| Genres: |
Christian & Gospel,
Country & Bluegrass,
Holiday & Seasonal,
Pop / Rock,
Vocals
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| Descriptive "tags": |
country, singer-songwriter, folk, classic country, pop
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| Decades Active: |
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Links online: |
BBC Music,
IMDb,
MySpace,
Official Homepage,
Wikipedia
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Biography
Glen Travis Campbell, 22 April 1936, Delight, Arkansas, USA. Campbell came from a musical family and began his career with his uncle’s Dick Bills Band in 1954, before forming Glen Campbell And The Western Wranglers four years later. By the end of the 50s he had moved to Los Angeles, where he became a renowned session player and one of the finest guitarists in Hollywood. After briefly joining the Champs, he released a solo single, ‘Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry’, which crept into the US Hot 100. Ever in demand, he took on the arduous task of replacing Brian Wilson on touring commitments with the Beach Boys. Campbell’s period as a Beach Boy was short-lived and he soon returned to session work and recording, even enjoying a minor hit with Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ‘The Universal Soldier’. By 1967, Capitol Records were seriously promoting Campbell as an artist in his own right. The breakthrough came with an accomplished version of...
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