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17 May 1967, Working at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, Glen Campbell recorded ‘Gentle On My Mind,’ a song written by John Hartford and arranged by Leon Russell. The song went on to win won four Grammy Awards the following year and became the theme to the television variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime […]

Former DIO and DIO DISCIPLES guitarist Craig Goldy has weighed in on the way Vivian Campbell was fired from DIO, saying that Vivian must have done something “pretty insulting” to get himself kicked out of Ronnie James Dio‘s band. Ronnie, Vivian, drummer Vinny Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain collaborated on the first three DIO albums — 1983’s “Holy Diver”, 1984’s “The Last In Line” and 1985’s “Sacred Heart” — before Irishman Campbell left to join WHITESNAKE in 1987. Vivian later publicly took issue with Ronnie‘s need […]
Born on this day, 22 April 1936, Glen Campbell, country singer, songwriter, TV presenter. Hits include ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’, ‘Wichita Lineman’, and ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’. As a session musician in the 1960s he worked with Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra. His guitar playing can be heard on […]
19 April 1969, Glen Campbell was at No.1 on the Billboard country singles chart with the Jimmy Webb song ‘Galveston’, which also made No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song describes a soldier waiting to go into battle who thinks of the woman he loves and his hometown of Galveston, Texas: “I still hear […]
21 Dec 1968, Glen Campbell topped the US album chart with ‘Wichita Lineman’. Although the LP would stay on the chart for 46 weeks, it would be Campbell’s only No.1 album. The title track which was written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb reached No 3 on the US singles chart. https://youtu.be/6GWF0RwVVjo Glen Campbell – Wichita […]
4 Dec 1982, Special guests on this week’s syndicated US music television series The Glen Campbell Music Show included B.J. Thomas who performed “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” and then with Glen Campbell played “Hang On Baby (Ease My Mind)” and “Amazing Grace”. https://youtu.be/eA3hC2UwkIE Glen Campbell & BJ Thomas – Good Times Again (2007) […]