Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb wrote songs of such aching beauty that they feel less composed than discovered, as if they had always existed. Wichita Lineman alone, with its lonely image of a man on a wire still searching for love, is arguably the most perfect three minutes in American popular music. He had a gift for marrying ambitious, almost orchestral structures to plainspoken heartland imagery, whether in the operatic sprawl of MacArthur Park or the quiet desolation of Galveston. Glen Campbell may have sung them, but Webb's pen made them immortal. To me he is a genuine American treasure, the rare craftsman whose songbook keeps revealing new depths with every listen.

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Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946, in Elk City, Oklahoma) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He is celebrated as one of the most accomplished American songwriters of the twentieth century, having written standards such as Wichita Lineman, MacArthur Park, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, and Galveston. He received the Johnny Mercer Award in 2003 and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Name (English)

Jimmy Webb

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・ウェッブ

Reading

じみー・うぇっぶ

Born

August 15, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Elk City, Oklahoma, United States

Occupation

Singer-Songwriter / Composer / Songwriter / Pianist / Film Score Composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Johnny Mercer Award

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.jimmywebb.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/realjimmywebb
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Webb
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%96
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1287983

Tags

• From Oklahoma
• Singer-Songwriter
• Composer
• Songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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