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  1. "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" is a song written by #DennisLambert and #BrianPotter, and recorded by American #countryMusic singer #GlenCampbell. It was released in October 1975 as the second and final single from the album, #RhinestoneCowboy. It was Campbell's fifth number 1 on the #EasyListening chart and went to number 11 in early 1976 on the #Billboard Hot 100. "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" also went to number 3 on the country chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zcthntYl38g

  2. "Rhinestone Cowboy" is a song written and recorded by #LarryWeiss in 1974, then popularized the next year by American #countryMusic singer #GlenCampbell, and considered to be Campbell's #signatureSong. When released on May 26, 1975, as the lead single and title track from his album #RhinestoneCowboy, it enjoyed huge popularity with both country and pop audiences.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U

  3. @DakkiReads

    hahah yeah - that was funny.

    I think Neil Diamond was the second person I ever remembered the name of from the radio.

    The first, and the first pop song I genuinely loved enough to learn the lyrics of was this:

    youtu.be/8kAU3B9Pi_U

    ... even though I didn't actually understand the lyrics till after I'd had a number one record.

    #GlenCampbell #RhinestoneCowboy