Star Facts

  • Category Recording

    Address 6925 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Glen Campbell
Born:
1936-04-22,
Delight,
Arkansas,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
2017-08-08
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Glen Campbell

In memory of Walk of Famer Glen Campbell, flowers were placed on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 4 PM PDT. The star in category of Recording is located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. “Goodbye Glen, Rhinestone Cowboy. RIP.” Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame signed the card on behalf of the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy, Dove Award-winning and two time nominated Golden Globe American country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.

Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman", Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights" and Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy". Campbell made history by winning a Grammy in both country and pop categories in 1967: "Gentle on My Mind" snatched the country honors, and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" won in pop. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the CMA and the ACM, and took the CMA's top honor as Entertainer of the Year.

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 75 trips up the charts, 27 landed in the Top 10. Campbell was hand-picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the 1969 film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer, and gave Wayne his only Academy Award. Campbell sang and had a hit with the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award. He performed it live at that year's Academy Awards Show.

In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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