He was also widely covered by easy listening artists like Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, Henry Mancini and Lawrence Welk. By the late 1960s, the music industry had changed, and many songwriters were now singing their own compositions. Following the unpleasant experience of his first album, Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb—which consisted of demos that were overdubbed and released by Epic Records without his permission in 1968—Webb began performing his own material.
Jim Webb gained popularity through easy listening artists like Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, Henry Mancini, and Lawrence Welk. However, the music industry shifted towards songwriters performing their own compositions by the late 1960s. After a negative experience with his first album, which was released without his permission, Webb began to perform his original songs.