"MacArthur Park" Lyrics & Meaning (Richard Harris)

Richard Harris' “MacArthur Park” Lyrics Meaning - Song Meanings and Facts

Remembering and celebrating Richard Harris on his birthday today. Richard was the first one to chart with Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park" hitting #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making his first solo album (he previously sang on the Camelot soundtrack) a hit out of the gate. Both that and his second album, The Yard Went On Forever were all Jimmy Webb songs with Jimmy as producer. Already having had a successful acting career, Harris actually became best known in later years for his role as D

Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (1968 Music Video) | #44 Song

10 Great Versions of the pop classic “MacArthur Park” - 360°Sound

"MacArthur Park" was written and composed by the great Jimmy Webb in1967 as part of an intended cantata (kind of like a little opera – a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment typically in several movements and often involving a choir). Webb brought the entire cantata to The Association (they had the big 1967 hit, “Windy”), but the group rejected it, basically saying it was too weird! Legendary actor, Richard Harris, fresh from his film Camelot recorded it after meeting Webb at a f

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