"Gentle On My Mind" (1967 Release) #62 8/5/1967

Wow. Sometimes in doing this blog, I'll miss one, especially if the record was later re-released. Even though this became a signature song for the late Glen Campbell, here it only got to #62 in the summer of 1967 and barely cracked the Top 40 (#39) on its reissue a year later. The record's history on the country charts likewise wasn't all that notable. Surprising. He'd do better. Glen already made a name for himself as a top L.A. session guitarist with the Wrecking Crew. He'd put out several solo singles with very limited success. He recorded John Hartford's "Gentle..." purely as a demo, but producer Al De Lory (himself a Crew guy) liked it so much he made the executive decision to release the song; Al had to edit out Campbell yelling instructions to the pickers after almost every line. RIP, Glen.