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Master songwriter Jimmy Webb is gearing up for a double play in MA in the coming week. The writer of such classics as Wichita Lineman, Galveston, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away and more comes to Boston and Northampton. Info is below. Ticket info at jimmywebb.com/shows 5/16 - City Winery Boston, Boston MA 5/17 - The Iron Horse, Northampton MA Webb's songs have been recorded Glen Campbell, Frank Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Tony Bennett, Amy G

This week in 1978, the Donna Summer recording of the classic Jimmy Webb composition “MacArthur Park” entered the Billboard Hot 100. Today we’ll share a live version by Donna of the hit that was destined to become the first recording of a Jimmy Webb song to reach #1 on Billboard, with an inventive reworking of the song produced by Giorgio Moroder. The 45 of the Richard Harris recording is often referred to as the first hit to run over 7 minutes (7.20 in fact). The Donna Summer single contained a

Jimmy's MacArthur Park became a classic after the Richard Harris hit (and then the later hit by Donna Summer) such that pop culture references started to pop up - like this one in Seinfeld. | Jimmy Webb

453K views · 7.8K reactions | 11 years ago today on July 21, 2014, a full orchestra with Will Lee on lead vocal and bass and Jimmy Webb and Paul Shaffer on keys performed "MacArthur Park" complete with the interlude on The Late Show with David Letterman. It was a memorable event that Letterman was quite proud of and Will Lee rendered a masterful rendition Check it out. Will Lee * Paul Shaffer * David Letterman | Jimmy Webb | Facebook