{"id":78519,"date":"2025-08-18T22:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/78519\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:58:07","slug":"legendary-singer-songwriter-79-plays-deeply-moving-classic-in-genius-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/78519\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Singer-Songwriter, 79, Plays ‘Deeply Moving’ Classic in ‘Genius’ New Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary Singer-Songwriter, 79, Plays ‘Deeply Moving’ Classic in ‘Genius’ New Video<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If there’s one singer-songwriter who truly lives up to the title of “legendary,” it would have to be Jimmy Webb. From “Wichita Lineman” to “MacArthur Park” and so many others, he’s the man behind some of the most beloved songs in music history. At 79 years old, one might expect the Grammy-winner to be slowing down…but a recently shared video proved he still has what it takes to move fans with his music.<\/p>\n

In a clip shared to TikTok this week, Webb sat at a piano playing his 1968 classic “Didn’t We?” (originally recorded by Richard Harris and released as a B-side of “MacArthur Park”). As commenters were quick to point out, Webb played just as beautifully as ever.<\/p>\n

“I love Jimmy, I never knew he wrote ‘Didn’t We.’ Lord!” wrote one stunned fan, with a second noting, “He puts so much emotion into this presentation.”<\/p>\n

“Another deeply moving song from the great Jimmy Webb,” declared another person, as someone else declared, “Pure genius is he.”<\/p>\n

As Classic Song of the Day<\/a> reported, while the original version of “Didn’t We?” wasn’t as big of a hit as “Wichita Lineman” or “MacArthur Park,” the song went on to enjoy a long and successful life on the charts thanks to multiple covers from such notable artists as Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Liza Minelli, Robert Goulet, Johnny Mathis and Diana Ross.<\/p>\n

In a review for All Music<\/a>, journalist and songwriter Matthew Green\u00a0called “Didn’t We?” “home to one of Jimmy Webb’s most enduring melodies,” praising the lyrics as a “heartfelt and bittersweet reflection on the end of a relationship during its final, claustrophobic hours.”<\/p>\n

One thing’s for sure \u2014 decades after Webb first penned the song, listeners are still in love.<\/p>\n

Related: Legendary Singer-Songwriter, 78, Plays What Bob Dylan Called the ‘Best Song Ever Written’ in ‘Brilliant’ New Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Legendary Singer-Songwriter, 79, Plays ‘Deeply Moving’ Classic in ‘Genius’ New Video<\/a> first appeared on Parade on Aug 18, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Aug 18, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary Singer-Songwriter, 79, Plays ‘Deeply Moving’ Classic in ‘Genius’ New Video originally appeared on Parade. If there’s one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,59987,59984,59986,34938,11064,59985],"class_list":{"0":"post-78519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-frank-sinatra","13":"tag-jimmy-webb","14":"tag-macarthur-park","15":"tag-music-history","16":"tag-richard-harris","17":"tag-wichita-lineman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}