Glen Campbell is the ‘Rhinestone Cowboy” Save Email Print
Posted: 1:24 PM Oct 25, 2007
Last Updated: 1:24 PM Oct 25, 2007
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Glen Campbell says his all-time favorite Glen Campbell song is "Rhinestone Cowboy," which he says is virtually his life story.

Campbell got his big break when Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers saw him performing on "The Joey Bishop Show."

Campbell then got his own show called "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour."

The show featured duets with some of music's biggest names from Ray Charles to Roger Miller to Linda Rhonstadt to Cher. The show ran from 1969 to 1972 and it's now out on DVD.

Campbell says Willie Nelson was his most interesting guest on the show. He also tried his hand at acting.

His first movie role was with legend John Wayne in "True Grit." Campbell says he looked up to Wayne on the set, calling him the biggest star around.

Campbell says he likes the direction country music is going. He says he knew Keith Urban was going to be a star the first time he heard him play guitar in Australia as an eight-year-old.

Campbell's won a Grammy and took home the CMA's top honor as Entertainer of the Year.

He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

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