Editing Glen Campbell (section)

===1973–1979: "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights"===
After the cancellation of his [[CBS]] series in 1972, Campbell remained a regular on network television. He co-starred in a [[made-for-television movie]], ''Strange Homecoming'' (1974), with [[Robert Culp]] and up-and-coming teen idol [[Leif Garrett]]. He hosted a number of television specials, including 1976's ''Down Home, Down Under'' with [[Olivia Newton-John]]. He co-hosted the [[American Music Awards]] from 1976 to 1978 and headlined the 1979 [[NBC]] special ''Glen Campbell: Back to Basics'' with guest-stars [[Seals and Crofts]] and [[Brenda Lee]]. He was a guest on many network talk and variety shows, including ''[[Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|Donny & Marie]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'', where he performed "Rhinestone Cowboy".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUYUluOERo Glen Campbell on ''The Tonight Show''], 1975</ref> He also appeared on ''[[Cher (TV series)|Cher]]'', ''the [[Redd Foxx]] Comedy Hour'', ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'', ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)|The Midnight Special]]'', ''[[Dinah Shore|DINAH!]]'', ''[[Evening at Pops]] with [[Arthur Fiedler]]'' and ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]''.

In the mid-1970s, he had more hits with "[[Rhinestone Cowboy]]", "[[Southern Nights (song)|Southern Nights]]" (both U.S. number one hits),<ref name=Chicago /> "Sunflower" (U.S. number 39) (written by [[Neil Diamond]]), and "[[Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)]]" (U.S. number 11).

"Rhinestone Cowboy" was Campbell's largest-selling single and one of his best-known recordings, initially with over 2 million copies sold.<ref name=billboard /> Campbell had heard songwriter Larry Weiss' version while on tour of Australia in 1974. Both songs were in the October 4, 1975, Hot 100 top 10.<ref name=billboard>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=66}}</ref>  "Rhinestone Cowboy" continues to be used in TV shows and films, including ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Daddy Day Care]]'', and ''[[High School High]]''. It was the inspiration for the 1984 [[Dolly Parton]]/[[Sylvester Stallone]] movie ''[[Rhinestone (film)|Rhinestone]]''. The main phrase of Campbell's recording was included in [[Dickie Goodman]]'s ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' movie parody song "Mr. Jaws". Campbell also made a techno/pop version of the song in 2002 with UK artists [[Ricardo Autobahn|Rikki & Daz]] and went to the top 10 in the UK with the dance version and related music video.

In January 1975, Campbell was awarded 4 gold records along with a platinum award for wholesale sales in excess of $1,000,000 in Australia.<ref name="Aus CB">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-01-18.pdf|magazine=[[Cash Box magazine|Cash Box]]|title=Cash Box Newspaper|via=World Radio History|page=34|date=January 18, 1975|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

"Southern Nights", by [[Allen Toussaint]], his other number one pop-rock-country [[crossover (music)|crossover]] hit, was generated with the help of [[Jimmy Webb]] and [[Jerry Reed]], who inspired the famous guitar lick introduction to the song, which was the most-played [[jukebox]] number of 1977.<ref name=Chicago />

From 1971 to 1983, Campbell was the celebrity host of the [[Northern Trust Open|Los Angeles Open]], an annual professional golf tournament on the [[PGA Tour]].<ref>[https://www.golfdigest.com/story/glen-campbell-the-rhinestone-cowboy-was-an-avid-golfer-who-helped-restore-prestige-to-the-los-angeles-open Strege, John. "Glen Campbell, the Rhinestone Cowboy, was an avid golfer who helped restore prestige to the Los Angeles Open", ''Golf Digest'', August 9, 2017.] Retrieved February 3, 2018</ref>