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Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell (1968)

Where the lyrics of Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell take you, and where it was really made.

The duet album was recorded in a Hollywood studio that still stands: the Capitol Records Building on Vine Street.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1968)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The duo began recording the album at this Hollywood studio on 11 April 1968. Recording was completed on 30 July 1968. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell: collaborative studio album by American singers Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
• Released 16 September 1968 by Capitol Records
• Duet album pairing two singers under the same label
• Spawned two hit singles
• Certified gold by the RIAA on 29 January 1969

Background

• Gentry toured briefly with Campbell
• The pair performed on a number of American and British television programs and specials
• Capitol presented the album as a pairing of its two top pop and country artists

Recording

• Recording began on 11 April 1968 at Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood
• Songs in the first session included Little Green Apples, Gentle on My Mind, Heart to Heart Talk and Scarborough Fair / Canticle
• Overdub sessions were held on several dates in August 1968
• Recording of the album was completed on 30 July 1968

Cover

• Cover photo by Dick Brown

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas; began as a session guitarist in Los Angeles from 1960.
• Joined the studio group later known as The Wrecking Crew and played on recordings by many major artists.

Career

• Began a solo career in 1961; breakthrough hits included "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and "Wichita Lineman" in 1967–1968.
• Hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
• Released 64 albums across five decades and sold over 45 million records worldwide.
• Hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" in the mid-1970s were both US number one songs.
• Won four Grammys in 1967 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Personal and final years

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011; retired in 2013 after recording his final song.
• Died August 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard (issue dated 28 September 1968) called the album a dynamite sales package that teams Campbell and Gentry, and said the duetting on its pop hits suited fast programming and top sales
• Cash Box (28 September 1968) said the pair go together like Siamese twins and that several singles could come from the set
• Record World praised very pretty renditions of Mornin' Glory, My Elusive Dreams, Sunday Mornin' and Scarborough Fair

Records

• US Billboard Top Country LP chart: No. 1
• US Billboard Top LP chart: No. 11
• Canada RPM Top Albums chart: No. 8
• UK OCC Albums Chart: No. 50
• RIAA gold certification on 29 January 1969
• Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year, 1969
• First single Mornin' Glory, released October 1968: US Billboard Hot 100 No. 74, Top 40 Easy Listening No. 32
• Single Let It Be Me, January 1969: US Billboard Hot 100 No. 36, Hot Country Singles No. 14, Top 40 Easy Listening No. 7

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first session on 11 April 1968 at Capitol Recording Studio was followed by overdubs through August, and recording ended on 30 July 1968.
• The cover photo credit goes to Dick Brown.
• Gentry toured briefly with Campbell and performed on a number of American and British television programs and specials.
• The album's first single, Mornin' Glory, reached No. 74 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 32 on the Top 40 Easy Listening chart.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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