Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Actor and Television Host. Glen Campbell is recognized mainly as an American pop-country musician, who released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. Born Glen Travis Campbell, the seventh of 12 children of a sharecropper, he was the seventh son of a seventh son. He learned to play music on a five-dollar guitar that he received from his father, taking lessons from an uncle. His family moved to Houston when he was an adolescent and from there, he moved to Albuquerque to join his uncle's band, Dick Bills and the Sandia Mountain Boys, later forming his own group, the Western Wranglers. In 1960, he moved to Los Angeles, where he drew the attention of record companies with his song "Turn Around, Look at Me." He quickly started playing recording sessions, where his guitar playing was in demand by many well-known recording artists including Elvis. In 1968 he made recording history, receiving a total of four Grammy Awards: "Gentle On My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" received a Grammy in the category of both of country and pop. This was followed with the hits "I Wanna Live," "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife," and "Wichita Lineman." Later that year, he was a television host as well, starring in "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on CBS, which ran from 1969 to 1972. In 1969, he hit the big screen as a co-star in the John Wayne film "True Grit," which gave him a Golden Globe nomination. He appeared in a total of four films plus a documentary. His songs hit the charts regularly, though seldom becoming big hits. He finally had a resurgence with "Rhinestone Cowboy", one of the biggest hits of 1975 both on the country and pop charts, and "Southern Nights", a remake of an Allen Toussaint song. In 1994, he wrote his memoir, "Rhinestone Cowboy" and he became a regular performer in Branson, Missouri, playing his hits. In 2011, he announced he had Alzheimer's Disease, and despite the diagnosis, he released an album, "Ghost on the Canvas," to positive reviews and followed it with a tour. His final album, "See You There," was released in 2013. He earned several awards, including a lifetime honor from the Grammys. Later, he was featured in the documentary "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me." His last recorded song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," which he co-wrote, was made for this documentary and nominated for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards and received a Grammy Award for best country song. Throughout his career, he battled drug and alcohol abuse. After marrying four times and divorcing three times, he had a 35-year marriage with his fourth wife. He had two children: a daughter and a son, Glen Campbell, Jr., who died within a few days after birth.