American Songwriter

3 Glen Campbell Songs That Pack a Serious Emotional Punch

These three Glen Campbell songs all happened to be hits, with lyrics that also all pack a big emotional punch.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1984, We Lost the Honky Tonk Forefather Whose Smash Hits Were Covered by Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and Ernest Tubb

Forty-two years ago today, the singer/songwriter who is believed to have coined the term "honky tonk" was born in Texas.
Yahoo

Glen Campbell’s Signature 1975 Hit Was Originally Offered to Another Singer

Fifty years ago, Glen Campbell was riding high with his hit song “Rhinestone Cowboy.” The song was at No. 2, right under David Bowie’s “Fame” on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, in mid-September 1975, ...

glen campbell

Glen Campbell, the country singer known for hits such as 'Rhinestone Cowboy' and 'Country Boy,' has died at 81. The country legend was known for such countrypolitan hits as “Gentle On My Mind,” “By ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

POPNOTES | OPINION: Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell transformed country music — and helped a divided nation hear itself anew

In the cultural landscape of midcentury America, few transformations were as subtly seismic as the slow, sometimes reluctant, elevation of country music into the national consciousness. The genre, ...
Reuters

Country's 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Glen Campbell dies after Alzheimer's battle

(Reuters) - Singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, the "Rhinestone Cowboy" who went on a farewell tour to play hits such as "Wichita Lineman" and "Gentle on My Mind" before Alzheimer's disease robbed him of ...