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Country music star Kacey Musgraves, a Glen Campbell fan for sure, has released a Christmas album.

One of the new songs, Christmas Makes Me Cry, is a clever ballad that could easily have been lifted off Pageant Material. “I think that one sounds like Glen Campbell, the late 1960s era that I love so much,” she says, “and it was actually quite hard to get through without crying myself!

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Glen Campbell's iconic song, "Try A Little Kindness", inspired Sesame Street's new uptake of it performed by American Idol's Tori Kelly. This new release is part of Sesame Street's "Learn to Love Campaign" created to remind children of all ages to remember to spread small acts of kindness throughout the year. You can listen to the new "Kindness" here!

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Official Video Description:
K is for kindness! It's a simple word, it's true, but it's amazing what a word can do! Sing along with Tori Kelly and the rest of the Sesame Street gang as they sing a song all about kindness. How will you be kind today?

I thought I would post this video for all Jerry Reed fans who read this board.
It is new to me but perhaps you all have already seen it or know about it.
It is Dooby-doooby-doo (and I ain't talking about Sinatra...lol!)
(Was Reed a fan of this show?)
From: "Son! (My Journey to Jerry Reed)" on "The Trailhead" blog by Avrel Seale at:
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Great memories, Mike.
Unexpected surprises are the best!
I recently recalled when I received a Shirley Temple doll at Christmas.
I was a teen at that time, too old to play with dolls, of course.
But when I was a kid, I had been a BIG fan of Shirley's and watched all her films in black and white (before "colorization") that aired on "The Shirley Temple Theater" on Sunday afternoons.
No money at that time for a Shirley Temple doll.
So, when Santa surprised me, the teen, with a Shirley doll, I burst out in tears. Had never been so surprised or shocked, really. I love that doll and still have it and its original box!
Perhaps what surprised me most was that my Mom had somehow known the child in me secretly still wanted an ST doll, and I think it brought her great joy that she could give me one.
Oddly enough, I recently watched a rebroadcast of a 1971 or 1972 Sonny and Cher Christmas Show, and this very same doll shows up in one of the shows segments! I can't wait to watch this show with Mom now.
Dee

Dee, it just goes to show how much Glen's image was a powerful selling tool. The original album cover with Glen looks so good and yet you take away Glen's face and the impact is totally gone.
I first saw this album when I was working in a TV video store. We also sold albums at the same shop and I remember a box of albums arrived and I opened it and in there was a re issue of Gentle. This was late seventies and I was just getting into Glen's music so I was overjoyed to see this album and snapped it up straight away. The same thing happened with Highwayman. I didn't even know Glen had released the album, but there it was in another box delivered a few months later. Funny how these moments stay in the memory.

Will the real Glen Campbell please stand up?
Local performer Balthazar channels country music legend Glen Campbell for birthday celebration
Oklahoma City actress Leslie Hensley performed on stage as Glen Campbell (October 7th, 2016)
For the backstory, see:
http://okcfox.com/features/living-oklah ... n-campbell" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (video and article)

and
http://okgazette.com/2016/09/30/local-p ... lebration/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (article)

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"Jerry Redd", too?
I guess you had to be there?
~Dee

From Carol Kaye's facebook page, detailed documentation on studio musicians and more:

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THE SCENE: THE CLASSIC ROCK LEGACY
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: 100 Crucial Omissions
by Jeff Tamarkin

And where is Glen Campbell's name on the 2017 list of nominees or, at least, on the list of crucial omissions?
Come on, R&R Hall of Fame!
Fans, please rally for GC's nomination and induction!

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The Lettermen’s co-founder laps up memories into six decades

Good article about The Lettermen with Tony Butala who co-founded the group in the late 1950s. Nice mention about when their paths crossed with Glen Campbell:

The Lettermen also have crossed paths with many luminaries through the decades. Butala brought up hearing about “Turn Around, Look At Me,” from its co-writer, Glen Campbell, then “such an unknown, brilliant guitar player” in the studio. The Lettermen recorded it in 1961, welcoming Campbell’s chops and fretwork as well, Butala said. Although not a chart hit, to which Campbell also could relate in his own effort for a single, the song became a “favorite” at the time for The Lettermen’s nightclub shows....

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This British movie (called War On Everyone) is reported to have a lot of Glen Campbell songs in the soundtrack. It's a black comedy and not everyone's taste, not mine anyway.

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