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Junior Campbell (born William Campbell Jnr, 31 May 1947) is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician.
He was a founding member, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the Scottish band
Marmalade
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and co-wrote and produced some of their biggest successes, including "
Reflections of My Life
"Reflections of My Life" was a 1969/1970 hit single for the Scottish band, Marmalade. It was written by their lead guitarist Junior Campbell, and singer Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese). Released in late 1969, it was the band's first release on ...
", "
I See the Rain" and "Rainbow".
"Reflections of My Life" has produced sales of over two million units. In 1998 Campbell and co-writer
Dean Ford
Dean Ford , born Thomas McAleese on 5 September 1945 – 31 December 2018 was a Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his tenure as lead vocalist and frontman of the beat pop group Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. Ford (credited as McAleese) ...
(Thomas McAleese) were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by the
BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the US alone.
He also wrote and produced his own solo
hits
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,
Hallelujah Freedom
"Hallelujah Freedom" is a song written and recorded by Junior Campbell in September 1972.
The recording took place at Decca Studio 2 in London in September 1972 and featured Campbell on lead vocal, piano, guitar & electric piano, with Ray Duffy o ...
and
Sweet Illusion and "Carolina Days".
Campbell is also known for composing music for film and television drama, and as an arranger and producer for many musicians including
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include 'I Know Him So Well', 'Answer Me' and 'January February'. Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a n ...
. He is also known for co-composing the music and co-writing the
lyrics
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for 182 episodes and 31 songs of the children's TV series ''
Thomas & Friends
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''
from 1983–2003, including "The Island Song", "He's A Really Useful Engine", "The Snow Song" and "Accidents Happen", and also composing the music for ''
Tugs
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'', a thirteen part children's television series from the same production crew as ''Thomas''.
Early life
Campbell was born in
Glasgow
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, Scotland.
He grew up in
Springboig
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, in the east end of Glasgow, and was educated at Thorntree Primary in
Greenfield
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and
Eastbank Academy
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History
The school was founded in 1894 originally as a senior secondary or Academy, before the abolition of the two-tier system of junior and senior seconda ...
in
Shettleston
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. His paternal grandfather Alfredo Cancellari was an Italian immigrant born near
Lucca
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, Italy, who changed his surname to Campbell in the early 1900s when he settled in Scotland.
As a youngster, Campbell had a distinct unique style of guitar playing, whereby, similar to
Albert King
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and
Dick Dale
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, he played right hand guitar, left-handed, literally upside down without changing the stringing, , although he tuned to "open E" tuning (
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) rather than standard
Guitar tuning
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. He joined Pat Fairley to form The Gaylords, on his fourteenth birthday in May 1961 (later to become Dean Ford & the Gaylords, then Marmalade in 1966), acting as lead guitarist, piano player, and singer.
Career
With Marmalade, he co-wrote and produced the multi-million-selling "
Reflections of My Life
"Reflections of My Life" was a 1969/1970 hit single for the Scottish band, Marmalade. It was written by their lead guitarist Junior Campbell, and singer Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese). Released in late 1969, it was the band's first release on ...
", "Rainbow" and "
I See The Rain", amongst others, in a line of
hits
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* ''H.I.T.S.'', 1991 album by New Kids on the Block
* ''...Hits'' (Phil Collins album), 1998
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from 1967 to 1971. Campbell's reverse tape guitar solo on "Reflections of My Life" and "I See the Rain" are particularly noteworthy – the latter was
Jimi Hendrix
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's favourite
cut
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of 1967.
During his years with Marmalade, the band used
Keith Mansfield
Keith Mansfield (born 1941 in London, England) is a British composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the ''Grandstand'' theme for the BBC.
Career
Other works include "The Young Scene" (the ori ...
as an orchestral arranger on all of their first record successes with CBS, including "Loving Things", "Wait For Me Mary Ann", "Obladi Oblada", "Baby Make It Soon" and also "
Reflections of My Life
"Reflections of My Life" was a 1969/1970 hit single for the Scottish band, Marmalade. It was written by their lead guitarist Junior Campbell, and singer Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese). Released in late 1969, it was the band's first release on ...
", when the band moved to Decca, and Campbell studied Mansfield's scores at close range, was so impressed with the craft of arranging for orchestra, and the sound and expertise of orchestral musicians in the recording studio, that this led to a major turning point in his career, so much so, he then commenced arranging orchestral accompaniment on the band's sessions himself.
Tired of touring, Campbell left Marmalade in March 1971.
During the 1970s, he had two self-penned solo
records
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released, both of which, "
Hallelujah Freedom
"Hallelujah Freedom" is a song written and recorded by Junior Campbell in September 1972.
The recording took place at Decca Studio 2 in London in September 1972 and featured Campbell on lead vocal, piano, guitar & electric piano, with Ray Duffy o ...
" (#9) (1972), (with
Doris Troy
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Life and career
She ...
on backing vocals), and "
Sweet Illusion" (#15) (1973),
made Top 20
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appearances in the
UK Singles Chart
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.
He then went on to study orchestration and composition with
Eric Gilder
Eric Gilder (25 December 1911 – 1 June 2000) was an English musicologist, and also a teacher, conductor, composer and pianist. He was best known as the principal of the Eric Gilder School of Music.
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Gilder was a pupil at Henry Thornto ...
and Max Saunders at the
Royal College of Music
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and became an arranger and record producer for many artists as diverse as
Miller Anderson, (''Bright City'', 1971),
Matthews Southern Comfort
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,
Barry Ryan,
The Tremeloes
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,
Freddie Starr
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and
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Ruth Dickson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include 'I Know Him So Well', 'Answer Me' and 'January February'. Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a n ...
, arranging and producing her first hit single and album, "
Answer Me
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". He also arranged and conducted Dickson's performances in her first-season run on the
BBC Television
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series ''
The Two Ronnies
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'' in 1976.
Campbell has composed music for television drama and film, including the 1989 war film ''
That Summer of White Roses
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at Filmski-Programi.hr
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'' (starring
Tom Conti
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and
Rod Steiger
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,
Susan George and
Alun Armstrong
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); the 1993 fantasy film ''
Merlin: The True Story'' (aka ''October 32nd'', starring
Nadia Cameron-Blakey,
James Hong
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,
Richard Lynch
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His film credits included ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'', '' Invasion USA'', ''The Seven-Ups'', ''Scarecr ...
and
Rodney Wood) and the 1994 BBC Worldwide Television drama
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''
Taking Over the Asylum'', which starred
Ken Stott
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,
David Tennant
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and
Elizabeth Spriggs
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.
He also composed the music for the 1998
BBC Television
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adaptation of the
Minette Walters
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murder mystery ''
The Scold's Bridle
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'', starring
Miranda Richardson
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,
Bob Peck
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Siân Phillips
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Douglas Hodge
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Trudie Styler
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, and
Beth Winslet.
Campbell co-wrote the music and lyrics for the internationally successful children's TV series ''
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
'' and ''
TUGS
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'' with Mike O'Donnell,
composing all music and songs during the classic period of Thomas films from 1984–2003, but when ownership of the production changed hands in 2003 during season 7 for the British dub, Campbell (and his co-writer) departed the series after becoming embroiled in what proved to be a protracted legal dispute in a claim to recover substantial historic royalties with
HIT Entertainment
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, the new owners.
Campbell lives near
Horsham
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in Sussex with his wife Susie.
In November 2013, ''Junior Campbell – The Very Best Of .... Back Then'' was released through Union Square Music. It was a 32 track compilation album available for digital download.
Discography
Singles
* All songs written by Junior Campbell – except "Baby Hold On" (co-written with Len (Chip) Hawkes)
Albums
* ''Second Time Around'' – 1974 –
Deram Records
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* ''Second Time Around'' – 2001 –
Sanctuary Records
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CMDDD 398 compilation containing original Deram album and all Deram/Private Stock singles, plus selection of previously unreleased tracks.
Singles with The Marmalade (including Dean Ford and The Gaylords)
Dean Ford and the Gaylords singles
Marmalade singles
References
Other sources
* Discography ref ''
Record Collector
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'' issue No. 186 (February 1995)
* Liner notes ''Second Time Around'' – 2001 –
Sanctuary Records
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CMDDD 398
External links
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1947 births
Living people
Parkhead
Scottish keyboardists
Scottish songwriters
Musicians from Glasgow
Scottish composers
Scottish pop guitarists
Scottish male guitarists
Scottish pianists
20th-century Scottish male singers
Scottish people of Italian descent
Deram Records artists
Rocket Records artists
People educated at Eastbank Academy
British male pianists
20th-century British guitarists
20th-century British pianists
Private Stock Records artists
British male songwriters