John Cameron (born 20 March 1944) is a British

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, arranger, conductor and musician. He is well known for his many film, TV and stage credits, and for his contributions to pop recordings, notably those by

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

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and the group

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. Cameron's instrumental version of

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's "

Whole Lotta Love "Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, ''Led Zeppelin II'', and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was r ...

", became a hit for his group CCS and, for many years, a version of Cameron's arrangement was used as the theme music for the BBC TV show, ''

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''.

Biography

Cameron was born in

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. By the age of twelve, he had started performing in talent shows, and at 14 played jazz piano in pubs in

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.Johnnie Johnstone, "Just Say Yes!", ''Shindig!'', #119, September 2021, pp. 56-61 He was educated at

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and

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, where he was a contemporary of

Daryl Runswick Daryl Runswick (born 12 October 1946) is a classically trained English composer, arranger, jazz musician, producer and educationalist. Career Runswick was born in Leicester, and educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys and Corpus Christi Co ...

. Aside from performing on the local jazz scene, he also became Vice-President of the

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comedy club, where he collaborated on lyrics and performed with

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. After leaving Cambridge, he played in jazz groups, often performing satirical material, and recorded an album, ''Cover Lover'', in 1966. He also began working as an arranger for pop and rock artists, including Alex Harvey, before being introduced to folk-pop artist

. His credits include Donovan's number 1 U.S. hit " Sunshine Superman" (co-arranged with

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). Cameron eventually became Donovan's music director, but there was an unexpected hiatus of several months following the recording of the ''Sunshine Superman'' album. Donovan's British label,

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, who had a US licensing deal with

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, filed a lawsuit when they found out that Donovan had signed an American recording deal with rival label

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. The legal proceedings held up the UK release of the album, and prevented Donovan from touring or recording for several months in early 1966. In the interim Cameron was obliged to go back to conducting

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at his local Watford Palace Theatre. From mid-1966, with the lawsuit resolved, Cameron began touring and recording regularly with Donovan, and he arranged and played on many of his hit singles "

Jennifer Juniper "Jennifer Juniper" is a song and single by the Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, released in 1968. It peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart, and at number 26 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. AllMusic journalist Matthew Greenwald noted that ...

" and "

Epistle to Dippy Epistle to Dippy is a song and single by Donovan, released in 1967 outside the United Kingdom only. Musicians featured are Donovan on vocals and acoustic guitar, Jimmy Page on electric guitar, John Cameron (musician), John Cameron on keyboards a ...

", the albums '' Sunshine Superman'' and ''

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'', as well as Donovan's music for the 1967

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film ''

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''. Cameron also began working in television; one of his first major credits in this area was as music director and arranger for three seasons of the TV variety series '' Once More with Felix'' with folk-singer

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(1967–69), '' The Bobbie Gentry Show'' and numerous episodes of the BBC's ''In Concert'' series (directed by Stanley Dorfman), which featured artists including

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Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...

and

Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early Americana (music), Americana-influenced songs (often ...

. Cameron also scored two British hits as a songwriter with "

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", a #20 UK hit for

(which was also a #11 UK hit for former ABBA vocalist

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in 2004) and "Sweet Inspiration", a Top 10 single for

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. Cameron's first venture in film composition was for director

, who asked him to compose the score for '' Kes'' (1969). This led to further commissions, including '' The Ruling Class'' (1972) with

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, '' Night Watch'' (1973) with

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, and '' A Touch of Class'' (1973) with

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and

George Segal George Segal Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as ''Ship o ...

, for which Cameron was nominated for an

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. His other film scores included ''

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer ''The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer'' is a 1970 British satirical film starring Peter Cook, and co-written by Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Kevin Billington, who directed the film. The film was devised and produced by David Frost und ...

'' (1970) and the cult horror film ''

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'' (1973), among many others. He also collaborated with

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 ...

on albums of

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. In the early 1970s Cameron formed CCS, a jazz-rock big band that included Cameron,

Mickie Most Michael Peter Hayes (20 June 1938 – 30 May 2003), known as Mickie Most, was an English record producer behind scores of hit singles for acts such as the Animals, Herman's Hermits, the Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, Suzi Quatro, Hot Chocolate ...

Alexis Korner Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major in ...

and

Herbie Flowers Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John (''Tumblewe ...

; they scored four UK hits—a mainly instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" (UK #13), a version of which was also used as the theme music for ''

'' from 1970 to 1981; the Donovan songs "Walkin'" (UK #7); and "Tap Turns on the Water" (UK #5) and "Brother" (UK #25), both written by Cameron and Korner. Cameron had further success as pop arranger with UK soul-funk band

, working on all their hit singles including " Emma", "Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac", "

You Sexy Thing "You Sexy Thing" is a song recorded by British group Hot Chocolate. It was written by lead singer Errol Brown and bass guitarist Tony Wilson, and was produced by Mickie Most. The song was released in October 1975 as the second single from thei ...

" and "

Every 1's a Winner ''Every 1's a Winner'' is the fourth studio album by British band Hot Chocolate. It was released in April 1978 on the RAK Records label in the UK and the Infinity Records label in the US. The album peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart and ...

". Similarly, he worked as arranger with

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on three albums, including the singles "

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", " Always and Forever", "

The Groove Line "The Groove Line" is a 1978 single by the Dayton, Ohio/European funk- disco group Heatwave. It was written by Rod Temperton. It was included on Heatwave's second album, ''Central Heating''. History The song charted at number 12 in the UK Singles ...

" and "Gangsters of the Groove". In the late 1970s, Cameron was approached by

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and

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to arrange and conduct a

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based on

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's ''

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''. Initially staged in

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, it was then produced in the UK by

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and the

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, directed by

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and John Caird. ''

'' became one of the most successful musicals of all time, winning Cameron the

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and a National Broadway Theatre Award. He also orchestrated the 1991 London Palladium revival of ''

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...

'', ''

Honk! ''Honk!'' is a musical adaptation of the 1843 Hans Christian Andersen story ''The Ugly Duckling'', incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles (of the British songwriting duo S ...

'' and ''

Spend Spend Spend ''Spend Spend Spend'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene and music by Brown. The musical is inspired by the life of Viv Nicholson. Productions ''Spend Spend Spend'' premiered in 1998 at the West Yorkshire Pla ...

''. Cameron's numerous TV credits include ''

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'' television series, the Emmy Award-winning TV miniseries ''

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'' (starring

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), Disney's ''

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'', ''

To End All Wars ''To End All Wars'' is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and was directed by David L. Cunningham. The film is based on '' Through the Valley of the Kwai'', an autobiography of Scottish captain Ernest G ...

'' and ''

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'', for which Cameron was nominated for an Emmy Award. Cameron has also worked with artists such as

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and the

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and Swedish baritone

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. He produced and arranged ''Lux Aeterna'', a choral setting of

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’s ''

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'', and conducted his own composition, ''Missa Celtica'', recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra and the Choir of New College Oxford. "John Cameron"
''Zorro.com''. Retrieved 16 April 2022 The song "Paper Habits" by Jet Life (

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's rap group), sampled Cameron's "Liquid Sunshine", and is from the group's collaboration album ''

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'' (2011).

Filmography

*'' Kes'' (1969) *''

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'' (1970) *''

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie ''The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie'' is a 1972 American thriller film directed by Jack Starrett and starring Bonnie Bedelia and Ken Howard. Plot A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexua ...

'' (1972) *''

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'' (1972) *'' The Ruling Class'' (1972) *'' Night Watch'' (1973) *'' A Touch of Class'' (1973) *''

'' (1973) *''

Charley One-Eye ''Charley One-Eye'' is a 1973 British-American film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Richard Roundtree, Roy Thinnes and Nigel Davenport. The film was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot A black Union Army des ...

'' (1973) *''

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'' (1973) *'' Moments'' (1974) *'' Who?'' (1974) *'' Out of Season'' (1975) *''

Whiffs ''Whiffs'' is a 1975 comedy film directed by Ted Post and starring Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Harry Guardino, Godfrey Cambridge, and Jennifer O'Neill. It was produced by Brut Productions and released theatrically in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox. ...

'' (1975) *'' I Will, I Will... for Now'' (1976) *''

Pure as a Lily ''Pure as a Lily'' ( it, Come una rosa al naso) is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Rossi and starring Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman - Anthony M. Wilson * Ornella Muti - Lucia Mantuso * Madeleine Hinde - Vanessa Hampto ...

'' (1976) *'' The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday'' (1976) *'' Nasty Habits'' (1977) *''

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'' (1977) *'' The Thief of Baghdad'' (1978) *''

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'' (1979) *''

The London Connection ''The Omega Connection'' is a 1979 American made-for-television action spy film directed by Robert Clouse for Walt Disney Productions. It stars Jeffrey Byron and Larry Cedar. It was released theatrically in other countries as ''The London Connecti ...

'' (1979) *''

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'' (1979) *''

The Mirror Crack'd ''The Mirror Crack'd'' is a 1980 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton from a screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel ''The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side'' (1962). It stars Ange ...

'' (1980) *''

Jimmy the Kid ''Jimmy the Kid'' is a 1982 American comedy film starring Gary Coleman and Paul Le Mat. It was directed by Gary Nelson, produced by Ronald Jacobs, and released on November 12, 1982 by New World Pictures. Following 1981's ''On the Right Track'', ...

'' (1982) *''

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'' (1982) *''

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'' (1984) *''

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'' (1987) *''

'' (1988) *''

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'' (1992) *''

'' (2001) *''After...'' (2006)

Selected discography

*''

'' (CD, Networkonair. Original incidental music from the series, released in 2009)

References

External links

John Cameron official website

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, John 1944 births Living people People educated at Wallington County Grammar School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge British film score composers British male film score composers British television composers CCS (band) members People from Woodford, London