In 1969, there was no bigger star in popular music than singer-guitarist Glen Campbell. Although Johnny Cash was by then a weekly TV star like his fellow Arkansan, Campbell’s broad appeal ensured ...

On this day, April 19, 1969, country singer Glen Campbell’s rendition of “Galveston” peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart in the US. The song was one of many hits from Campbell’s career. It ...

A song of longing from a reader in D.C., David: “Galveston” is another in a line of lush, cinematic songs by songwriter Jimmy Webb. The original, iconic version by Glen Campbell was released during ...

On this day (January 9) in 1969, Glen Campbell went into the Capitol Studios in Hollywood to finish recording “Galveston.” The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on the country chart later that year. It ...

Few cities are so lucky as to have a hit song gifted to them as completely as Galveston. There’s “I Left My Heart In San Francisco,” “Viva Las Vegas,” “Amarillo By Morning,” and Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s ...

Is there a better antiwar pop song than “Galveston,” which Jimmy Webb wrote and Glen Campbell sang in the Vietnam-hued year of 1969? Therein, a young soldier daydreams of his Texas home by the Gulf ...

Perhaps more than any other musical genre, country music is known for moving listeners to tears. Maybe that's because of the way it sounds, or the sad stories so many country songs tell...like one ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- More than four decades after Glen Campbell topped the music charts with Galveston, the Texas Gulf Coast island has purchased the rights to make it the official song of its tourism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Glen Campbell playing songs on his guitar Though known for such hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman" and "By the Time I ...