Jimmy Webb

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-08-15 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Elk City, Oklahoma, USA

Jimmy Webb

Biography

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, Sammy Davis Jr.,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.

Known For

Sound

1995
Heat

as Additional Soundtrack

1989
Born on the Fourth of July

as Additional Soundtrack

1987
The Hanoi Hilton

as Original Music Composer

1985
1982
The Last Unicorn

as Original Music Composer

1979
Voices

as Original Music Composer

1971
Doc

as Music