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Jimmy Webb was born the son of a
Baptist minister in Elk City, OK, on August 15, 1946. An avid music
enthusiast as a boy, he made his first public appearance as a
performer playing the organ at his father's church, and even then, he
improvised, rearranged, and re-harmonized the hymns. In his teens, he
began his composing career with religious songs, and later led his own
rock & roll band. His interest in music intersected with his love
of literature and writing, and even in his teens, Webb was able to
dissect the popular songs around him, and began turning his attention
to writing informal "follow-up" efforts. He quickly realized
that his songs were sometimes superior to the originals, and set his
sights on a career as a songwriter.
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Webb soon took off for Los
Angeles, where his first job in music was transcribing other people's
songs. During this period, as he made the rounds of publishing houses,
he wrote a bittersweet romantic ballad entitled "By the Time I
Get to Phoenix," which languished for two years. Finally, in
1966, Johnny Rivers recorded the song, which became a modest hit; Glen
Campbell later cut it as well, and scored a gold record. Meanwhile,
Webb was put in charge of the songs for the first album of a fledgling
pop group called the Fifth Dimension; the result was a chart-topping,
million-selling single, "Up Up and Away." Between them,
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Up Up and
Away" won eight Grammy Awards the following year, and turned
Jimmy Webb into the most prominent songwriter of his generation. |
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