Jimmy Webb

**Jimmy Webb** (født 1946) er en  amerikansk musiker, sanger og komponist som har vunnet flere Grammy-priser i 1967. 

Webb er mest kjent for å ha skrevet en rekke sanger for andre artister, men har også selv opptrådt med egne sanger.
Blant de artister han har skrevet sanger for er blant andre:
* Glen Campbell (*«[[By the Time I Get to Phoenix]]»*, *«Wichita Lineman»*, *«[[Galveston (sang)|Galveston]]»*)
* Art Garfunkel (*«All I Know»*, *«Skywriter»*, *«Watermark»*)
* Richard Harris (*«MacArthur Park»"')
* [[The Fifth Dimension]] (*«Up, Up and Away»*)
* *The Highwaymen* (altså [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Johnny Cash]], og [[Kris Kristofferson]]) med sangen (*«The Highwayman»*).
* [[Toto]] (altså [[David Paich]], [[Steve Lukather]] og [[Joseph Williams]]) med sangen (*«Home Of The Brave»*)

Jimmy Webb har også skrevet sangen «The Moon is a Harsh Mistress» som [[Radka Toneff]] spilte inn på sitt suksessalbum *Fairytales*.

== Diskografi ==
=== Album. LP-er og CD-er ===
* *Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb* (1968)
* *Words and Music* (1970)
* *And So: On* (1971)
* *Letters* (1972)
* *Land's End* (1974)
* *El Mirage* (1977)
* *Angel Heart* (1982)
* *Suspending Disbelief* (1993)
* *Ten Easy Pieces* (1996)
* *Twilight of the Renegades* (2005)
* *Live and at Large* (2007)
* *Just Across the River* (2010)
* *Still Within the Sound of My Voice* (2013)

=== Deltakelse på andres album ===
* *Up, Up, and Away* (1967)  ved [[The 5th Dimension]]
* *The Magic Garden* (1967) ved The 5th Dimension
* *Rewind* (1967) ved Johnny Rivers
* *A Tramp Shining* (1968) ved [[Richard Harris]]
* *The Yard Went On Forever* (1968) ved Richard Harris
* *Sunshower* (1969) ved Thelma Houston
* *The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb* (1972) ved [[The Supremes]]
* *Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb* (1974) ved [[Glen Campbell]]
* *Earthbound* (1975) ved The 5th Dimension
* *Live at the Royal Festival Hall* (1977) by Glen Campbell
* *Watermark* (1977) ved [[Art Garfunkel]]
* *Breakwater Cat* (1980) ved Thelma Houston
* *The Last Unicorn* (1982) ved America
* *The Animals' Christmas* (1986) ved Art Garfunkel og Amy Grant
* *Light Years* (1988) ved Glen Campbell
* *Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind* (1989) ved [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* *Film Noir* (1997) ved [[Carly Simon]]
* *Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb* (2003) ved Michael Feinstein
* *This Kind of Love* (2008) ved Carly Simon
* *Cottonwood Farm* (2009) ved Jimmy Webb and The Webb Brothers
* *Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session* (2012) ved Glen Campbell og Jimmy Webb

=== Samlealbum ===
* *Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb* (1972)
* *Archive* (1994)
* *And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain...* (1998)
* *Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988* (1999)
* *Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb* (2003)
* *The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies* (2004)
* *Archive & Live'' (2005)

## Æresbevisninger og utmerkelser
* 1967 Grammy Award for Song of the Year ("Up, Up and Away")
* 1969 Oklahoma Baptist University Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia honorary membership, Pi Tau Chapter
* 1986 Grammy Award for Best Country Song ("Highwayman")
* 1986 National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame
* 1990 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
* 1993 National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award
* 1999 Oklahoma Hall of Fame
* 1999 ASCAP Board of Directors, Vice Chairman 
* 2000 Songwriters Hall of Fame Board of Directors
* 2003 Songwriters Hall of Fame, Johnny Mercer Award
* 2006 ASCAP Voice of Music Award
* 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame, Chairman Emeritus, 2010–2014
* 2012 Ivor Novello Awards, Special International Award
* 2013 Great American Songbook Hall of Fame, Songbook Award

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