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Jimmy Webb (born August 5 1946) is an idiosyncratic American popular music composer. He is responsible for large number of popular and Top 10 hits sung by a disparate group of vocalists including Glen Campbell ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston"), Art Garfunkel ("All I Know"), Richard Harris (" MacArthur Park"), The Fifth Dimension ("Up, Up and Away") and The Highwaymen, consisting of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson, ("The Highwayman"), and many others. He is probably the only songwriter to have had his songs recorded by both R.E.M. and Frank SinatraFrancis Albert Sinatra ( December 12, 1915 May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. At 37, Sinatra launched a second career as a film actor, and became.He is noted for having written songs that were hits in the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around, 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends, 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends and 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn. He is the only person to receive Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in musical recordings, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the Units in all three categories: music, lyrics and orchestration. He has also written musicals and film scores, including the music for the animated film "The Last Unicorn". He has written for television as well, including music for the show ERER is a popular NBC serial drama primarily set in a teaching hospital's emergency room, the fictional County General (based loosely off Cook County General, a real hospital) in Chicago, Illinois. The series was created by novelist Michael Crichton. The fi.
He is a popular performer of his own music, having released several albums, the most recent of which, "Ten Easy Pieces" 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, was a critical success. In 1998 Webb wrote a book, "Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting", which was well received by songwriters. He continues to do live performances.
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