MacArthur Park (song)

"MacArthur Park"
US single picture sleeve (also used for the West German release)
Single by Richard Harris
from the album A Tramp Shining
B-side"Didn't We?"
ReleasedApril 1968
RecordedDecember 21, 1967
StudioSound Recorders, Hollywood
GenrePop
Length7:21
LabelDunhill
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Webb
Producer(s)Jimmy Webb
Richard Harris singles chronology
"Here in My Heart (Theme from This Sporting Life)"
(1963)
"MacArthur Park"
(1968)
"The Yard Went on Forever"
(1968)

"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first in 1967 by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris. Harris's version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart. Webb won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards for the Harris version.[1] "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a 1970 version by country singer Waylon Jennings that won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards and a number one Billboard Hot 100 disco version by Donna Summer in 1978.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1969-243.html . Retrieved 28 July 2023
  2. ^ Boucher, Geoff. "'MacArthur Park' Jimmy Webb | 1968" Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times, June 10, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2015

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