Richard Campbell
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Richard Campbell is an American
musician
best known for his work as a bass guitar
ist and vocalist for Natalie Cole
in the 1980s, and more recently with Three Dog Night
, Dave Mason
, and America
.
Campbell was born in Van Nuys, California, and moved with his family to Paradise, California
in 1966, where Campbell began playing piano age 7. He took up trumpet in grammar school, then switched to bass guitar in high school and began performing around northern California with his band "Music Company" which featured Scott Dugdale (original music composer for Astronomy: Observations and Theories
) on drums and Steve Williams on keyboards. Later, Glynnis Talken, Campbell's future wife, joined the band for a television telethon performance for KHSL TV in Chico, California.
After two years studying music at California State University, Chico
(CSU Chico) Campbell transferred to CSU Northridge to complete his studies and to be closer to the music industry.
s for industrial and educational film
s for Coronet Films
and worked as a tech in several recording studio
s in Los Angeles
. In 1983, Campbell became musical director for CBS Records group "The Pinups" produced by Peter Hauke, co-managed by the Holland-Dozier-Holland
Group, and featuring Glynnis Talken, who he married in September of that year.
Campbell then began touring as bass guitarist and vocalist for Natalie Cole
in the mid-1980s including an appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
at Wembley Stadium, along with various television and live concert performances, until 1989, when Campbell was hired to tour with rock
group Three Dog Night
.
Campbell toured with Three Dog Night until 1996, with sporadic performances as bassist and vocalist for The Dave Mason
Band and The Edgar Winter Group. After a seven-week stint as a tour manager for the Ringo Starr
All Starr Band in 1997, Campbell joined up with Chuck Negron
, former lead vocalist with Three Dog Night
, and toured and recorded with Negron through the rest of the nineties. Campbell appears on the CD "Chuck Negron Live In Concert", holding down multiple job titles including bass guitar, vocalist and ProTools engineer.
In 2000 Campbell began touring full time with The Dave Mason
Band, contributing bass guitar, vocals, and tour management to the live album "Live At Sunrise (Dave Mason)".
In 2003, Campbell was hired to fill the bass guitar and vocalist slot for folk rock
group America
. Campbell appears with America on the "America Live at the Sydney Opera House" DVD released by Roadshow Entertainment, America Live At The Ventura Theatre and PBS's Soundstage which aired in summer of 2005. Rich Campbell also appears on America's double CD set Here & Now (America album)
release on Sony subsidiary Burgundy Records
and debuting in the Billboard
Top 200 Album chart at #52 in January 2007. Campbell contributed bass guitar, vocals, and art direction to America Live In Concert: Wildwood Springs, and makes a cameo appearance on Jeff Larson's CD "Heart of the Valley" in 2009.
Richard Campbell is a member of the American Federation of Musicians
, AFTRA, and a voting member of NARAS, and currently lives in Los Angeles
with his wife and two children.
United States
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
best known for his work as a bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist and vocalist for Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
in the 1980s, and more recently with Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band best known for their music from 1968 to 1975. During that time the band charted 21 Billboard top 40 hits in America, three of which reached Number One...
, Dave Mason
Dave Mason
David Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
, and America
America (band)
America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...
.
Campbell was born in Van Nuys, California, and moved with his family to Paradise, California
Paradise, California
Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, in the northwest foothills of California's Central Valley, in the Sierra. The town is considered part of the Chico Metropolitan Area. The population was 26,218 at the 2010 census, down from 26,408 at the 2000 census...
in 1966, where Campbell began playing piano age 7. He took up trumpet in grammar school, then switched to bass guitar in high school and began performing around northern California with his band "Music Company" which featured Scott Dugdale (original music composer for Astronomy: Observations and Theories
Astronomy: Observations and Theories
Astronomy: Observations and Theories is a documentary television series that aired for one season in from 2005 to 2006. It consists of 20 twenty-eight minute episodes which are also called lessons and are most often viewed on college-run public television stations.The series was directed by Peter...
) on drums and Steve Williams on keyboards. Later, Glynnis Talken, Campbell's future wife, joined the band for a television telethon performance for KHSL TV in Chico, California.
After two years studying music at California State University, Chico
California State University, Chico
California State University, Chico is the second-oldest campus in the twenty-three-campus California State University system. It is located in Chico, California, about ninety miles north of Sacramento...
(CSU Chico) Campbell transferred to CSU Northridge to complete his studies and to be closer to the music industry.
Career
Richard composed and recorded soundtrackSoundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s for industrial and educational film
Educational film
An educational film is a film or movie whose primary purpose is to educate. Educational films have been used in classrooms as an alternative to other teaching methods.-Cultural significance:...
s for Coronet Films
Coronet Films
Coronet Films was a producer and distributor of American educational films from 1946 to the early 1970s founded by David A. Smart...
and worked as a tech in several recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
s in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. In 1983, Campbell became musical director for CBS Records group "The Pinups" produced by Peter Hauke, co-managed by the Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland–Dozier–Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music...
Group, and featuring Glynnis Talken, who he married in September of that year.
Campbell then began touring as bass guitarist and vocalist for Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
in the mid-1980s including an appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on June 11, 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. It was also referred to as Freedomfest, Free Nelson Mandela Concert and Mandela Day...
at Wembley Stadium, along with various television and live concert performances, until 1989, when Campbell was hired to tour with rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
group Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band best known for their music from 1968 to 1975. During that time the band charted 21 Billboard top 40 hits in America, three of which reached Number One...
.
Campbell toured with Three Dog Night until 1996, with sporadic performances as bassist and vocalist for The Dave Mason
Dave Mason
David Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
Band and The Edgar Winter Group. After a seven-week stint as a tour manager for the Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
All Starr Band in 1997, Campbell joined up with Chuck Negron
Chuck Negron
Charles "Chuck" Negron is an American singer-songwriter, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night, which he helped to form in 1968.-Biography:...
, former lead vocalist with Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band best known for their music from 1968 to 1975. During that time the band charted 21 Billboard top 40 hits in America, three of which reached Number One...
, and toured and recorded with Negron through the rest of the nineties. Campbell appears on the CD "Chuck Negron Live In Concert", holding down multiple job titles including bass guitar, vocalist and ProTools engineer.
In 2000 Campbell began touring full time with The Dave Mason
Dave Mason
David Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
Band, contributing bass guitar, vocals, and tour management to the live album "Live At Sunrise (Dave Mason)".
In 2003, Campbell was hired to fill the bass guitar and vocalist slot for folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
group America
America (band)
America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...
. Campbell appears with America on the "America Live at the Sydney Opera House" DVD released by Roadshow Entertainment, America Live At The Ventura Theatre and PBS's Soundstage which aired in summer of 2005. Rich Campbell also appears on America's double CD set Here & Now (America album)
Here & Now (America album)
Here & Now is the sixteenth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by Burgundy Records in January 2007...
release on Sony subsidiary Burgundy Records
Burgundy Records
Burgundy Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.- History :In January 2006 the Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group announced the launch of its new record label, Burgundy Records. The new Sony BMG SMG imprint label, which was spearheaded by former Executive...
and debuting in the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top 200 Album chart at #52 in January 2007. Campbell contributed bass guitar, vocals, and art direction to America Live In Concert: Wildwood Springs, and makes a cameo appearance on Jeff Larson's CD "Heart of the Valley" in 2009.
Richard Campbell is a member of the American Federation of Musicians
American Federation of Musicians
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada...
, AFTRA, and a voting member of NARAS, and currently lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
with his wife and two children.
Film music composition
- The Plasma Membrane by Coronet (Firm); Bill Walker Productions. VHS video : NTSC color broadcast system, Language: English, Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Coronet/MTI Film & Video ; [Rochester, N.Y.] : Dist. by Ward's Natural ScienceWard's Natural ScienceWard's Natural Science is a supplier of science education materials for high school and college-level studies in Rochester, New York. It was founded by Henry Augustus Ward in 1862....
Establishment, Inc., ©1988. - Cell Biology : the Living Cell by Coronet/MTI Film and Video. VHS video:Partial animation, Language: English, Publisher: Columbus, OH : Coronet/MTI Film & Video, ©1988.
- Your Active Body : Bones and Movement by Mel Waskin; Ellen Bowen; Bob Gronowski; Matt Newman; Joel Marks; Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet (Firm); Coronet/MTI Film and Video.; VHS video : Partial animation : Elementary and junior high school, Language: English, Publisher: Northbrook, Ill. : Coronet/MTI Film and Video, ©1988.
- Light by Eric R Russell; Sabrina Plisco-Morris; Judy Berlin; Kenneth J Kligerman; Glynnis Campbell; Richard Campbell; Barr Films.; VHS video : Elementary and junior high school, Language: English, Publisher: Irwindale, CA : Barr Films, ©1986.
- Wonder World of Science by Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet/MTI Film and Video.; Animation of Arizonia. Video : Partial animation : Primary school, Language: English, Publisher: Northbrook, IL : Coronet, 1989.
- Does It Ever Rain in the Desert? by Coronet (Firm); Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet/MTI Film and Video.; VHS video : Beta : Primary school : U-matic, Language: English, Publisher: Deerfield, IL : Coronet/MTI Film & Video, 1987.
- Global Winds by Mel Waskin; Coronet (Firm); Bill Walker Productions.; VHS video, Language: English, Publisher: Deerfield, Ill. : Coronet, 1985.
- What's the Brightest Star in the Sky? by Mel Waskin; Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet (Firm); Coronet/MTI Film and Video.; VHS video : Partial animation : Primary school, Language: English, Publisher: Northbrook, IL : Coronet/MTI Film & Video, ©1993.
- Atmospheric Science : The Earth, Atmospheric Science : The Earth's Atmosphere ; Atmospheric Science : Winds and Air Currentsby Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet (Firm); BioMedia Associates.; Video : Partial animation : Preschool, Language: English, Publisher: Northbrook, IL : Coronet/MTI Film & Video, [1991]
- Where Do Lost Balloons Go? by Coronet (Firm); Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet/MTI Film and Video.; VHS video : Beta : Partial animation : Primary school : U-matic, Language: English, Publisher: Deerfield, IL : Coronet/MTI Film & Video, 1986.
- Why Doesn't Grass Grow On the Moon? by Bill Walker Productions.; Coronet/MTI Film and Video.; VHS video : Beta : Partial animation : Primary school : U-matic, Language: English, Publisher: Deerfield, IL : Coronet Film & Video, 1986.