"MacArthur Park," Richard Harris (1968)

One of the all-time great "hits by an actor"

Peak: #2 on the Hot 100
Streams: 5.4 million

Richard Harris is remembered as an Oscar-nominated actor and the star of the musical Camelot. “MacArthur Park” is remembered as a high point in Donna Summer’s career.

And yet… back in 1968, Richard Harris the actor briefly became Richard Harris the pop star, thanks to his plangent warbling about a cake in the r…