Glen Campbell Born 90 Years Ago Today!
90 years ago today, Glen Campbell was born. We honor and celebrate what would have been his 90th birthday by looking back at his iconic guitar playing on “Galveston” from Live From The Troubadour (2008).
Campbell had a career that spanned six decades, which included releasing four albums with Surfdog Records: Ghost On The Canvas (2011), See You There (2013), Live From The Troubadour (2021) and Duets: Ghost On The Canvas Sessions (2024). He received multiple Grammy Awards throughout his lifetime and was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2005 and the Musician’s Hall Of Fame in 2007.
Awards & Honors
Hall of Fame Inductions
2005 – Country Music Hall Of Fame
2007 – Musician’s Hall Of Fame
Grammy Awards
1967 – Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male, “Gentle On My Mind”
1967 – Best Country & Western Recording, “Gentle On My Mind”
1967 – Best Vocal Performance, Male, “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”
1967 – Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance, “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”
1968 – Album of the Year, By The Time I Get To Phoenix
2000 – Grammy of Fame, Single, “Wichita Lineman”
2004 – Grammy Hall of Fame, Single, “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”
2008 – Grammy Hall of Fame, Single, “Gentle On My Mind”
2012 – Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 – Best Country Song, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Academy Of Country Music
1967 – Single of the Year, “Gentle On My Mind”
1967 – Album of the Year, Gentle On My Mind
1967 – Top Male Vocalist
1968 – Album of the Year, Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
1968 – Top Male Vocalist
1968 – TV Personality of the Year
1971 – TV Personality of the Year
1975 – Single of the Year, “Rhinestone Cowboy”
1975 – Song of the Year, “Rhinestone Cowboy”
1998 – Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award
2015 – Career Achievement Award
American Music Awards
1976 – Pop/Rock Single of the Year, “Rhinestone Cowboy”
1976 – Country Single of the Year, “Rhinestone Cowboy”
1977 – Country Album of the Year, Rhinestone Cowboy
Country Music Association Awards
1968 – Entertainer of the Year
1968 – Male Vocalist of the Year
2017 – Musical Event of the Year, “Funny How Time Slips Away” with Willie Nelson
GMA Dove Awards
1986 – Album By A Secular Artist, No More Night
1992 – Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year, “Where Shadows Never Fall”
2000 – Country Album of the Year, A Glen Campbell Christmas
Miscellaneous Awards
1974 – CMA of Great Britain’s Entertainer of the Year
2008 – Q Legend Award
2012 – Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. – Career Achievement Award
2014 – Hollywood Music In Media Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award