Fifty years ago today, on July 25, 1970, Bread’s first chart single, “Make It With You” reached the Top 5 in the Billboard Hot 100, on its way to an eventual peak at #1. David Gates, who wrote and sang lead on Bread’s chart hits, is an Oklahoma native like our own Jimmy Webb. David shared the stage with Glen Campbell (Official) for this medley of his compositions, which in addition to “Make It With You” also includes “Baby I'm-a Want You” and “Never Let Her Go”. BREAD (David Gates, James Griffin

So what was Glen Campbell’s breakthrough hit? The answer is as clear as mud. At first we at the JW facebook team thought the John Hartford penned “Gentle on My Mind”, which we’ll share today, took the prize. This week in 1967 was the sixth of a twelve week run for “Gentle” on the Billboard country charts. But it peaked at #30, and two prior songs by Glen faired better —1962’s “Kentucky Means Paradise”, written by Merle Travis, a #20 Country charter w The Green River Boys, and “Burning Bridges”,

On September 22, 1985, Glen Campbell appeared at a benefit concert organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young called Farm Aid. This Glen medley of two Jimmy Webb classics—"Wichita Lineman” and “By The Time I get To Phoenix”—must certainly have been among the show’s highlights. Let's support our farmers and fresh food - please share this! - this year's Farm Aid show, available to everyone on line, will be Saturday, September 26, 2020. More info is here, https://www.farmaid.org/fes

Glen Campbell (Official) made music with some of the biggest names in the business! | Country Fancast