Steel guitariste Country US né Cecil R. Campbell, le 22 mars 1911 à Danbury (Caroline du Nord). Cecil Campbell est décédé le 18 juin 1989. Cecil Campbell was most famed as a steel guitarist for the Tennessee Ramblers during the 1930s and '40s, although he also played tenor banjo. Born March 22, 1911, in North Carolina, Campbell worked on his father's tobacco farm and played occasionally on WSJS in Winston-Salem. While visiting his brother in Pittsburgh in the early '30s, he met Dick Hartman and was asked to join Hartman's Tennessee Ramblers, a large group that played both Western swing and old-time string music. Campbell played on radio broadcasts and Bluebird sessions with the band throughout the '30s, taking over the leadership of the Ramblers' by-then skeleton crew in 1945, when the only original member left was guitarist Harry Blair. Cecil Campbell & the Tennessee Ramblers gained a contract with RCA Victor in 1946 and recorded throughout the late '40s. Campbell's steel guitar wizardry was emphasized, and the Ramblers gradually became more Campbell's backing group than an original entity themselves. During his RCA tenure, "Steel Guitar Ramble" became Campbell's only hit when it reached the country Top Ten in May 1949. Campbell also recorded for Disc and Palmetto Records during the early '50s, but signed with MGM in 1955, mixing some rockabilly material in with his traditional swing. He recorded in the '60s for Starday, and Campbell later founded his own label in North Carolina, occasionally playing shows and recording. He also appeared often at the Western Film Fair (held in Raleigh, NC) until his death in 1989.Talents : Composer, Steel Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Guitar Style musical : Western Swing, Traditional Country
ROCK AND ROLL FEVER STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE THE ROCKING GUITAR
Années en activité :
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DISCOGRAPHIE 78 t., Singles & EP
1946
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-1790 (US)
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Hawaiian Skies / Midnight Boogie
1946
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-1874 (US)
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North Carolina Skies / Beatty Steel Blues
1946
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2024 (US)
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Campbell's Steel Guitar Special / I Trusted You
1947
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2155 (US)
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Little Hula Shack In Hawaii / Last Night I Cried
1947
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2303 (US)
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Steel Guitar Hop / She's Got The Cutest Eyes
1947
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2404 (US)
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Come Home To You / Hawaiian Moon
1947
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2531 (US)
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Talk, Talk, Talk / Hawaiian Dreams
1947
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2669 (US)
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Put Some Meat On Them Bones / 'Neath Hawaiian Palms
1948
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2807 (US)
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Tyron Street Blues / Please Don't Call Help
1948
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2918 (US)
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Who's Blues Are You Now / Southern Special
1948
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3116 (US)
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Please Daddy Don't Drink / Chant Of Hawaii
1949
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3339 (US)
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Time Will Tell / I'm A Henpecked Man
1949
78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0014 (US)
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Cecil CAMBELL's TENNESSEE RAMBLERS - Steel Guitar Ramble / Left All Alone
1949
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0076 (US)
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Tropical Island / Tarheel Rag
1949
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0126 (US)
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Tear Drops / No Where, No Time, No Place
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1950
78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0022 (US)
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Tennessee Border / Barn Dance Breakdown
1950
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0169 (US)
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No Blues For Me / One Little Flower
1950
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0340 (US)
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Steel Guitar Swing / Catawba River Blues
1950
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0376 (US)
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Serenade Of The Winds / Proud Papa Polka
1951
78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4325 (US)
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Carolina Steel Guitar / No Wedding Bells For Me
1951
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0409 (US)
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Steel Guitar Dig / Spookie Boogie
1951
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0445 (US)
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Steel Guitar Wiggle / Coconut Island
1951
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0472 (US)
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Paper Roses / Tennessee Steel Guitar
1951
SP RCA VICTOR 48-0499 (US)
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Steel Guitar Jamboree (instr.) / You Kept Makin' Eyes At Me
1955
SP MGM K12118 (US)
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Gomango / Steel Guitar Waltz
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1002 (US)
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50th State Hula / Hawaiian Skies
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1003 (US)
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Joretta / I Like The Country
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1003 (US)
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Contentment / Just Before The Battle
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1004 (US)
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Fog Rising On The Mountain / I Went Back Home
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1006 (US)
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Steel Guitar Swing / Mountain Due Blues
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1007 (US)
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Steel Guitar Jamboree (instr.) / Lonesome At Twilight
1956 ?
SP WINSTON 1008 (US)
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Let's Spread A Little Happiness / Waltzing With The Steel Guitar
05/1956
SP MGM K12245 (US)
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Cecil CAMPBELL & His TENNESSEE RAMBLERS - Dixieland Rock / Fog Rising On The Mountain
1957
SP MGM K12405(US)
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I'm On The Right Road Now / Contentment
05/1957
SP MGM K12482 (US)
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Cecil CAMPBELL & His TENNESSEE RAMBLERS - Rock And Roll Fever / The Rocking Guitar (instr.)
1958
SP MGM K12605(US)
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I Get The Blues / On The Prado
1964 ?
EP STARDAY SEP 227 (US)
CECIL CAMPBELL
Albums
1956 ?
LP 12" WINSTON 1001 (US)
GREATEST HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENTALS
1964
LP 12" STARDAY SLP 254 (US)
STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE - Steel Guitar Swing / Blues On The Steel / Spanish Style / Cecil's Steel Guitar Special / Boogie On The Steel / Carolina Steel Guitar / Twisting The Steel / Waltzing With The Steel Guitar / Dixie Steel Blues / Lonesome At Twilight / Steel Guitar Ramble
1981
LP 12" COUNTRY CLASSICS 701 (US)
STEEL GUITAR CLASSICS
199?
CD BINGE / BRONCO BUSTER 9003 (D)
CECIL CAMPBELL & HIS TENNESSEE RAMBLERS - No Where, No Time, No Place / Proud Papa Polka / Tennessee Steel Guitar [instr.] / Paper Roses / Fog Rising On The Mountain / Spookie Boogie / Gomango [instr.] / Catawba River Blues / Put Some Meat On Them Bones / Tropical Island / Tar Heel Rag [instr.] / North Carolina Skies / Barn Dance Breakdown [instr.] / No Blues, No Blues For Me / One Little Flower / Contentment, Pt. 1
05/2004
CD JASMINE 3542 (UK)
STEEL GUITAR SWING - (Cecil CAMPBELL & His TENNESSEE RAMBLERS) - Won't You Sometimes Dream Of Me? / Left All Alone With A Broken Heart / Put Some Meat On Them Bones / Steel Guitar Hop [instr.] / It's Gonna Come Home To You / Who's Blues Are You Now? / Please Don't Call In Any Help / Midnight Boogie [instr.] / North Carolina Skies / Talk, Talk, Talk / I Don't Know Why I Should Cry Over You / Steel Guitar Swing [instr.] / She's Got The Cutest Eyes / Time Will Tell / Catawba River Blues / Campbell's Steel Guitar Special [instr.] / I'll Keep On Loving You / I'm A Hen Pecked Man / Southern Special / Tennessee Border / No Where, No Time, No Place / All My Natural Life / Last Night I Cried / Beaty Steel Blues [instr.]
Rock And Roll Fever {a,b,c,d,e} The Rocking Guitar [instr.] {a,c,f}
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57-XY-348 57-XY-349
References in "As By" Column:
as by Cecil Campbell And His Tennessee Ramblers
Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks
Single-artist compilations not included
a.
Bear Family BCD 15789 (cd)
That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 7
b.
Big Tone BT 5703 (cd)
MGM Rockabillies, Vol. 1
c.
Big Tone BT 5713 (cd)
MGM Rockabillies, Vol. 2
d.
Chief CCD 1156510 (cd)
Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 10
e.
MGM (England) 2315 394 (lp)
MGM Rockabilly Collection
f.
MGM (England) 2354 147 (lp)
MGM Rockabilly Collection, Vol. 2
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Sujet: Re: Cecil CAMPBELL Ven 22 Aoû 2008, 21:39
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Sujet: Re: Cecil CAMPBELL Ven 29 Aoû 2008, 10:12
Cecil Campbell and his Tennessee Ramblers
Born: March 22, 1911
Died: June 18, 1989
KDKA
Pittsburgh, PA
WBT
Charlotte, NC
WCKY
Cincinnati, OH
WHAM
Rochester, NY
WHAS
Louisville, KY
WSB
Atlanta, GA
Cecil Campbell was the leader of the Tennesse Ramblers (refer also to a separate writeup of the Tennesee Ramblers). They were RCA Victor recording artists for many years, having started with them in 1934 and were still with them by 1951. Cecil earned a reputation as a steel guitar player and as you might know, some of his popular tunes had a Hawaiian flavor to them, such as "'Neath Hawaiian Palms", "Hawaiian Skies", "Little Hula Shack In Hawaii", and "Hawaiian Moon". He could also handle the banjo, guitar and vocals. In the early 1950s, they did an unusal number called "Spooky Boogie". Cecil was looking for an "...unusual hollow type of rattling sound designed to send cold chills rushing down the spine." He couldn't find that sound on the musical instruments. But as fate would have it, one of the members of the Tennessee Ramblers had false teeth and that mysterious sound that appears on the tune "Spooky Boogie" was made by a pair of chattering false teeth. The flip side of that disk was another unusual tune called "Steel Guitar Dig." That record was the follow up to his "Proud Papa Polka" and "Serenade To The Winds." By 1951, Cecil was living in Charlotte, NC with his wife, Katherine and their daughters, Joretta Kay, and Linda Lee. From there, he traveled to New York for his recording sessions usually. The Southern Attractions Booking Agency kept him busy performing in the south.
Credits & Sources
Country Song Roundup No. 12, June 1951, Charlton Publishing Corp., Derby, CT.
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Recordings
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Rec. No.
Side
Song Title
20-1874
A
Beaty Street Blues
20-1874
B
North Carolina Skies
20-2024
A
Campbell's Steel Guitar
20-2024
B
I Trusted You
20-2155
A
Last Night I Cried
20-2155
B
Little Hula Shack In Hawaii
20-2303
A
She's Got The Cutest Eyes
20-2303
B
Steel Guitar Hop
20-2404
A
Hawaiian Moon
20-2404
B
It's Gonna Come Home To You
20-2531
A
Hawaiian Dreams
20-2531
B
Talk, Talk, Talk
20-2669
A
Neath Hawaiian Palms
20-2669
B
Put Some Meat On Them Bones
20-2807
A
Don't Call Help
20-2807
B
Tryon St Boogie
20-2918
A
Southern Special
20-2918
B
Whose Blues Are You Now?
20-3116
B
Please Daddy, Don't Drink No More
20-3239
A
I'm A Henpecked Man
20-3239
B
Time Will Tell
20-4325
A
Carolina Steel Guitar
20-4325
B
No Wedding Bells For Me
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Sujet: Re: Cecil CAMPBELL Mer 18 Fév 2009, 01:24
Cecil en 1950 pour RCA victor le superbe HILLBILLY "SPOOKIE BOOGIE"
Sujet: Cecil CAMPBELL 
Steel guitariste Country US né Cecil R. Campbell, le 22 mars 1911 à Danbury (Caroline du Nord). Cecil Campbell est décédé le 18 juin 1989.
Cecil Campbell was most famed as a steel guitarist for the Tennessee Ramblers during the 1930s and '40s, although he also played tenor banjo. Born March 22, 1911, in North Carolina, Campbell worked on his father's tobacco farm and played occasionally on WSJS in Winston-Salem. While visiting his brother in Pittsburgh in the early '30s, he met Dick Hartman and was asked to join Hartman's Tennessee Ramblers, a large group that played both Western swing and old-time string music. Campbell played on radio broadcasts and Bluebird sessions with the band throughout the '30s, taking over the leadership of the Ramblers' by-then skeleton crew in 1945, when the only original member left was guitarist Harry Blair.
Rock And Roll Fever {a,b,c,d,e} 
In the early 1950s, they did an unusal number called "Spooky Boogie". Cecil was looking for an "...unusual hollow type of rattling sound designed to send cold chills rushing down the spine." He couldn't find that sound on the musical instruments. But as fate would have it, one of the members of the Tennessee Ramblers had false teeth and that mysterious sound that appears on the tune "Spooky Boogie" was made by a pair of chattering false teeth. The flip side of that disk was another unusual tune called "Steel Guitar Dig." That record was the follow up to his "Proud Papa Polka" and "Serenade To The Winds."