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James Layne "Jimmy" Webb (Elk City, 15 agosto 1946) è un compositore, cantautore, paroliere e produttore discografico statunitense.

Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb nel 2003
Nazionalità	Stati Uniti
Genere	Canzone popolare Country Rock
Periodo di attività musicale	1965 – 2020
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Carriera

Tra i brani più famosi da lui scritti vi sono Up, Up and Away (1967), By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1967), Wichita Lineman (1968), Galveston (1969), The Worst That Could Happen (1969), All I Know (1973) e MacArthur Park (1969).

Nel corso della sua carriera ha lavorato con numerosi artisti del mondo pop e le sue canzoni sono state interpretate da cantanti o gruppi come The 5th Dimension, Glen Campbell, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Rod McKuen, Frank Sinatra, Thelma Houston, Barbra Streisand, Art Garfunkel, Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, America, Amy Grant, Dionne Warwick, John Denver, Johnny Cash, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Tom Jones, Michael Feinstein, Rosemary Clooney, R.E.M. e Carly Simon.

Nel 1986 è stato incluso nella Songwriters Hall of Fame. È presente anche nella Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (dal 1990) e ha ricevuto un premio alla carriera dalla National Academy of Songwriters nel 1993. Nel 2012 ha ricevuto l'Ivor Novello Special International Award.

Nell'ambito dei Grammy Awards 1968 ha vinto il premio come "canzone dell'anno" per Up, Up and Away, interpretata dai The 5th Dimension.

Discografia

Album originali

• Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb (1968)
• Words and Music (1970)
• And So: On (1971)
• Letters (1972)
• Land's End (1974)
• El Mirage (1977)
• Angel Heart (1982)
• Suspending Disbelief (1993)
• Ten Easy Pieces (1996)
• Twilight of the Renegades (2005)
• Live and at Large (2007)
• Just Across the River (2010)
• Still Within the Sound of My Voice (2013)

Collaborazioni

• Up, Up and Away (1966) The 5th Dimension
• The Magic Garden (1967) The 5th Dimension
• Rewind (1967) Johnny Rivers
• A Tramp Shining (1968) Richard Harris
• The Yard Went On Forever (1968) Richard Harris
• Sunshower (1969) Thelma Houston
• The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972) The Supremes
• Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974) Glen Campbell
• Earthbound (1975) The 5th Dimension
• Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1977) Glen Campbell
• Watermark (1977) Art Garfunkel
• Breakwater Cat (1980) Thelma Houston
• The Last Unicorn (1982) America
• The Animals' Christmas (1986) Art Garfunkel & Amy Grant
• Light Years (1988) Glen Campbell
• Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989) Linda Ronstadt
• Film Noir (1997) Carly Simon
• Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003) Michael Feinstein
• This Kind of Love (2008) Carly Simon
• Cottonwood Farm (2009) Jimmy Webb & The Webb Brothers
• Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session (2012) Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb

Raccolte

• Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972)
• Archive (1994)
• And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998)
• Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999)
• Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
• The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004) (boxset)
• Archive & Live (2005)

Bibliografia

• Nick Logan e Bob Woffinden, Enciclopedia del rock, Milano, Fratelli Fabbri Editore, 1977.

Altri progetti

• Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Jimmy Webb

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su jimmywebb.com.
• Jimmy Webb (canale), su YouTube.
• (EN) Jimmy Webb, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) Jimmy Webb, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) Jimmy Webb, su SecondHandSongs.
• (EN) Jimmy Webb, su Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com.
• (EN) Jimmy Webb, su Internet Broadway Database, The Broadway League.
• (EN) Sito web ufficiale, su jimmywebb.com.

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[de] Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb (* 15. August 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma) ist ein US-amerikanischer Songwriter und Komponist.

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[en] Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "MacArthur Park", "Wichita Lineman", "Worst That Could Happen", "Galveston" and "All I Know".[1] He had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, the 5th Dimension, the Supremes, Art Garfunkel and Richard Harris.[2]

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[es] Jimmy Webb

James Layne "Jimmy" Webb[1] (Elk City, Oklahoma; 15 de agosto de 1946) es un cantautor y compositor estadounidense. Ha escrito numerosos clásicos que alcanzaron ventas de platino incluyendo "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", y "MacArthur Park".[2] Sus canciones han sido interpretadas por muchos artistas contemporáneos incluyendo The 5th Dimension, Glen Campbell, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Thelma Houston, The Temptations, Barbra Streisand, Art Garfunkel, Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, America, Amy Grant, John Denver, Johnny Cash, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Tom Jones, Michael Feinstein, Rosemary Clooney, R.E.M., y Carly Simon.[3]

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[fr] Jimmy Webb

Layne Jimmy Webb, né le 15 août 1946 à Elk City en Oklahoma (États-Unis), est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américain. Il a écrit des chansons parmi les plus populaires de sa génération : By the Time I Get to Phoenix [1], Wichita Lineman, Up, Up and Away, Galveston ou MacArthur Park ont été encensées par la critique et beaucoup de ses chansons ont été enregistrées par les plus grands interprètes, dont Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Supremes, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, etc.

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- [it] Jimmy Webb

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[ru] Уэбб, Джимми

Джимми Лэйн Уэбб (англ. Jimmy Layne Webb; род. 15 августа 1946[1][2], Элк-Сити[d], Оклахома) — американский автор песен, композитор и певец. Он является автором многочисленных платиновых записей, в том числе «Up, Up and Away», «By the Time I Get to Phoenix», «Wichita Lineman», «Galveston», «The Worst That Could Happen», «All I Know» и «MacArthur Park». За свою карьеру успешно сотрудничал с такими артистами как Глен Кэмпбелл, Майкл Файнштейн, Линда Ронстадт, The 5th Dimension, Арт Гарфанкел и Ричард Харрис.

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