Grammys 2012: Glen Campbell receives a tribute for winning life time achievement award

Glen Campbell a five-time Grammy Award winner received his life time achievement award in Grammys 2012. The current country stars The Band Perry and Blake Shelton honored her by singing “Gentle On My Mind” and “Southern Nights” respectively.

Country music veteran Glen Campbell then gave a rousing performance of “Rhinestone Cowboy”. He had the celebrity-studded crowd singing along, including former Beatle Paul McCartney and guitarist Joe Walsh, who was seen dancing in the aisle with his wife, Marjorie.

Campbell, had been suffering from short-term memory loss for years, revealed in a People magazine article in June that he had been diagnosed six months before as being in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Campbell started out as a session guitarist for the Beach Boys and producer Phil Spector before rising to fame in the 1960s with hits that included “Wichita Lineman” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” Perhaps his best-known song, “Rhinestone Cowboy” was a No. 1 hit in 1975.

He hosted his own CBS variety show, the “Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour,” from 1969 to 1972, and co-starred with John Wayne in the original 1969 movie version of “True Grit.”

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