By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell album) explained

By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Type:studio
Artist:Glen Campbell
Cover:Glen Campbell By the Time I Get to Phoenix album cover.jpg
Released:November 1967
Recorded:1967
Studio:Capitol, Hollywood
Genre:Country, folk
Length:26:31
Label:Capitol/EMI
Producer:Al De Lory, Nick Venet
Prev Title:Gentle on My Mind
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:Hey Little One
Next Year:1968

By the Time I Get to Phoenix is the seventh album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, released in November 1967 by Capitol Records.

In March 1969 the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year (for 1968), the first country album to do so. In February 1968 the album's lead single "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", released October 1967, won Grammys for both Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance (for 1967).[1] In 2004 "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.[2] [3]

Personnel

Music
Production

Charts

AlbumBillboard (United States)

Entry dateChartPeak position
12/30/1967Billboard Country Albums1
Billboard Top LPs15

Singles – Billboard (United States)

YearSingleHot 100Hot Country
Singles
Easy
Listening
1967"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"26212
1968"Hey Little One"541320

Notes and References

  1. http://www.grammy.com Official Grammy website
  2. http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame Official Grammy website
  3. Web site: Basham . David . Got Charts? Expect 'O Brother' Sales Boost After Unexpected Win . MTV . February 28, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111120425/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452682/got-charts-o-brother-sales-boost-likely.jhtml . dead . November 11, 2012 . November 1, 2012.