Search across titles, artists, years, genres and themes.
Basic search checks titles and artists, not background notes. List year and release year are displayed separately. Recent carryovers are labeled; historical reissues do not reset a release date. Genre tags may be editorial.
Results show year, song, artist and editorial genre tags.
Browse by yearResearched song storiesShuffle this result setOpen saved songs
Showing 1-1 of 1.
Release: 1966Source checked
Screenshot additions: 1970s listJohnny Rivers recorded Jimmy Webb's By the Time I Get to Phoenix for his 1966 album Changes. Rivers recalled hearing the song on a tape of Webb's work and then meeting the writer to record it. He published the song...
Read background and sources1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.