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

1967 studio album by Glen Campbell

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).^[2] In 2004 "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.^[3][4]

Track listing

Personnel

Music

• Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
• James Burton – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Jim Gordon – drums

Production

• Al De Lory – producer, arranger, conductor
• Nick Venet – producer ("Tomorrow Never Comes")
• Mort Garson – arranger ("Cold December" and "Bad Seed")
• Leon Russell – arranger ("My Baby's Gone")
• Jimmie Haskell – arranger ("Tomorrow Never Comes")
• Ed Simpson, Capitol Photo Studio – photography

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles – Billboard (United States)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Official Grammy website
3. Official Grammy website Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
4. Basham, David (February 28, 2002). "Got Charts? Expect 'O Brother' Sales Boost After Unexpected Win". MTV. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.