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Glen Travis Campbell April 22, — August 8, was a Grammy and Dove Award winning American country pop singer , guitarist, and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the s and s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. He was also nominated twice for a Golden Globe award.

During his 50 years in show business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records, including 12 Gold albums, four Platinum albums and one Double-Platinum album. In , he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Campbell, one of 12 children born just outside the tiny community of Delight in Pike County, Arkansas , started playing guitar as a youth without learning to read music.

By the time he was 18, he was touring the South as part of a group called the Western Wranglers. In , he moved to Los Angeles to become a session musician. He was part of the line-up of the Champs, famous for their hit instrumental "Tequila.

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Campbell soon found himself in great demand as a session musician. In the early s he was part of the studio musicians' clique known as "The Wrecking Crew. John, and arranger Jack Nitzsche, Campbell formed part of this elite group of studio musicians that defined many pop and rock recordings of the era. They were also heard on many Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" recordings.

Campbell was also a touring member of The Beach Boys , filling in for an ailing Brian Wilson in and