In 1967, the American songwriter Jimmy Webb received a call from record producer Bones Howe requesting a song for the American pop group The Association. Envisaging “a kind of climactic tour de force” ...
“MacArthur Park” — that oft-derided 1960s song about someone leaving the cake out in the rain — is having another life. Once again. It’s featured in the popular new film “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The ...