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WUSB's Sunday Street Series: The Songs of Jimmy Webb

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Sunday, October 15, 5:00 PM

Long Island Museum

An evening devoted to the songs of Jimmy Webb with Gene Casey, Caroline Doctorow, Andrew & Cole Fortier, Delaney Hafener, Claudia Jacobs, Brian Kachejian, Ray Lambiase, Pete Mancini and Tom Moran.

Sunday Street continues to honor legendary musical artists, this time a songwriter, composer and singer known worldwide as a master of his trade who also happens to be a Long Island resident.

A stellar lineup of Long Island musicians will share Jimmy Webb’s songs in what promises to be a memorable evening. Since his first platinum record “The Worst That Could Happen,” Webb has had numerous hits including “Up, Up and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,“ ”Galveston,” “Highwayman,” “All I Know” and “MacArthur Park,” and has also become a leader and mentor in the industry as a champion for songwriters.

His songs have been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Nina Simone, Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Tony Bennett, Michael Feinstein, Josh Groban, Shawn Colvin, The Kennedys, Merle Haggard, and countless others.

Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics and orchestration. In 2016 Rolling Stone magazine listed Webb as one of the top 50 songwriters of all time.

Jimmy Webb was the youngest member ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Get tickets in advance for $20.00, door admission is $25.00 (cash only)

The Sunday Street Series is a collaboration of WUSB’s Sunday Street Series, The Long Island Museum, and The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council.