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1463:Worst That Could Happen
1021:Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb
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210:Released: August 1968
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197:Released: April 1968
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39:Studio album
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1256:Light Years
1069:Angel Heart
916:Filmography
752:13 November
705:Pop Albums
671:Henry Diltz
665:Gary Burden
642:– saxophone
618:– keyboards
1495:Categories
1407:Highwayman
1372:All I Know
1208:Earthbound
1053:Land's End
1037:And So: On
1006:Jimmy Webb
952:Ann Turkel
899:Bloomfield
874:Didn't We?
715:References
640:Jimmy Horn
628:Joe Osborn
622:Mike Deasy
610:Hal Blaine
601:Jimmy Webb
401:Didn't We?
239:Jimmy Webb
128:chronology
119:Jimmy Webb
1393:Galveston
1386:Didn't We
1224:Watermark
1184:Sunshower
1125:SlipCover
1061:El Mirage
703:Billboard
694:Position
653:Technical
592:Personnel
388:"Prelude"
270:Reception
266:in 1969.
258:Billboard
205:Didn't We
746:AllMusic
648:– guitar
624:– guitar
502:Side two
367:Side one
332:AllMusic
294:AllMusic
114:Producer
59:Recorded
54:May 1968
51:Released
41: by
1326:Archive
1045:Letters
964:(niece)
909:Related
852:Singles
612:– drums
260:Hot 100
244:Camelot
175:Singles
161:(1968)
152:(1968)
143:(1967)
103:Dunhill
1356:(2005)
1350:(2004)
1344:(2003)
1336:(1999)
1328:(1994)
1322:(1998)
1316:(1972)
1299:(2012)
1291:(2009)
1283:(2008)
1275:(2003)
1267:(1989)
1259:(1988)
1251:(1986)
1243:(1983)
1235:(1980)
1227:(1977)
1219:(1977)
1211:(1975)
1203:(1974)
1195:(1972)
1187:(1969)
1179:(1968)
1171:(1968)
1163:(1967)
1160:Rewind
1155:(1967)
1147:(1966)
1128:(2019)
1120:(2013)
1112:(2010)
1104:(2007)
1096:(2005)
1088:(1996)
1080:(1993)
1072:(1982)
1064:(1977)
1056:(1974)
1048:(1972)
1040:(1971)
1032:(1970)
1024:(1968)
881:My Boy
691:Chart
515:Length
380:Length
288:Rating
285:Source
107:Legacy
81:Length
1364:Songs
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699:1968
688:Year
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512:Title
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177:from
98:Label
70:Genre
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