This week in 1978, the Donna Summer recording of the classic Jimmy Webb composition “MacArthur Park” entered the Billboard Hot 100. Today we’ll share a live version by Donna of the hit that was destined to become the first recording of a Jimmy Webb song to reach #1 on Billboard, with an inventive reworking of the song produced by Giorgio Moroder. The 45 of the Richard Harris recording is often referred to as the first hit to run over 7 minutes (7.20 in fact). The Donna Summer single contained a

Can it really be six years since this spectacular performance by Paul Shaffer and the CBS orchestra of Jimmy Webb’s "MacArthur Park" on the David Letterman show? It was indeed July 21, 2014, with Will Lee singing a blow-the-doors-off lead vocal! Jimmy himself is back to back with Paul Shaffer… The Fab Faux | Jimmy Webb