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Richard Harris Takes A Stroll Through 'MacArthur Park' On ‘A Tramp Shining’

Summary by uDiscover Music
Jimmy Webb is among the greatest American songwriters. Just about the first thing many people knew about Jimmy was when Richard Harris delivered the opus “MacArthur Park” off A Tramp Shining. It made No.4 in the UK on June 29, 1968, and No.2 in the US. It wasn’t just the fact that it was seven and a half minutes long that got everybody talking. Richard Harris was far from most people’s idea of a singer and a single that long was in most people’s…
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uDiscover Music broke the news in on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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