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Glen Campbell
Solo artist Delight United States US country singer, guitarist & actor
Glen Campbell is an artist from Delight. Glen Campbell has 18 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wichita Lineman”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #65. The station that charted Glen Campbell most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 4 appearances.
Glen Campbell, the Arkansas-born guitarist and singer, was a studio pro long before he was a star, playing Los Angeles sessions for years with the crew of players later dubbed the Wrecking Crew and doing time with the Beach Boys too. When he stepped out front, his clean voice and deft picking turned country into something big enough for pop radio, and vice versa.
"Universal Soldier" gave him his first hit in 1965, and the late '60s were a winning streak: "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" won him four Grammys between them in 1967, and "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston" followed. He was the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1968, hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972, and took a supporting role in True Grit, singing its title song and earning a Golden Globe nomination. "Rhinestone Cowboy" in 1975 and "Southern Nights" in 1977 kept the run alive.
By the end he had released 64 albums and sold more than 45 million records. After announcing in 2011 that he had Alzheimer's disease, he picked up a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, retired in 2013 after recording a last song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", and died on August 8, 2017, at 81.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Glen Campbell on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wichita Lineman | 10 | #65 | – | – | |
| 2 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | 1 | #358 | – | – | |
| 3 | Gentle On My Mind | 3 | #659 | – | – | |
| 4 | Galveston | 1 | #415 | – | – | |
| 5 | Southern Nights | 1 | #617 | – | – | |
| 6 | Rhinestone Cowboy | 1 | #845 | – | – | |
| 7 | In My Arms | 1 | #1381 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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