Glen Campbell

Glen Travis Campbell (22 April 1936 - 8 Agustus 2017) adalah penyanyi pop country Amerika, gitaris, pembawa acara televisi, dan aktor sesekali yang memenangkan Grammy dan Dove Award, nominasi Golden Globe. Ia terkenal karena serangkaian lagu hit pada tahun 1960-an dan 1970-an, serta menjadi pembawa acara variety show berjudul The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour di televisi CBS. Selama 50 tahun berkecimpung dalam bisnis pertunjukan, Campbell merilis lebih dari 70 album. Dia menjual 45 juta rekaman dan mengumpulkan 12 album RIAA Gold, 4 album Platinum dan 1 album Double-Platinum. Dari 74 perjalanannya di tangga lagu country, 27 mendarat di Top 10. Hits Campbell termasuk "Gentle on My Mind" karya John Hartford, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" karya Jimmy Webb, "Wichita Lineman" dan "Galveston", "Rhinestone Cowboy" karya Larry Weiss, dan "Southern Nights" karya Allen Toussaint. Campbell membuat sejarah dengan memenangkan empat Grammy di kategori country dan pop pada tahun 1967. Untuk "Gentle on My Mind" dia menerima dua penghargaan di country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" melakukan hal yang sama di pop. Dia memiliki piala untuk Vokalis Pria Tahun Ini dari Asosiasi Musik Country (CMA) dan Akademi Musik Country (ACM), dan meraih penghargaan tertinggi CMA sebagai Penghibur Terbaik Tahun 1968. Pada tahun 1969 Campbell dipilih langsung oleh aktor John Wayne untuk bermain bersamanya dalam film True Grit, yang memberi Campbell nominasi Golden Globe untuk Pendatang Baru Paling Menjanjikan. Campbell menyanyikan judul lagu yang dinominasikan untuk Academy Award. Pada tahun 2005, Campbell dilantik ke dalam Hall of Fame Musik Country. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Glen Campbell, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017) was a Grammy- and Dove Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. During his 50 years in show business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10. Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights". Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967. For "Gentle on My Mind" he received two awards in country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top honor as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969 Campbell was hand picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glen Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .