# Jimmy Webb releases unheard songs as renewed interest sustains touring at 80

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/people-think-songwriters-go-around-crying-all-the-time-jimmy-webb-on-his-epic-hits-and-wild-drinking-days/
- Published: 2026-10-26T08:00:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T08:23:09+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/26/jimmy-webb-wichita-lineman-macarthur-park-galveston-dolly
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Jimmy Webb has released an album of previously unheard songs.
- Its songs were once considered for Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra.
- Recent performances have encouraged the 80-year-old to keep touring.

## Summary

Jimmy Webb, the songwriter behind “Wichita Lineman”, “MacArthur Park” and other enduring hits, is releasing an album of previously unheard songs and continuing to tour at 80. Renewed attention to his work, including recent recordings and performances by other artists, has helped persuade him to keep performing.

The album, *Yours for the Taking: The Found Songs of Jimmy Webb*, features songs originally intended for performers including Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra, but left aside or unfinished. Webb recalls writing rapidly under commercial pressure, his early admiration for Glen Campbell, and memorable studio encounters; he has won three Grammys.

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