Jimmy Webb’s The Cantata–a suite of interconnected songs–was rejected by the Association (Along Comes Mary)... “Do ya know any good Irish pub songs, lad?” came the booming brogue voice of an obviously inebriated man. “I’m looking to sing me some ‘Molly Malone’ or ‘Rocky Road to Dublin’...As the vodka flowed and the ditties rolled...Richard Harris said “Let’s make a record, Jimmy Webb”...Flown to London–on the actor’s dime–Webb played and sang every song he had to his name...Nothing caught the fancy of the gregarious, high-octane Limerick, Ireland native...until Webb sang something about someone leaving a cake out in the rain...The Cantata was reduced & renamed–after its final movement–MacArthur Park.
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