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	The Jimmy Webb Music Company
		And realize that with the passage of the years, we now know that Jimmy Webb’s voice is the perfect instrument for expressing the true feelings that drip from every note of every one of his songs.
		Jimmy peforms his own classic songs, previously made hits by a diverse range of top artists.
		Jimmy's second album and first for Reprise Records, this ambitious effort contains exceptional music and lyrics, standard for great Jimmy Webb songs.
	www.jimmywebb.com /store.html (672 words)

	Jimmy Webb Biography - AOL Music
		Webb, in fact, may well have kept the craft of the songwriter in popular music alive and kicking in a new generation of popular music, saving the songwriting profession from being ghettoized on to the Broadway stage and the world of the commercial jingle.
		Jimmy Webb was born the son of a Baptist minister in Elk City, OK, on August 15, 1946.
		And Jimmy Webb was suddenly in their ranks, as visible as any of them, and with a hit to his credit as big as anything that George Martin as a producer or Nelson Riddle as an arranger had signed their names to, respectively.
	music.aol.com /artist/jimmy-webb/21352/biography (1385 words)

	Jimmy Webb
		Jimmy Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for lyrics, music, and orchestration.
		Read the final installment and hear what Jimmy Webb has to say about the art of songwriting and the state of that art today, including looking to the future and the past.
		Read more about what Jimmy Webb has to say about the art of songwriting and the state of that art today, including the imortance of subtlety and depth.
	www.suite101.com /reference/jimmy_webb (186 words)

	San Francisco Bay Guardian \| Arts and Entertainment
		Webb has clearly developed a sense of humor about this once deadly earnest song, which is both his biggest hit (Richard Harris's version reached number two on Billboard's singles chart in 1968, and Donna Summer's rendition got to number one in 1978) and one of the most loathed songs in pop history.
		To fans of Webb or of classic pop songwriting in general, the chance to hear him render his own songs in place of the usual middle-of-the-road interpreters makes Mistress appear to be some sort of holy grail – the ultimate word on the sprawling Webb songbook.
		Webb's albums were more ambitious than Bacharach's easy-listening afterthoughts, though, and that's part of what makes this box set interesting as well as frustrating.
	www.sfbg.com /39/21/art_music_jimmy_webb.html (1321 words)

	Words and Music: Jimmy Webb
		Songwriter Jimmy Webb was so taken with Gauguin’s story that he called the epic opening track of his most recent album, Twilight of the Renegades, “Paul Gauguin in the South Seas”.
		He began piano lessons at an early age, and by the time he was 12 he had realized his mother’s dream of her son playing in church and doing special performances for the congregation, accompanied by his father on guitar and herself on accordion.
		Jimmy Webb bought his first record in his native Oklahoma when he was 14 years old.
	www.nycplus.com /nyc12/wordsandmusicjimmy.html (1514 words)

	Jimmy Webb
		Jimmy Webb was born on August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma.
		Webb asked his friend, actor Richard Harris to record Webb's "MacArthur Park." Webb had a hard time finding a record label willing to release the song.
		Webb's first book, Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting, was published in 1988.
	www.harrynilsson.com /about-jimmy-webb.html (217 words)

	Jimmy Webb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The same year Webb completed the film score for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, but grew impatient with a public perception of him merely as a songwriter.
		Her own song, All I Want was a highlight on THE SUPREMES PRODUCED AND ARRANGED BY JIMMY WEBB (1973), one of several similarly- styled projects the artist undertook at this time.
		Webb also continued to score film soundtracks, including Voices and Hanoi Hilton and by the end of the '80s was completing work on two musicals, The Children's Crusade and Dandelion Wine.
	brebru.com /musicroom/musicians/5thdimension/jimmywebb.html (876 words)

	Amazon.ca: Tunesmith: Inside The Art of Songwriting: Books: Jimmy Webb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While Webb's fans will revel in the behind-the-scenes details of his career and a candid view of his artistic process, others may wish that the asides, finger pointing (at arrogant co-writers) and Webb's own pet peeves (e.g., no-talent spouses who insist on songwriting credits on their partner's records) had been left out.
		Jimmy Webb gives us stories, his own history, his background, and discussions of songs from the beginning of the modern era to the present.
		Jimmy Webb is an authentic American genius - he and Brian Wilson on the west coast - Dylan on the East - who blew the roof off of the stilted 32 bar song and the 12 bar blues.
	www.amazon.ca /Tunesmith-Inside-Songwriting-Jimmy-Webb/dp/0786884886 (1824 words)

	Jimmy Webb - PopMatters Concert Review
		Webb crooned all four parts of the narrative and lingered on the "oohs" that serve as musical transitions between the quartet of narratives.
		Webb said that he was used to performing at 300 seat venues and he was scared, as there were more than 65,000 people in attendance.
		Webb said that Nelson was silent for a second, looked at Webb and then remarked, "Hell, you're already dressed in fl.
	popmatters.com /music/concerts/w/webb-jimmy-050522.shtml (1032 words)

	JIMMY WEBB Bio
		Webb was also one of the few artists asked to perform in 1995 at Carnegie Hall’s "Celebration of American Music" honoring Frank Sinatra, and, at Billy Joel’s personal request, one of several artists (including Marvin Hamlisch and Garth Brooks) who performed for Congress in 1997 as Joel was presented with ASCAP’s Founder’s Award.
		Jimmy also co-produced Carly Simon’s FILM NOIR album and contributed his vocals, orchestration and piano skills to the project which was filmed for an AMC documentary (which premiered in September of ’97).
		Jimmy Webb’s accomplishments as a writer, composer, arranger, and producer demonstrate beyond question that he remains as important and vital a cultural figure today as he was over thirty years ago.
	www.tedkurland.com /pbuild/linkbuilder.cfm?selection=doc.204 (1027 words)

	ASCAP Board of Directors: Jimmy Webb
		Jimmy Webb, the Oklahoma-born son of a preacher, is a critically-acclaimed songwriting talent whose music has been taken enthusiastically by the public to its heart over more than thirty years of success.
		Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration; and he is a member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters' Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
		Following Webb's 1999 induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, he has been touring internationally, most recently in Australia and Japan, as he continues his work on several projects for musical theatre.
	www.ascap.com /about/board/webb-bio.html (283 words)

	Liner Notes for Jimmy Webb's "El Mirage"
		While many of the songs that Jimmy Webb wrote in his early twenties proved to be commercial goldmines for the artists who covered them in the late 1960s, he proved unable to translate that magic touch to his own career as a singer-songwriter in the 1970s.
		To observers, it might have seemed that Webb was retreating to a behind-the-scenes role as a songwriter and producer in the mid-1970s.
		Webb returned to the studio to cut another LP on his own after meeting famed producer George Martin via his clients America, then still near the peak of their soft-rock stardom.
	www.richieunterberger.com /elmirage.html (1455 words)

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		At the risk of being pretentious I have elected Jimmy Webb into my own Music Hall Of Fame which is designed to give my reflections on those artists who, over the years have musically meant the most to me and had the biggest effect on my life.
		Jimmy Webb is one of the few artists who has his own web site which can be contacted at Jimmy Webb
		Jimmy writes difficult songs with many key changes and this is so evident on "A Tramp Shining".
	freespace.virgin.net /peter.steward/jimmy.htm (1350 words)

	Amazon.com: Twilight of the Renegades: Music: Jimmy Webb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As happy as I am that Webb has released an album again, the offerings here are of different caliber, never less than well crafted and conceived and, in the case of certain songs, reaching the potential to be new classics.
		Those of us who love Jimmy Webb as a performer and as a songwriter have waited with bated breath for 9 years for a new set of songs.
		Jimmy Webb proves once again that he is one of the most prolific, and creative writers of our generation.
	www.amazon.com /Twilight-Renegades-Jimmy-Webb/dp/B00091SMFK (1014 words)

	CD Baby: JIMMY WEBB: LIVE AND AT LARGE
		Webb's images are very real to anyone who has ever lost love to time and distance...and so perfectly laced together by music which harmonically penetrates your soul 'till the tears come falling out.
		JIMMY WEBB is a very rare artist, and a new record from him is always an evenement.
		Interweaving stories of rapscallions and classic and soon-to-be classic Webb songs, stripped down to Webb's sturdy voice and piano, LIVE AND AT LARGE is a must for any fan of popular songwriting in general and all Jimmy Webb fans in particular.
	cdbaby.com /cd/jimmywebb (2384 words)

	Jimmy Webb
		f you are under thirty and have even the slightest retro sensibility, chances are you are familiar with the classic pop songs of Jimmy Webb, and good for you.
		The tunes that are spinning endlessly in the windmills of your mind are worth bringing forward.
		Yes, Jimmy Webb gave you the greatest hits of your early years, including "Wichita Lineman," "Up, Up and Away,"
	www.popentertainment.com /webb.htm (152 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'One Life' for Feinstein, Webb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Jimmy is one of the few great contemporary songwriters in the classic tradition," Feinstein says.
		Webb refers to the tunes on Feinstein's new CD, Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb, which find the singer/pianist performing material crafted by one of the most prolific and admired tunesmiths to emerge in the past half-century.
		In a Gershwin song, the melody line is what it is. When I hear the recordings Jimmy has made of his songs through the years, they're sung differently.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/2003-10-30-feinstein-webb_x.htm (718 words)

	Jimmy Webb on MSN Music
		Biography: Jimmy Webb is that rarity in rock music, a professional songwriter who achieved stardom in that capacity.
		The idea of releasing a collection of Jimmy Webb's best known songs sung by the author himself may seem like a no-brainer, but it's taken 20+ years for it to happen, apparently mostly because Webb needed...Read full review
		Jimmy Webb, best known as a songwriter ("MacArthur Park," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"), recorded three albums for Reprise Records between 1970 and 1972, and a fourth for Asylum in 1974, without commercial...Read full review
	music.msn.com /artist/?artist=16087603 (164 words)

	Jimmy Webb - Songwriter Extraordinaire
		Jimmy Webb was practically born into music on August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma.
		His mother loved to play the accordion and Jimmy began singing and playing the organ in his father's church at a very young age.
		By the time he was old enough to drive a car, Jimmy started writing his own music and even formed his own rock and roll band.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/music_legends/31874 (520 words)

	BBC - Berkshire - Entertainment - Review: Jimmy Webb
		Jimmy Webb may be 59 but this man could have carried on all night, read the review.
		His vocals by his own admittance are a little raspy as this is the home-stretch of a long tour, but most times Mr Webb sings with the clarity and passion of those who have put his songs in the spotlight.
		Curiously Webb remains conspicuously silent regarding the song's background, not mentioning one single anecdote before or after he performs it to rapturous applause.
	www.bbc.co.uk /berkshire/content/articles/2005/11/15/jimmy_webb_review_feature.shtml (679 words)

	Jimmy Webb at Spectropop
		"Jimmy Webb was born the son of a Baptist minister in Elk City, Oklahoma 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 and re-arranged and reharmonized the hymns.
		Any use, reuse, reproduction and/or adaptation without written permission of the owners is a violation of copyright law and is strictly prohibited.
	www.geocities.com /spectropop/sp/jimmy_webb.html (410 words)

	Amazon.com: Ten Easy Pieces: Music: Jimmy Webb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This album -in which Webb has chosen to interpret most of his famous songs accompanied by himself on the piano and some occasional, exquisite strings- is a journal of these visitations of graceful and undaunted creativity.
		But the wonders don't end there -with the startling recognition of such young man having the maturity to conceive amazing songs while still a babe- Webb is a great singer in his own right and a sensitive pianist too.
		I've read that Burt Bacharach has been Webb's idol all his life, which in part may not be surprising after listening to this CD, yet it may also be said that Bacharach could be a fan of Jimmy Webb, if the consistent, profound quality of these songs is any indication of it.
	www.amazon.com /Ten-Easy-Pieces-Jimmy-Webb/dp/B000002UFV (802 words)

	Jimmy Webb Album - Jimmy Webb Albums
		Jimmy Webb Albums: These are Jimmy Webb Albums for Jimmy Webb fans.
		Jimmy Webb - And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain...
		Bookmark Jimmy Webb Albums today and buy a Jimmy Webb album if you are a Jimmy Webb Fan.
	www.albums-albums.com /albums-artists-Jimmy-Webb.asp (518 words)

	Interview: Jimmy Webb - Uncut.co.uk
		INTERVIEW: JIMMY WEBB Jimmy Webb The legendary writer of such all-time classics as "Wichita Lineman" and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", Jimmy Webb, talks exclusively to Uncut.
		JIMMY WEBB: Patrick Milligan at Rhino has been, from the very beginning, the instigator of this project, with my old friend Ben Edmonds cheering on the sidelines and being of inestimable assistance along with my manager Robin Siegel.
		Webb's initial motivation for composing "P.F. Sloan" back in 1970, it's a rare homage that isn't recorded posthumously, after the subject is deceased.
	www.uncut.co.uk /music/jimmy_webb/interviews/416 (965 words)

	Amazon.fr : Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting: Livres en anglais: Jimmy Webb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Here he seeks to impart the tools of the trade to songwriters "who may be attempting the delicate transition from amateur to professional." Covering technical matters from basic chord theory and rhyme schemes to the protocol of pitching songs, Webb draws on a trove of personal anecdotes from a career spanning more than two decades.
		In addition to salient comments on today's music scene, Webb cites numerous examples from the past and includes sections on writing for the stage and film.
		While Webb's fans will revel in the behind-the-scenes details of his career and a candid view of his artistic process, others may wish that the asides, finger pointing (at arrogant co-writers) and Webb's own pet peeves (e.g., no-talent spouses who insist on songwriting credits on their partner's records) had been left out.
	www.amazon.fr /Tunesmith-Inside-Songwriting-Jimmy-Webb/dp/0786884886 (462 words)

	The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb is a 1972 album released by The Supremes on the Motown label.
		The album was the only Supremes LP produced (and chiefly written) by a non-Motown producer, successful songwriter and producer Jimmy Webb, and was the last album to feature early-1970s Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell.
		The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb marked a departure from the girl-group formula the Suprems had relied upon over the past decade, and moved the group out of its soul/RandB niche and into a rock/pop style masterminded by Jimmy Webb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Supremes_Produced_and_Arranged_by_Jimmy_Webb (391 words)

	Jimmy Webb - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		For example, it is true that most of the people who have sung Jimmy Webb's songs over the years have been much better technical singers than Webb.
		Similarly, most would agree that the songs from his most recent album aren't quite to the standard of his golden years of the late 1960s to mid-'70s, and that front-loading the set with them can feel like a frustrating delay of audience gratification.
		But first we must remember that, like one of Webb's contemporaries, Burt Bacharach, there is just no way to put in all of the "essential" songs unless you are planning a weekend-long event.
	www.smh.com.au /news/music/jimmy-webb/2005/09/07/1125772579814.html (441 words)

	The Moon's A Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb In The Seventies - from Rhino Handmade
		Raised in Oklahoma and west Texas, Jimmy Webb launched a celebrated songwriting career while still in his teens, his "Up, Up And Away" topping the charts for The Fifth Dimension in 1967.
		While his 1970 debut, Words And Music, was tailored to the rock audience, Webb subsequently re-consolidated his orchestral gains, culminating in the back-to-back extravagance of Land's End (1974) and El Mirage (1977), the latter produced by George Martin.
		Webb consistently impressed critics but sold few records.
	www.rhinohandmade.com /browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7820 (467 words)

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