What is "galveston"

"Galveston" is a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell who recorded it with the instrumental backing of members of The Wrecking Crew. In 2003, this song ranked number 8 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Campbell's version of the song also went to number 1 on the country music charts. On other charts, "Galveston" went to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the " Easy Listening" charts. It was certified gold by the RIAA in October 1969.

The song is considered as the official anthem of Galveston Island and the City of Galveston, Texas.

Galveston, Texas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

Galveston may also refer to:

Galveston is the thirteenth album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1969 by Capitol Records. The album was a major hit for Campbell, reaching number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and generated the number one hit single on the Hot Country Singles and Easy Listening charts, " Galveston", written by Jimmy Webb, who also wrote the follow-up single, " Where's The Playground Susie", which peaked at number 28 on the Hot Country Singles chart, and number 10 on the Easy Listening chart.

Galveston, also published as Storm Chasers in the United States, is a novel by Canadian writer Paul Quarrington, published in 2004 by Random House Canada. The novel centres on a group of storm chasers who have gathered at a seaside hotel on Dampier Cay in the Caribbean Sea to await the arrival of Hurricane Claire.

The primary characters are Caldwell and Beverly, who are each haunted by storm-related personal losses and share a historical obsession with the 1900 Galveston hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, and Maywell Hope, the manager of the hotel. Caldwell was first drawn to extreme weather by a childhood memory of Hurricane Hazel, and has had storm chasing experiences that included being hit by lightning, while Beverly has been obsessed with the destructive power of cyclonic motion since her daughter was killed by being sucked into the drain of a swimming pool. Maywell, nicknamed "Bonefish", is the descendant of pirates who first populated the island, and has his own obsession with the weather as hurricanes hit on both of the only two occasions in his entire life that he has ever left the island.

Supporting characters include Jimmy Newton, who runs a storm chasing website and plans to stream live video of Hurricane Claire on the internet, Polly Greenwich, Maywell's common-law wife and the proprietor of the hotel, and Lester Vaughan, the hotel's alcoholic handyman.

The novel was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Giller Prize.