Try a Little Kindness
Glen Campbell | Artist Essentials
First released: 1969 (year verified)
Original 1969 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The original single belongs to 1969, before the album bearing the same title.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1969 (year verified)
The licensed single header documents 1969; the album followed in 1970. Year precision avoids asserting a specific day.
Recording: Original 1969 studio recording
Credit: Glen Campbell
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Try a Little Kindness
Try a Little Kindness - licensed recording release
The licensed recording header identifies Glen Campbell, a 2:26 performance, its Try a Little Kindness program and an October 1969 release. The original single year is therefore 1969, before the album dated 1970 on Apple Music. No lyric text is retained. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
Try a Little Kindness - licensed album program
The licensed album page and embedded track program identify the 1970 Try a Little Kindness release. Only selected original-program tracks are used. Conflicting track upload dates, earlier singles and later remixes are adjudicated separately; an album copyright or remaster year is not silently used as the first recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
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Try a Little Kindness - licensed recording release
The licensed recording header identifies Glen Campbell, a 2:26 performance, its Try a Little Kindness program and an October 1969 release. The original single year is therefore 1969, before the album dated 1970 on Apple Music. No lyric text is retained. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
Try a Little Kindness - licensed album program
The licensed album page and embedded track program identify the 1970 Try a Little Kindness release. Only selected original-program tracks are used. Conflicting track upload dates, earlier singles and later remixes are adjudicated separately; an album copyright or remaster year is not silently used as the first recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
About Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell grew up in Arkansas and developed a career as both a guitarist and a singer. Before his own widespread success, he worked in Los Angeles recording sessions associated with the Wrecking Crew. His solo records connected country singing with arranged pop, including a lasting association with Jimmy Webb's songs. Television brought his music to a broader audience through The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour. Later albums such as Meet Glen Campbell and Ghost on the Canvas returned him to studio interpretations of contemporary material.
Artist background sources
Glen Campbell - official career biography
The official biography supports Arkansas roots, guitar playing, Wrecking Crew session work, country/pop crossover, the television show and later albums. Its incidental awards-year inconsistencies, promotional totals and health details are omitted from the published profile. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Glen Campbell - Capitol/UMe original recording chronology
The official Capitol/UMe release history dates Turn Around, Look at Me to the 1961 debut single, Gentle on My Mind to 1967, Meet Glen Campbell to 2008, Ghost on the Canvas to 2011, the documentary music to 2014 and Adios to 2017. It identifies Times Like These, These Days and Good Riddance as 2008 performances. Its program separately labels the 1968 Turn Around and Look at Me as a new version. This chronology overrides incompatible embedded dates; no changing sales or award totals are used. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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