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Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer and performer known worldwide as a master of his trade. Since his first platinum record, “The Worst That Could Happen,” Webb has had numerous hits including “Up, Up and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman, “Galveston,” “Highwayman,” “All I Know,” “Didn’t We” and “MacArthur Park.” Webb’s songs have been recorded by the greatest voices in music history including Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Barbara Streisand, Nina Simone, Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Tony Bennett, Josh Groban, and countless others. His timeless, cross-genre hits continue to be performed and recorded by the industry’s biggest names including Guns N’ Roses, Little Big Town, and Ye.

Webb’s compositions span the musical spectrum from pop to disco to country to R&B to jazz and classical.

Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics and orchestration. In 2016 Rolling Stone magazine listed Webb as one of the top 50 songwriters of all time. He was the youngest member ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and served as its Chairman. He has also served proudly as the Vice Chair of ASCAP.  As an ASCAP board member, Webb continues to fight and pave the way for songwriters in an ever-changing media landscape, spearheading the ongoing effort to preserve the rights of songwriters and their intellectual property in the digital age.

 In addition to being an international touring artist, Webb is also an author: His memoir The Cake and the Rain (2017) brings to life a 15-year span in Webb’s singular career, written with the same sense of poetry and story as his many hits. Webb’s first book Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting (1998), is considered a “bible” among musicians. Webb continues to write and record. He has released ten solo albums while also writing for other artists. In 2019, Webb released SlipCover, his piano interpretations of contemporary composers including friends Billy Joel and Randy Newman. Webb wrote the score and composed the songs for the animated cult feature, “das Letzte Einhorn (The Last Unicorn”). 

Webb is happily married to Laura Savini, a producer and host for PBS. He has five sons, a daughter, and six gorgeous grandchildren. When he isn’t touring, Webb pursues his interests in maritime history and model building.

https://www.jimmywebb.com/