Jimmy Webb
| Born | August 15, 1946 |
| Hometown | Elk City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Spouse | Laura Savini, Patsy Sullivan |
| Children | James Webb, Christiaan Webb, Justin Webb |
| Parents | Robert Lee Webb |
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A Walk Through ‘MacArthur Park’: Jimmy Webb Tells the History of an Odd Pop Classic That Found New Life as the Musical Climax of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
- Here’s one cake that didn’t get left out too long in the rain: the eternal pop pastry that is “MacArthur Park.” The song’s epic length and unusual structure haven’t kept it from turning into a decades-spanning perennial, one that is just finding yet another new life as a result of its extensive use in “Beetlejuice …
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Songwriter Jimmy Webb shares the Story Behind the Song 'Wichita Lineman'
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Elvis Presley’s Rusting Old Jet Is Now A Gorgeous Camper
Elvis Presley had quite the collection of vehicles, including a 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood, a De Tomaso Pantera and a Stutz Blackhawk. He also had an old private jet that sat rusting away for several decades before a YouTuber swept in and saved it from the scrapheap. Instead of returning it to the skies, they did the next best thing and transformed it into a glorious retro camper.
- EntertainmentThe Tennessean
Story Behind the Song: Learn how 'Wichita Lineman' came to be
This Story Behind the Song tells the story of songwriter Jimmy Webb and how his song "Wichita Lineman" got recorded by Glen Campbell.
- CelebrityMusicRadar
"If I'd had more time, I would have looked at that couplet and taken it out”: Jimmy Webb on Wichita Lineman
Plus, he picks his top 5 lyrics by other artists
- EntertainmentThe Tennessean
Songwriter Jimmy Webb discusses his massive '70s hit 'MacArthur Park'
Songwriter Jimmy Webb wrote the song "MacArthur Park" in the late '60s. While it was recorded by multiple artists, most people remember Donna Summer's massive disco version.
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The story of Wichita Lineman. the song Bob Dylan called the greatest ever written
“When I heard it I cried”
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Noah Wheeler Makes the Long-awaited 3rd Ascent of ‘Defying Gravity’
Almost exactly ten years ago, on November 16, 2013, Daniel Woods yarded on one of the world's least likely crimps and made the first ascent of Defying Gravity, a 20-foot-tall 60-degree boulder at Thunder Ridge in South Platte, Colorado. Almost exactly a year later, Jimmy Webb, who'd worked the problem with Woods and Austin Geiman a year earlier, returned and--using a heel-hook-to-double-clutch method that he described as "the most low percentage move I've ever tried"--made the first repeat of t
- LifestyleClimbing
Jimmy Webb Sends “a Contender for the Hardest Technical Boulder in the World.”
Last week Jimmy Webb made the first repeat of Equanimity (V15), which lies in the Kirkwood region of Lake Tahoe and was first climbed in the fall of 2020 by the technical wizard Carlo Traversi. Equanimity begins from a stand start, and a few intro moves lead into the line's physical crux. "This part is the only bit that you can actually squeeze and use your arms," Webb tells Climbing.
- SportsThe Clarion Ledger
Jimmy Smith, former Jackson State and NFL star, says his greatest achievement is sobriety
Former Jackson State and Jacksonville Jaguar receiver Jimmy Smith has trophies and awards. He says his greatest achievement, though, is sobriety.
- LifestyleClimbing
Martin Keller on Sending V16 after 150 days—at Age 46
In 2016 Keller made the first ascent of Highlander (V14) after some 13 years of effort. In 2019 he made the first ascent of Ninja Skills Sit (V15/16) after more than 150 sessions over three years. Earlier this month, after another three-years under the boulder, he made the first post-break ascent of Gateway, for which he proposes V16.
- SportsThe Clarion Ledger
Eli Manning, Jimmy Smith Jr., lead Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame class of 2024
Eli Manning, Jimmy Smith Jr. headline the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame class of 2024.
