Jimmy Webb

The critical acclaim composer Jimmy Webb has received during his more than forty years of success is as remarkable as the accomplishments they honor: he is a member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and, according to BMI, his "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," has been the third most performed song from the 60s until 1990, with "Up, Up and Away" on the same list in the top thirty. Webb’s, "Wichita Lineman" has been listed in MOJO Magazine’s worldwide survey of the best one hundred singles of all time in the top fifty, and was singled out in the Oct/Nov 2001 issue of Blender as "The Greatest Song Ever." Even singer/songwriter James Taylor was nominated for a Grammy in 2010 for “Best Male Pop Vocal” for his rendition of the song.