GALVESTON - Only on his third pass through this region on a lengthy farewell tour did Glen Campbell actually perform in the city that lent its name to one of the songs most identified with him. The ...

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 ...

One of Glen Campbell's signature hits at the height of his career was 'Galveston,' which reachedNo. 1 on the country and easy listening charts and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The song has ...

Fifty-four years ago today, on April 19, 1969, Glen Campbell rode to the top of the charts with his song "Galveston." The tune was the title track of Campbell's 13th studio album. "Galveston" was ...

[{ "name": "Inline Story Links", "component": "11821434", "insertPoint": "4th", "startingPoint": 3, "requiredCountToDisplay": "3", "maxInsertions": 5 },{ "name ...

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 ...

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 ...

When was the last time former Galveston County Commissioner Jimmie Vacek got a shout-out in a music video? The answer, we’re guessing, is whenever this video came out. A friend of Hair Balls ...

A country boy and sharecropper's son from Delight, Ark., Glen Campbell said he "got tired looking at the south end of a northbound mule," so he packed up his guitar and corn cob capo and headed west ...

Country singer Glen Campbell had a hit with songwriter Jimmy Campbell's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in 1967. The two men didn't meet until after the song was a success, but when they were finally ...