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Jimmy Webb

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Also known as Jim Webb, James Layne Webb, Jimmy Layne Webb, Jimmy L. Webb

American songwriter, composer, and singer

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • The cake and the rain
  • The Jimmy Webb Songbook
  • Memories of Raglan Street
  • Raglan Street and beyond
  • Tunesmith

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1946-08-15
countrycountry rockpopularrock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
41,327
Total plays
347,711

Tags

singer-songwriterfolkcountryjimmy webbAlt-country

Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma) is an idiosyncratic American popular music composer. Jimmy Webb is responsible for writing numerous popular and Top 10 hits sung by a disparate group of artists, including Glen Campbell ("Galveston"); Art Garfunkel ("All I Know"); Donna Summer and many others. Webb's father was a Baptist minister and a former Marine. His mother died when he was a teenager. His most popular songs were all composed when he was between 19 and 21 years of age

via Last.fm · Jimmy Webb