Jimmy Webb
Sound
- Born
- August 15, 1946 (age 80) · Elk City, Oklahoma, USA
American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been performed by many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr.,and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Known for
Heat
December 15, 1995
Born on the Fourth of July
December 20, 1989
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
April 10, 1992
The Last Unicorn
November 19, 1982
Doc
August 1, 1971
The Hanoi Hilton
March 27, 1987
How Sweet It Is!
August 21, 1968
The Naked Ape
August 1, 1973
Ringo
April 25, 1978
Voices
March 14, 1979
The Birth of Aphrodite
March 4, 1971
The Clean and Narrow
January 21, 2000
Behind the camera12
- 2000The Clean and Narrow Music
- 1995Heat Additional Soundtrack
- 1992FernGully: The Last Rainforest Songs
- 1989Born on the Fourth of July Additional Soundtrack
- 1987The Hanoi Hilton Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Songs, Conductor
- 1982The Last Unicorn Original Music Composer, Songs
- 1979Voices Original Music Composer, Songs
- 1978Ringo Music Director
- 1973The Naked Ape Original Music Composer, Songs
- 1971