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Unsure if this is the correct area for Jimmy Webb mainly cause his music is so diverse from Classical Influences to some Rock, Pop, Lounge & even Soul.
Perhaps this is the best place to start since it's the Jimmy Webb Discography!
I began listening to Jimmy Webb songs I think through Glen Campbell, though I remember hearing Richard Harris singing "MacArthur Park" many years ago (without realising it was Jimmy Webb). Another performer I reckon who does Jimmy Webb songs very well is Johnny Rivers, I haven't heard Rivers version of "By The Time I Get Back To Phoenix" but I think it might have been done before Glenn Campbell version. Johnny Rivers does some very nice Webb songs on his Rewind Album, I particular like "Carpet Man" which has some soft-psychedelic sound about it!
Other stuff I've collected are the early Richard Harris CD which has all the Jimmy Webb compositions on it, here and there I got bits of the Fifth Dimension - "Up, Up & Away", Andy Williams did a version of that, I heard Matt Monro sing "Didn't We" which Richard Harris originally sang on the Tramp Shining album, and I've got a little bit of America from the early 80s doing the Titled song from "The Last Unicorn" Soundtrack which is quite good!
Perhaps this is the best place to start since it's the Jimmy Webb Discography!
I began listening to Jimmy Webb songs I think through Glen Campbell, though I remember hearing Richard Harris singing "MacArthur Park" many years ago (without realising it was Jimmy Webb). Another performer I reckon who does Jimmy Webb songs very well is Johnny Rivers, I haven't heard Rivers version of "By The Time I Get Back To Phoenix" but I think it might have been done before Glenn Campbell version. Johnny Rivers does some very nice Webb songs on his Rewind Album, I particular like "Carpet Man" which has some soft-psychedelic sound about it!
Other stuff I've collected are the early Richard Harris CD which has all the Jimmy Webb compositions on it, here and there I got bits of the Fifth Dimension - "Up, Up & Away", Andy Williams did a version of that, I heard Matt Monro sing "Didn't We" which Richard Harris originally sang on the Tramp Shining album, and I've got a little bit of America from the early 80s doing the Titled song from "The Last Unicorn" Soundtrack which is quite good!