Don Campbell (musician)
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Don Campbell is a British
reggae
singer from north-west London
, best known for his lovers rock
records released since the mid-1990s.
's "Oh! Carol
", which was a minor UK Singles Chart
hit, reaching number 54. They followed this with "Save the Last Dance for Me
", which was also a hit, reaching number 75, and "Stop That Train". Their collaborations were collected together on the 1995 album Time on the Move. He has recorded several albums since, recorded a version of the Bee Gees
's "Islands in the Stream
" with J. C. Lodge
, and performed at the Bob Marley Day Festival in Long Beach, California
in 2003.
United Kingdom
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reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer from north-west London
London
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, best known for his lovers rock
Lovers rock
Lovers rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid 1970s.-History:...
records released since the mid-1990s.
Biography
Campbell was a member of Undivided Roots in the 1980s, before embarking on a solo career. He released his first single in 1993 and immediately had an impact on the British reggae charts. His first three singles and debut album all topped the charts, and he received six awards at the 1994 British Reggae Industry Awards. He then teamed up with General Saint to record a series of combination records, including a version of Neil SedakaNeil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
's "Oh! Carol
Oh! Carol
"Oh! Carol", sometimes just "Oh Carol" is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka in 1958 about his then-girlfriend, Carol Klein, later to become Carole King. The song was co-written with Howard Greenfield. The song reached #9 in the American charts in 1959. It also earned Sedaka his first #1...
", which was a minor UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
hit, reaching number 54. They followed this with "Save the Last Dance for Me
Save The Last Dance For Me
"Save the Last Dance for Me" is the title of a popular song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by Ben E. King with The Drifters....
", which was also a hit, reaching number 75, and "Stop That Train". Their collaborations were collected together on the 1995 album Time on the Move. He has recorded several albums since, recorded a version of the Bee Gees
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
's "Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
"Islands in the Stream" is the title of a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers' album Eyes That See in the Dark and the second pop number-one for both Rogers and Parton...
" with J. C. Lodge
J. C. Lodge
J. C. Lodge, , is a reggae singer, actress and fine artist.-Biography:British born to a Jamaican father and British mother, J.C. Lodge was taken to Jamaica as a child...
, and performed at the Bob Marley Day Festival in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
in 2003.
Discography
- The Album (1994), Juggling
- Time on the Move (1995), Copasetic - with General Saint
- Rise Up (2001), Artists Only
- Reggae Max (2001), Jet StarJet StarJet Star was a United Kingdom record distribution company that grew out of Pama Records in 1978. It was one of the largest distributors of reggae music, the company themselves claiming the title "the world's largest reggae distributors".-History:Jet Star was formed in 1978 by the Palmer Brothers,...
- Flex (2001), Angella
- Any Day Now (2003), VPVP RecordsVP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...
- Door No. 1 (2003), Jet StarJet StarJet Star was a United Kingdom record distribution company that grew out of Pama Records in 1978. It was one of the largest distributors of reggae music, the company themselves claiming the title "the world's largest reggae distributors".-History:Jet Star was formed in 1978 by the Palmer Brothers,...