Single:
Wichita Lineman entered the Australian singles chart* on 30 November 1968 and peaked at #18.
Album:
The song is on Glen’s album Wichita Lineman.
Songwriter:
Jimmy Webb
Producer:
Al De Lory
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Bonus clip below: Jimmy Webb talks about writing Wichita Lineman
Songfacts:
Wichita Lineman was written by Jimmy Webb, who was driving along the Kansas-Oklahoma border when he saw a lonesome telephone lineman working atop a telephone pole. This gave him the idea for the song.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/glen-campbell/wichita-lineman
Wikipedia – songwriter Jimmy Webb:
American songwriter, composer and singer Jimmy Webb has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including Up, Up and Away, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Worst That Could Happen, All I Know and MacArthur Park. He has had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, the 5th Dimension, Art Garfunkel and Richard Harris.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Webb
Lyrics:
I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searchin’ in the sun for another overload
I hear you singin’ in the wire
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
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BONUS CLIP
Jimmy Webb talks to Rick Beato about writing Wichita Lineman
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