OCTOBER 22: ON THIS DAY

October 22: On this day

On this day in 1968, Glen Campbell was at #1 on the US Country music album chart with his sixth studio release, Gentle on My Mind. The title track written by John Hartford, won two 1968 Grammy Awards and received over 5 million radio plays. Campbell used “Gentle on My Mind” as the theme to his television variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hourbetween 1969 and 1972.

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