Glen Campbell had years as an in-demand however comparatively unknown sideman, with a sequence of low-profile albums to his title. However in his extremely productive 1967-68 season, he was profiting from his hard-earned fame.
Having positioned not one however two LPs on the pop charts in December 1967 in Light On My Thoughts and By The Time I Get To Phoenix — each of which might flip platinum — he was again on the nation bestsellers on March 30, 1968 with Hey, Little One. Produced as ordinary by Al De Lory and recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, the album had one extremely uncommon function.
Campbell’s remake of the Dorsey Burnette and Barry de Vorzon composition “Hey Little One,” a classy Prime 50 pop single for Burnette in 1960, was a part of Glen’s By The Time I Get To Phoenix set. What’s extra, it was a No.13 nation hit and reached No.54 on the Scorching 100. Then, oddly, the identical recording additionally grew to become the title observe and opening tune on the brand new launch.
Quickly afterwards, Campbell’s interpretation of John D. Loudermilk’s “I Wanna Live” was launched as a single from Hey, Little One and gave him his first nation No.1. The album additionally featured Glen’s variations of some well-known hits and lesser-known tracks. He lower Bob Lind’s “Elusive Butterfly,” Roy Orbison’s “It’s Over” and “Woman, Woman,” which had simply change into the primary hit for Gary Puckett and the Union Hole.
Campbell sings Dylan
Glen’s versatility as a vocal stylist was underlined by covers in such contrasting types as Bob Dylan’s “I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Have Never Met),” first heard on the 1964 album One other Facet Of Bob Dylan; and the melodramatic “The Impossible Dream,” which had already attracted variations by the Temptations and Frank Sinatra. Campbell additionally re-recorded “Turn Around, Look At Me,” the Jerry Capehart tune that had been his first singles chart entry way back to 1961.
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Hey, Little One reached No.26 on the US pop album chart, spending a powerful 51 weeks on the survey, and have become the third of no fewer than seven consecutive No.1s on the nation LP chart.
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