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'MacArthur Park' and 'Beetlejuice': Jimmy Webb Recounts Song's History
Publish Date
September 14, 2024
Interviewees
Jimmy Webb
Interviewers
Chris Willman
Publisher
Variety
Topics
'Beetlejuice'
'MacArthur Park'
Artistic inspirations
Beetlejuice
Cover songs
MacArthur Park
music industry
Musical performances
Pop Culture
Song history
Songwriting
People Mentioned
'Weird Al' Yankovic
A. R. Rahman
Alan Jay Lerner
Barney
Bonnie Raitt
Cooper Koch
David Letterman
David
Don Novello
Donna Summer
Frank Sinatra
Hansal Mehta
Harry
Lyle Menendez
Mike Reid
Nicholas Alexander Chavez
Old Town
Paul Shaffer
Question Mark
Richard Harris
Sinatra
Thelma Houston
Thelma
Vanessa Redgrave
Waylon Jennings
Weird Al Yankovic
Will Lee
Willie Nelson
Works Mentioned
'96 Tears'
'American Pie'
'Beetlejuice'
'By the Time I Get to Phoenix'
'Camelot'
'Didnt We'
'Galveston'
'Hey Jude'
'Highwayman'
'Jurassic Park'
'MacArthur Park'
'Priscilla Queen of the Desert'
'Trilogy'
'Wichita Lineman'
American Pie
Beetlejuice
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Camelot
Father Guido Sarducci
Hey Jude
Highwayman
I Can't Make You Love Me
Jurassic Park
Juror #2
MacArthur Park
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Stan Kenton
The Worst That Could Happen
Trilogy
Wichita Lineman
Places Mentioned
Agoura Hills, CA
Austin, TX
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Johnny Carson show
Kansas City, MO
Kent, OH
London
Los Angeles
MacArthur Park in L.A.
Maine
Minneapolis, MN
New York
Oakland, CA
Peekskill, NY
Phoenix, AZ
Pinehurst, NC
Red Bank, NJ
Richmond, VA
San Juan Capistrano, CA
St. Louis, MO
Stanislofsky School
Stanislofsky School in New York
The Woodlands, TX
Wilshire Blvd.
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