Actor Richard Harris had come off a run on stage in "Camelot" when he recorded Jimmy Webb's epic "MacArthur Park", which was released in 1967, and peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 in 1968, edged out of the #1 position by Herb Alpert and "This Guy's in Love With You".
Radio stations today play both Harris' version and a disco-tinged #1 cover released a decade later by Donna Summer. Other artists that have recorded "MacArthur" have included The Four Tops, Waylon Jennings, Andy Williams, and Webb's most famous collaborator, Glen Campbell.
Edit, 3/16/26: Have to change the video. This one appears to have been recorded with the camera too close to the screen, cutting off graphics on either side, but we'll take it for now.
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