Jimmy Webb

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City	Venue	Date		Tickets
New York, NY	The Cutting Room	Fri	Jun 28 / 13	Find Tickets
Okoboji, IA	Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre	Thu	Sep 26 / 13	Find Tickets
Galloway, NJ	Stockton Performing Arts Center	Sat	Oct 19 / 13	Find Tickets
Waltham, MA	Bentley College	Wed	Mar 12 / 14	Find Tickets

Jimmy Webb Biography

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Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an 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, 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.

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