MacArthur Park (song)
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"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris in 1968. Harris's version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a 1970 Grammy-winning version by country music singer Waylon Jennings and a number one Billboard Hot 100 disco arrangement by Donna Summer in 1978.[4] Webb won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the Richard Harris version.[5]
"MacArthur Park" | ||||
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Single by Richard Harris | ||||
from the album A Tramp Shining | ||||
B-side | "Didn't We?" | |||
Released | April 1968 | |||
Recorded | December 21, 1967 | |||
Studio | Sound Recorders, Hollywood | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 7:21 | |||
Label | Dunhill | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Webb | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Webb | |||
Richard Harris singles chronology | ||||
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In 1967, producer Bones Howe had asked Webb to create a pop song with different movements and changing time signatures. Webb delivered "MacArthur Park" to Howe with "everything he wanted", but Howe did not care for the ambitious arrangement and unorthodox lyrics and the song was rejected by the group The Association, for whom it had been intended.[6]