On this day in 1968, Glen Campbell recorded the monumental country music classic, "Wichita Lineman", in Los Angeles.

“Wichita Lineman.” The title cut to a country-pop album that also had room for interpretations of Otis Redding (“(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”), the Bee Gees (“Words”), and Tim ...

Glen Campbell performs Wichita Lineman on Later... With Jools Holland in 2008. A simple tale of a lonely telephone repairman working in the vast open plains of the American Midwest, Wichita ...

And I remember writing ‘Wichita Lineman’ that afternoon. That was a song I absolutely wrote for Glen.” It was the first time he had written a song expressly for another artist. But had he co ...

Wichita Lineman has been referred to as "the first ... Which brings me round to the concert. Glenn still has a great voice at 75. His stage presence is amazing -- his charisma flows into the ...

The brooding “Wichita Lineman,” was, like “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” before it and “Galveston” after, penned by songwriter Jimmy Webb, and with Campbell’s clear tenor at its core ...

When songwriter Jimmy Webb left an unfinished version of the song "Wichita Lineman" for Glen Campbell to listen to, he never got a response and assumed it was a no-go. But when he eventually spoke ...

Hits by the clean-cut crossover star included "Gentle on My Mind," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman" and By the Time I Get to Phoenix." By Jennifer Frederick Glen Campbell, the boyish singer ...

But the most powerful and iconic of his hits is “Wichita Lineman,” a haunting, moody song told from the viewpoint of a utility worker who spends his time on the road alone, written by longtime ...

More Country Singers Pay Tribute to Glen Campbell The two world-class singers and guitarists joined together for a cover of "Wichita Lineman" that features Urban strumming the unusual chords in ...

A simple tale of a lonely telephone repairman working in the vast open plains of the American Midwest, Wichita Lineman is one of the most perfectly realised pop songs of all time. Released in 1968 ...