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About Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor who died on August 8, 2017, in April 22, 1936. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, which he hosted on CBS from 1969 to 1972, and a string of hit tunes from the 1960s and 1970s are what made him most famous. Over the course of his five-decade career, he put out 64 albums, selling over 45 million copies worldwide, including 12 gold albums, 4 platinum albums, and 1 double-platinum album.
Campbell, who was raised in Billstown, Arkansas, started his career as a studio musician in Los Angeles and spent a number of years performing with the band of musicians that would later become known as “The Wrecking Crew.” He charted a total of 80 songs after going solo, with 29 of them reaching the top 10 and nine of them hitting number one on at least one of the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or Adult Contemporary Charts. Campbell had a number of singles, including “Universal Soldier,” his first number one single from 1965, as well as “Gentle on My Mind,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” and “Southern Nights.”
Campbell received four Grammy Awards in the country and pop categories in 1967. He won two prizes for “Gentle on My Mind” in the country and western genre, and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” accomplished the same in the pop genre. Campbell received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, and three of his early songs went on to win Grammy Hall of Fame Awards in 2000, 2004, and 2008. He held awards from the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) for Male Vocalist of the Year, and he won the CMA’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year, in 1968. Campbell received a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer for his supporting performance in the 1969 movie True Grit. Additionally, he performed the Oscar-nominated title song.
