'Junior Campbell (born 'William Campbell, 31 May 1947, Glasgow, Scotland) was one of the founder members, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the Scottish band, The Marmalade. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Marmalade were a successful Scottish Pop/rock group, from Glasgow in Scotland originally known as Dean Ford and The Gaylords between They were formally known as Dean Ford and The Gaylords from 1961 to 1966. "The Gaylords" ( named would you believe after Al Capone's trusty prohibition henchmen) the Scottish "beat band" originally formed by Pat Fairley and Billy Johnson Campbell is also known for co-composing the music and lyrics for the children's TV series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from inception in 1984 until 2003 - also TUGS, His co-writer on both was Mike O'Donnell. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U TUGS is a British Children's television series, first broadcast in 1989 Mike O'Donnell (born September 20, 1939) is an Irish film and TV composer
During the 1970s he had two solo records released, both of which, Hallelujah Freedom ( # 9) (1972), (with the legendary Doris Troy on backing vocals ), and Sweet Illusion ( # 15 ) (1973) made top 20 chart appearances in the UK Singles Chart. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer A gramophone Doris Troy ( 6 January 1937 – 16 February 2004) was an American R&B Singer, known to her many fans The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry
As a youngster in Glasgow, Campbell had a distinct unique style of guitar playing, whereby he played left handed, with the strings upside down, right hand strung - tuned to "open E". He joined Pat Fairley to form Dean Ford and The Gaylords later to become The Marmalade, on his fourteenth birthday in May '61
With The Marmalade, he co wrote and produced the multi million selling Reflections of My Life, Rainbow, I See the Rain amongst others, in a long line of world chart hits from 1967-71. "The Gaylords" ( named would you believe after Al Capone's trusty prohibition henchmen) the Scottish "beat band" originally formed by Pat Fairley and Billy Johnson Marmalade were a successful Scottish Pop/rock group, from Glasgow in Scotland originally known as Dean Ford and The Gaylords between Classic multi million seller by the Scots band The Marmalade, written by lead guitarist Junior Campbell, and singer Dean Ford (Thomas MacAleese A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of Light to appear in the Sky when the Sun Campbell's reverse tape guitar solo on "Reflections of my Life" and "I See the Rain" are particularly outstanding - the latter being Jimi Hendrix's favourite cut of 1967
Tired of touring, Campbell left Marmalade in March 1971
He studied orchestration and composition with Eric Guilder and Max Saunders at the Royal College of Music and became an arranger/producer for many artists including Barbara Dickson, arr and producing her first hit single and album, Answer Me He also arranged and conducted Barbara's performances in her first season run on the BBC's The Two Ronnies in 1977
He has composed music for television drama and film, including the 1994 BAFTA winner Taking Over the Asylum, which starred Ken Stott, David Tennant and Elizabeth Spriggs – also composed the music for the 1998 adaptation of the highly acclaimed Minette Walters murder mystery, The Scolds Bridle starring Miranda Richardson, Bob Peck, Sian Phillips, Douglas Hodge, Trudie Styler, and Beth Winslet
He lives in Sussex with his wife Susie, and has three children and three grandchildren
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Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Royal College of Music is a well known conservatoire located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and one Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include " I Know " Answer Me " is a popular Song, originally written (with German lyrics under the title "Mutterlein" by Gerhard Winkler and The Two Ronnies was a British Sketch show that aired on BBC 1 from 1971 to 1987 Dramatic programming is Television content that is scripted and (normally fictional Takin' Over the Asylum is a six part BBC Scotland television drama about a Hospital radio station in a Glasgow Psychiatric hospital Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 1955 is a Scottish actor particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971 is a Scottish Actor. Elizabeth Spriggs ( September 18, 1929 &ndash July 2 2008) was an Olivier Award -winning and BAFTA Award -nominated Minette Walters (born 26 September 1949) is a best-selling English Crime writer, who has received many awards for her writing and is published Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958 is an English stage film and television actress. Bob Peck ( 23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English stage, Television, and Film Actor Siân Phillips CBE (pronounced ʃɑːn 'fɪlɪps born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips; May 14, 1933) is a Welsh actress Douglas Hodge (born 1960 is a British actor director and musician who trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA Trudie Styler (born 6 January, 1954 in Birmingham, England) is an actress and producer Beth Winslet (born in May 1978 is an English actress. She was born in Reading, Berkshire, and is the younger sister of Kate Winslet allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic