GLEN CAMPBELL
Name: Glen Campbell
Born: 22 April 1936 Delight, Arkansas
Glen Campbell (born April 22, 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove
Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award American country pop
singer and guitarist and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits
in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.
Campbell's hits include "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita
Lineman", "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". Campbell made history by
winning a Grammy in both country and pop categories in 1967: "Gentle On My Mind"
snatched the country honors, and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" won in pop. He
owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the CMA and the ACM, and
took the CMA's top honor as Entertainer of the Year.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums.
He has sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum
albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 75 trips up the charts, 27 landed in
the Top 10. Campbell was hand-picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him
in the 1969 film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for
Most Promising Newcomer, and gave Wayne his only Academy Award. Campbell sang
and had a hit with the title song (by the same name) which was nominated for an
Academy Award. He performed it live at that year's Academy Awards Show.
In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Name: Glen Campbell
Born: 22 April 1936 Delight, Arkansas
Glen Campbell (born April 22, 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove
Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award American country pop
singer and guitarist and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits
in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.
Campbell's hits include "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita
Lineman", "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". Campbell made history by
winning a Grammy in both country and pop categories in 1967: "Gentle On My Mind"
snatched the country honors, and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" won in pop. He
owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the CMA and the ACM, and
took the CMA's top honor as Entertainer of the Year.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums.
He has sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum
albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 75 trips up the charts, 27 landed in
the Top 10. Campbell was hand-picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him
in the 1969 film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for
Most Promising Newcomer, and gave Wayne his only Academy Award. Campbell sang
and had a hit with the title song (by the same name) which was nominated for an
Academy Award. He performed it live at that year's Academy Awards Show.
In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.