Gentle On My Mind , Glen Campbell , 1967 Vinyl

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Written by John Hartford,which won two 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford himself won the award for Best Folk Performance. The other award, Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male, went to Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford's song. It was released in June 1967 as the only single from the album of the same name and reached # 30. It was re-released in July 1968 to more success. Glen Campbell's version has received over 5 million plays on the radio. Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme to his television variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour between 1969 and 1972. However, Dean Martin's version, recorded in 1968, was more successful in terms of chart-position.