The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - WICHITA LINEMAN

WICHITA LINEMAN

Created on 21/03/2002
Latest update on 12/12/2020

Artist: Glen Campbell
Author: Jimmy Webb
Label: Capitol
Year: 1968

N°1 C&W, n°5 US, top 10 UK.

Covers:

1969:: Tom Jones
1969:: Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
1969:: Tony Joe White
1969:: Johnny Duncan
1969:: Dells [in medley with By The Time I Get To Phoenix]
1969:: Lettermen
1969:: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
1969:: Tennessee Ernie Ford
1969:: Eddy Arnold
1969:: Boots Randolph
1969:: Andy Williams
1969:: King Curtis
1969:: Santo & Johnny
1970:: Meters
1970:: Sammy Davis Jr.
1971:: Ray Charles
1971:: José Feliciano
1971:: Kool & The Gang
1971:: Al De Lory [arranged the (o)]
1972:: Fatback Band
1972:: Dennis Brown
1975:: Eddy Mitchell [as Seul est l'indompté]
1982:: Jimmy Webb [author]
1987:: Urge Overkill
1993:: Freedy Johnston
1996:: R.E.M.
1997:: Dwight Yoakam
2001:: Friends Of Dean Martinez [cd title track]
2002:: Cassandra Wilson
2002:: Johnny Cash [posthumous release]
2004:: Freddy Fender
2005:: Pat DiNizio
2007:: Gomez
2008:: James Taylor
2009:: Celtic Thunder
2016:: Villagers
2016:: Douwe Bob [obvious inspiration for Jacob's Song]

There's a Wichita in Kansas, in Oklahoma and in Texas.

Contact

If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

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