From the archives: This story was last updated in August 2019.
For those who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, the amazing voice of Glen Campbell might ring a bell. Born in Billstown, Arkansas, in 1936, this country boy from a poverty-stricken family used to pick up cotton for pennies and got his first Sears guitar at the age of 4 as a gift from his dad.From dropping out of school to forming his own band, Campbell taught himself to play guitar by listening to legends such as Django Reinhardt. No one, and certainly not Campbell, ever thought that stardom was awaiting him.
