Musicians
Glen Campbell Net Worth
Glen Campbell's Net Worth as of 2024
$50 Million
Glen Travis Campbell was born on the 22nd April 1936, in Delight, Arkansas USA. He was a professional guitarist, and was one of the most popular American country pop singers back in the ’60s and ’70s, with over 70 albums released and over 50 million records sold in more than 50 years. His name is often associated with singles like “Wichita Lineman”, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, and “Rhinestone Cowboy”. Besides being a musician, Glen Campbell was also popular as a television host and sometimes even an actor. He passed way in August 2017.
So just how rich was Glen Campbell? Sources estimate that Glen’s net worth was over $50 million, his wealth having been made from music, films, television shows and business in the entertainment industry. His music didn’t bring him just gold and platinum records, but it contributed to his net worth with over $30 million. He owned an 8,300 square feet house at the Biltmore Estates, in Phoenix, sold in 2005 for almost $6.5 million and a 6,540 square feet mansion in Malibu, LA, sold in 2012 for $4.45 million. He then lived in a big house in Nashville, Tennessee.
Glen Campbell Net Worth $50 Million
Glen Campbell learned to play the guitar as a child, from his uncle Boo, who also took him to play in his band, called Dick Bills and the Sandia Mountain Boys, in 1954. Six years later, Glen moved to LA, became a session musician, and was part of the group The Wrecking Crew. As a guitarist, he played for artists like Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, and Frank Sinatra, and performed in several bands even including The Beach Boys until 1965, when he had his first successful solo hit. After 1967, he became more famous singing country music, but remained flexible throughout his career. He also made appearances in movies, with “True Grit” (1969) co-starring John Wayne, and “Norwood” (1970), with Kim Darby and Joe Namath, being the most successful. He also hosted “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour”, his own television show on CBS, between 1969 and 1972.
During the ’70s, Glen also acted in TV movies, was invited onto variety shows, and had several television specials. From 1976 to 1978, he hosted the American Music Awards, and in 1979 he hosted the NBC special “Glen Campbell: Back to Basics”. At the same time, his songs were almost always present on the Billboard Country Chart, the Billboard Hot 100, or the Adult Contemporary Chart – tops where he had nine number one hits.
In 2011, Glen made public that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. After this, he still recorded two albums and had a farewell tour across the USA with a total of 151 concerts, continuing to perform until 2013, touring or giving live performances at the Glen Campbell Good Times Theatre, built in 1994 in Branson, now called the Oak Ridge Boys Theater.
A documentary film about Glen’s life, called “I’ll Be Me”, was launched in 2014. In 2015, for his last hit called “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”, Glen was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar.
It has been estimated that his net worth increased considerably in the past few years, as Glen Campbell made about $6 million a year, more than $1.5 million being earnings from appearances in TV programs and endorsements.
Between 1967 and 2014, Glen Campbell won ten Grammy Awards, one of them being the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
In his personal life, Glen Campbell married four times, to Diane Kirk (1955-1959), then Billie Jean Nunley, (1959-1975), and Sarah Barg, (1976-1980), until from 1982 to Kimberly Woolen. Glen had five sons and three daughters: Debby (from his first marriage), Kelli, Travis, Wesley Kane (from the second marriage), Dillon Ian (from the third marriage), and Cal, Shannon, and Ashley with Kimberly.
Glen lived his last couple of years in a care facility in Nashville, because his health condition required permanent care. He passed away on 8 Aug 2017, with members of his family apparently still fighting to obtain control over Glen’s affairs.
Musicians
Neal Schon Net Worth
Neal George Joseph Schon was born on 27th February 1954 at Tinker AFB (Air Force Base), Oklahoma USA, of Italian and German descent. Neal Schon is a rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, best known for being an important member of several hugely popular bands, namely Santana, Bad English and Journey.
So just how rich is Neal Schon? Neal’s net worth has been calculated to be over $30 million, amassed during his successful career of more than 40 years in the music industry.
Neal Schon Net Worth $30 Million
Neal Schon was lucky to be born into a musical family – his father Mathew Schon was a famous musician and mother Barbara Schon sang in a band. So Schon picked his first guitar at the age of five years, and starting at early age is usually a way to success. His first career steps started at the age of 15 with the band Santana, in preference to joining Eric Clapton in the band Derek and the Dominos, and debuting with some vocals on Santana’s album Santana III. Being such a great musician at such young age with the possibility to choose between two iconic bands, he went on and started making his money. He also played for Azteca but very briefly.
In 1973 Neal Schon formed his now legendary band Journey. He subsequently released five solo albums, and fourteen studio albums with the band. This must be the main flow into his net worth. Importantly, he is the only band member who has not changed through the years. He has taken part in every tour of the band, and sang on all their albums, so no doubt this longevity with Journey has increased the overall amount of Neal Schon’s net worth as well. Apart from this, he has also collaborated with famous musicians such as keyboardist Jan Hammer, Sammy Hagar and Paul Rodgers on short-term projects.
Neal Schon is as great a vocalist, as he is a guitar virtuoso. Two talents double the money earned, does it not? Let’s talk about his musical influences, of whom there were plenty. He has said that he was highly influenced by the 1960’s, musicians from that era such as Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Then he put some blues to the mix, namely B.B. King and added some guitar-based influences, including of course Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton as well as Wes Montgomery. This is probably Neal Schon’s key to fame – adding the best ingredients from different musical eras.
Schon was always proud of his guitars. He started with acoustic Stella guitar followed by Gibson ES-335. At present he became interested in Xotic guitars. Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in August 2013, which made him, if possible, even more famous. This is considered to be an accomplishment of a lifetime for any musician.
In his not-so-private personal life, Neal Schon has married five times, first to Tena Austin(1976-86), then Beth Buckley(1987-92), Dina Gioeli(1993-99), and Amber Kozan(2001-08). In 2013 he married Michaele Salahi. He has five children.
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Ozzy Osbourne Net Worth
John Michael Osbourne was born on 3 December 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England, and is widely known as a songwriter, singer and television personality, considered to be one of the developers of heavy metal music, and being called the ‘Godfather of Heavy Metal’. He initially came to notice playing with the band Black Sabbath, but from the early ’80s continually moved until concentrating on a solo career. Ozzy has been inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame and the US Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, plus has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was the first on the Birmingham Walk of Stars.
So just how rich is Ozzy Osbourne? Authoritative sources estimate that Ozzy has a net worth of over $220 million, accumulated during his career in the music industry which began in the late 1960s.
Ozzy Osbourne Net Worth $220 Million
Ozzy’s father John was a toolmaker, and his mother Lillian a factory worker. He was called ‘Ozzy’ in primary school, and adopted it as his stage name. As Ozzy suffers from dyslexia, school really wasn’t for him except for drama, so he left at 15 and took various jobs, although training as a plumber, then as an apprentice toolmaker, but spending a short time in jail for petty theft taught him a timely lesson.
Ozzy was really interested in music, and sang with a couple of bands in the late ’60s, one of which became Black Sabbath with bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, drummer Bill Ward, and guitarist and songwriter Tony Iommi, now the only surviving original member of the band. The band’s style, partly reflected in their name, was very appealing, and they were significantly successful in the UK and USA during the ’70s, with their debut self-titled album, and the follow-up album Paranoid, eventually achieving multi-platinum status. However, Ozzy’s increasing use of drugs saw him leave the band in 1979, although there have been several collaborations since; regardless, his net worth was very well established.
In the early 1980s, the group Necromandus played with Ozzy Osbourne on his first solo project, the Blizzard of Ozz incarnation, also the title of his first solo album, a popular success with heavy metal fans. Ozzy’s subsequent solo career spread over more than three decades, has increased his net worth the most; seven of the eleven studio albums he has released have achieved multi-platinum certifications in the US alone. A further large financial success has come from annual festival tours called ‘Ozzfest’, of the US and sometimes Europe. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and second wife and manager Sharon in the mid-’90s, and performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups have been featured. Since its beginning, sources estimate that over five million people have attended Ozzfest, resulting in revenues of more than $100 million.
Ozzy Osbourne’s net worth also rose sharply as a result of ‘The Osbournes’, a reality television series showcasing the life of the singer and his family which was aired from 2002-05; the show was created by Jonathan Taylor and became one of MTV’s greatest hits. The success of the show led to the Osbournes hosting the 30th Annual American Music Awards in January 2003, and the BRIT Awards held at Earls Court, London in 2008. Various awards and nominations have also helped increase Ozzy’s net worth, including a Grammy Award for the track ‘I Don’t Want to Change the World’, a Godlike Genius Award from NME magazine, among many others.
Additionally. Ozzy won the Literary Achievement honour in 2010, for his autobiography “I Am Ozzy”, which hit the New York Times’ non-fiction best-seller list at No 2. Osbourne has also acted three times as a judge for the Independent Music Awards, which supports independent artists’ careers.
In his less-than-private personal life, Osbourne has been married twice, firstly to Thelma Reese (1971-82), with whom he has a daughter named Jessica Starshine, and a son named Louis John. Ozzy has been married to Sharon Arden since 1982, and their three children are Aimee, Kelly and Jack . Recent rumours of Ozzy’s affairs seem to have done little to break-up the couple. Ozzy openly blames his sometimes controversial lifestyle on drug and alcohol abuse, and praises Sharon for constantly dragging him out of periods of instability. They currently divide their time between residences in Buckinghamshire, England, and Malibu, California.
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Lowry Shank
March 16, 2017 at 2:21 pm
Glen’s my daddy. He don’t remember. Where can I pick up a check?