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Signed colour 10" x 8" photo of Glen Campbell. The photo is hand signed in silver paint pen.
Price: £29.99
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Glen Campbell
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Biography
Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is an American country music 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 has released more than 70 albums.
He has 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 owns 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.
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