Many songwriters will do whatever they can to glorify themselves and their work. By contrast, the legendary tunesmith Jimmy Webb decided to use a song from his first solo album to throw the spotlight ...

When one of the most distinctive voices in the history of music is looking for songs, it makes sense songwriters will come out of the woodwork looking to provide material. That was the case when Art ...

Like a creature from a pop song horror movie, “MacArthur Park,” the epic seven-minute single written by Jimmy Webb, has new life. The hit—unleashed on the world to chart-topping success by the late ...

In 1967, the American songwriter Jimmy Webb received a call from record producer Bones Howe requesting a song for the American pop group The Association. Envisaging “a kind of climactic tour de force” ...

Jimmy Webb’s songs are deeply embedded in our culture. His catalog of music and lyrics spans multiple genres and appeals to all living generations. He is always on the lists of the most important ...

The seven-minute 1968 classic was recorded by everyone from Richard Harris to Donna Summer to 'Weird Al' on the way to being immortalized as Beetlejuice's would-be wedding song. Webb got on the phone ...

Best of 2024: Jimmy Webb was driving through the high plains of north-west Oklahoma when the inspiration for his biggest-ever song came to him. It was a scorching summer afternoon and as the Grammy ...

A dedicated fan of musical history, I knew it was time to pull back the curtains of American music and delve a little deeper. It was then I discovered this song originally written by the ...