Jimmy Webb (A-side)

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Jimmy Webb talks about his classic songs 'MacArthur Park', 'Wichita Lineman', 'Up, Up And Away'. Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side. In the A-side, Jimmy talks to John Wilson. The legendary song-writer recalls a career that began in High School and went on to include platinum selling hits for Donna Summer, Frank Sinatra, R.E.M., Barbra Streisand and, of course, Glen Campbell. The youngest person ever to have been inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame and the only artist to have won Grammy Awards in music, lyrics and orchestration, Jimmy Webb's compositions include 'MacArthur Park', 'Wichita Lineman', 'Up, Up And Away', 'Galvaston' and the third most performed song in the 50 years between 1940 & 1990 - 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix'. In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions. Series Producer: Paul Kobrak First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2017