Talk:Glen Campbell

Better Discography

Although this article shows an album discography there is no singles discography and that is well needed, becuase Campbell had many hit singles. The article deserves a better discography and should be in a more organized fashion, like a table. LovePatsyCline 15:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Full name

Is he not Glen Travis Campbell ? If so, the main article does not state this.

Derek R Bullamore 21:40, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed: Better Discography

Yes, the discography is a bit messed up - it lists "albums" when they are (mostly) singles, or at least most of the links point to "song" pages, not album pages.

Mike 18:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Addition To Sessions Work

I'm adding The Kingston Trio to the list of GC's sessions work. The KT outsold at least half of the artists listed, had four albums in the Billboard Top Ten the same week in 1960 (before GC, and a feat never exceeded and only matched by the Beatles). Campbell recorded banjo and high vocals on the KT's last Top Forty hit ''Desert Pete (playing a six string banjo designed for him) and background instrumentation on the live performance album "Back In Town."Sensei48 18:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)sensei48

Piedmont not Delta Airlines!!

Alan Jackson's wife worked for Piedmont Airlines not Delta. She recounts the story in her book "It's All About Him" in the section titled " A Chance Encounter" on pages 40-42.I made the appropriate changes.TCPWIKI (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:09, 5 January 2009 (UTC).

Nice career but

The lede sounds like it was written by the guy's agent. Unappealing tone and perhaps not really worth reading.

Calamitybrook (talk) 02:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

More on "True Grit"?

The article only gives a passing mention of Campbell's performance in "True Grit." In his autobiography he talked extensively about this film, particularly his experiences working with John Wayne. Obviously he regards this as a high point in his career. His own performance in this film was rather forgettable and panned by critics, but Campbell keeps a sense of humor about it. He says, "I made John Wayne look so good that he won his only Oscar!"97.73.64.165 (talk) 12:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Campbell was co-host with Rod Cameron on the TV show Star Search in the early '60s. The program had a guest star each week and Glen would sing one of the guests hits, usually doing a better job than the star. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.77.57 (talk) 23:58, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

sourcing needed

Fairly desparately. Will look in again ina month before commenting out all the unsourced material - which is most of the BLP. Collect (talk) 23:31, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Republican

An IP added the following assertion to the article:"Campbell is a Republican and he was a close friend of Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston." The source for the sentence is a recent interview ([1]). The IP cherry-picked the assertion out of a pargraph from the interview that gives the material some context:

In their heyday, Campbell, Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston – three proud Republicans – were close friends. Like Campbell, the other two were also diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but by the time the world knew about it they had quietly disappeared from public life. Kim says this is one reason why the family felt it was important to make the announcement – so he can live as normally as possible without having to feel shame.

In other words, the reference has to do with Campbell's recent announcement that he suffers from Alzheimer's, nothing really to do with being Republican other than Reagan and Heston were also Republicans. I know that political affiliation is sometimes included in celebrity bios, but usually some sort of connection is established to the celebrity's activities. For example, the celebrity supports conservative causes or liberal causes or whatever. Here, the sentence just comes out of the blue and has no real connection to Campbell. And the IP's assertion in the edit summary "His Republican politics are important" is nothing more than a conclusion without any support. If they are important, then more material is needed from reliable sources to show why they are relevant to the article.

I'm going to revert the change and ask the IP to contribute here so hopefully a consensus can be reached as to the suitability of the material.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:31, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

I suggest the statement that Glen was Republican is adequately referenced by that cite. [2] appears also more than adequate. Try also [3]. Self-identified, noted in third party sources, seems to me that keeping the bare fact of him being a Republican is not contentious. The individual friendships would actually need stronger sourcing. Cheers. Collect (talk) 15:26, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm not questioning the reliability of the source or its accuracy (although it's really the interviewer's comment, not Campbell's) - I'm questioning the relevance to the article. Just because something is a fact doesn't mean it has to be included. As an aside, the other source, you bring up is from 1988.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:35, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

WP:RS does not say "when a claim is over ten years old, it can not be used." The claim is not remotely "contentious" as far as I can tell. And performing at a National Convention is "notable" per se as well. Try 2007 (I trust it is not "too old") [4] He performed for both Nixon and Reagan at the White House. If you start articulating non-Republican values, he looks at you much as he might if you'd started to tell him that cork doesn't float: he's not about to agree with you, but neither will he hold it against you. seems fairly clear, no? Cheers. Collect (talk) 16:15, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Campbell is a longtime Republican and he was a vocal supporter of President Reagan during the 1980s. Of course his political views are relevant to the personal life section of the article. (92.7.4.36 (talk) 15:44, 27 August 2011 (UTC))