The country singer, who turns 58 on April 22, will soon release his fourth recording of religious songs. They married in 1982, and Campbell eventually stopped drinking and doing drugs in 1987. Campbell credits her with helping him turn his life around. Their brief marriage was a publicity nightmare, though Campbell claims in his book that Davis and her husband were splitting.įollowing his wild ride with Tucker, he met his current wife, Kim, a former Radio City Music Hall dancer. After his second marriage ended in divorce in 1975, he began dating Sarah Davis, wife of country singer Mac Davis. It was hard to figure."Ĭampbell had been on a marital roller coaster as well.
"People who have known you all your life treat you differently. "Money changes people more than it changes you," he says. It was also the years he drank heavily, began using cocaine and experienced the underside of his overnight riches. He golfed in celebrity tournaments with Bob Hope and built a $1.75 million mansion above Beverly Hills. Listen Now Browse Radio Search Open in iTunes. Stream songs including 'Galveston', 'Take My Hand for a While' and more.
The 1970s for Campbell was a decade of enormous popularity and sudden wealth. Listen to Galveston by Glen Campbell on Apple Music.
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His big break came in 1967 when he recorded "Gentle On My Mind." The song took off, and Campbell became the summer replacement for the Smothers Brothers television show the following summer.Ĭampbell followed his first hit with chart-busters such as "By the Time I Get To Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston." In May 1969, he debuted as host of his own TV program, "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." Campbell was singing at age 15 and married two years later.ĭuring the early 1960s, he worked as a studio musician, even harmonizing on some of the Beach Boys' hits. He eventually formed his own band, then played with another uncle, Dick Bills, who had a band and a radio show in Albuquerque, N.M. Its probably best that I not discuss his history with Mac Davis. Buck Owens and Merle Haggard (still another artist Glen played for) appeared on Glens TV series. They played in nightclubs, often staying ahead of the law because Glen Campbell was underage. The album was 'The Best Of Glen Campbell.' (An interview that appeared on the sleeve was very helpful with this quiz.) Glen played for him during the First Edition Days. "There were times I went to school and didn't go outside at recess because I was cold and had no coat."Ĭampbell quit school for the first time in the seventh grade and left for Wyoming with his uncle, guitarist Eugene "Boo" Campbell. "On the survival scale, my family was just a step above the animals that we ate to stay alive," he writes.
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