He was a true rags to riches story, playing so many different styles of music. The 12th child and seventh son of a dirt poor sharecropper, his dad bought him a $5 guitar from Sears & Roebuck at the age of four.
His final recording won his sixth Grammy Award in 2014, "I'm Not Going to Miss You," This song is heart wrenching for me.
Glen Campbell - I'm Not Gonna Miss You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8TsAh-zYFI The video is full of scenes, of his wife and children growing up, which he acknowledges, he won't remember.
http://www.glencampbell.com/content/about ...His work during this period would have been enough to secure his place in rock history. Alongside musicians like Leon Russell and drummers Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer, he played on an astounding 586 sessions in 1963 alone. That's him creating unforgettable guitar parts on the Beach Boys' landmark Pet Sounds album, Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night," the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and the Monkees' "I'm a Believer," not to mention hits by Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Lou Rawls, Ricky Nelson, Merle Haggard and Bobby Vee. And you'll also find him among backing a who's who list of artists with the Crew as the house band on the legendary "T.A.M.I. Show."...
Hall of Fame Inductions
2005 - Country Music Hall Of Fame
2007 - Musician's Hall Of Fame
Grammy Awards
1967 - Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male, "Gentle On My Mind"
1967 - Best Country & Western Recording, "Gentle On My Mind"
1967 - Best Vocal Performance, Male, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
1967 - Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
1968 - Album of the Year, By The Time I Get To Phoenix
2000 - Grammy of Fame, Single, "Wichita Lineman"
2004 - Grammy Hall of Fame, Single, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
2008 - Grammy Hall of Fame, Single, "Gentle On My Mind"
2012 - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 - Best Country Song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Academy Of Country Music
1967 - Single of the Year, "Gentle On My Mind"
1967 - Album of the Year, Gentle On My Mind
1967 - Top Male Vocalist
1968 - Album of the Year, Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
1968 - Top Male Vocalist
1968 - TV Personality of the Year
1971 - TV Personality of the Year
1975 - Single of the Year, "Rhinestone Cowboy"
1975 - Song of the Year, "Rhinestone Cowboy"
1998 - Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award
2015 - Career Achievement Award
American Music Awards
1976 - Pop/Rock Single of the Year, "Rhinestone Cowboy"
1976 - Country Single of the Year, "Rhinestone Cowboy"
1977 - Country Album of the Year, Rhinestone Cowboy
Country Music Association Awards
1968 - Entertainer of the Year
1968 - Male Vocalist of the Year
GMA Dove Awards
1986 - Album By A Secular Artist, No More Night
1992 - Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year, "Where Shadows Never Fall"
2000 - Country Album of the Year, A Glen Campbell Christmas
Miscellaneous Awards
1974 - CMA of Great Britain's Entertainer of the Year
2008 - Q Legend Award
2012 - Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. - Career Achievement Award
2014 - Hollywood Music In Media Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award
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