The song had already failed once, and its writer was preparing to walk away from the music business when Glen Campbell heard it.

Country music titan Glen Campbell scored his first hit in five years with his signature 1975 song "Rhinestone Cowboy".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1975, I was nine. Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" was the first song I was ever obsessed with, the first 45-rpm single I ...

Campbell, who was born in a small Arkansas town, moved to Los Angeles in 1960 to become a session musician. He had dropped out of high school at 14 and spent years in a band with his uncle before the ...

Grammy-winning artist Chris Stapleton honored the late country legend Glen Cambpell? with a performance of "Rhinestone Cowboy" in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on August 10th. By Liza Shcherbakova Chris ...

Folk icon Glen Campbell is the focus of Justin Chadwick’s aptly titled biopic, Rhinestone Cowboy. Though just in its very early stages, right out of the gate, Rhinestone Cowboy has really good ...

In 1975, Brian Potter and I had produced hits for the Tavares, the Righteous Brothers and the Four Tops. Al Courey, who was then vice-president of Capitol Records, asked if we'd be interested in ...

Glen Campbell, the country music legend behind the classics "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston" and "Rhinestone Cowboy," among others, died on Tuesday after a long, public struggle with Alzheimer's Disease ...

Tributes continue to pour in for Country Music Hall of Famer Glen Campbell since his death on August 8th, and now Grammy winner Chris Stapleton can be added to the list of artists to play one of the ...