Movie
The turbulent life of soul and blues singer, the late Joe Cocker. A former gas fitter from Sheffield, catapulted to world stardom in 1969 at Woodstock with his legendary performance of the Beatles song, "A Little Help from My Friends". But in the early 1970s, Joe Cocker's inner demons nearly killed him. Overcoming his struggles with alcohol and drugs, he rebuilt his reputation as "one of the great primal rock and roll vocalists of all time" (Billy Joel's description). The film mixes Joe Cocker's own words, with rare archive. His wife (Pam Cocker) & family, friends and the legendary songwriters and musicians he collaborated with, tell Joe Cocker's story. The film has raw, historic, electric performance footage throughout. Extensive interviews of key people through his life include: Pam Cocker, Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone magazine editor), Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Billy Joel, Rita Coolidge, Deric Dyer, Glyn Johns, and numerous others.
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Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Title: Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Character: Self
Released: April 24, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary film detailing Glen Campbell's final tour and his struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
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Produced By George Martin
Title: Produced By George Martin
Released: September 11, 2012
Type: Movie
A profile of Sir George Martin, Britain's most celebrated record producer, from his early days at EMI/Parlophone to his work with The Beatles.
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Glen Campbell: Live Anthology (1972-2001)
Title: Glen Campbell: Live Anthology (1972-2001)
Character: himself
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
In 1965, Glen Campbell was a session guitarist and singer from Arkansas who had played and sung on countless surf, hot rod, and sunshine pop records that labels and studios in California were issuing in the mid-'60s. After he filled in for Brian Wilson as a touring member of the Beach Boys that year, the Beach Boys' label, Capitol Records, offered Campbell a solo recording contract, which paid off two years later when Campbell's pop-folky country version of John Hartford's poetic and tumbling "Gentle on My Mind" hit the pop charts. Campbell's solo career was on the way, and the rest, as they say, is history. This collection features live performances from Campbell captured between 1972 and 2001, and includes versions of all of his classic hits, as well as bonus tracks of Campbell duets with Wayne Newton, Anne Murray, Seals & Croft, Helen Reddy, and others.
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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Title: Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Character: Himself
Released: October 26, 2010
Type: Movie
The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.
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The Wrecking Crew
Title: The Wrecking Crew
Character: Self - Composer
Released: March 11, 2008
Type: Movie
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.