Junior Campbell

Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in Springboig, in the east end of Glasgow, and was educated at Thorntree Primary in Greenfield and Eastbank Academy in Shettleston. His paternal grandfather Alfredo Cancellari was an Italian immigrant born near Lucca, Italy, who changed his surname to Campbell in the early 1900s when he settled in Scotland. ==Career==

Marmalade: 1961-1971 Campbell joined Pat Fairley to form the Gaylords, on his 14th birthday in May 1961 (later to become Dean Ford and the Gaylords, then Marmalade in 1966), acting as lead guitarist, piano player, and singer. With Marmalade, Campbell co-wrote and produced the multi-million-selling "Reflections of My Life", "Rainbow" and "I See The Rain", amongst others, in a line of hits from 1967 to 1971. Campbell's reverse tape guitar solo on "Reflections of My Life" and "I See the Rain" are particularly noteworthy – the latter was Jimi Hendrix's favourite cut of 1967.During his years with Marmalade, the band used Keith Mansfield as an orchestral arranger on all of their first record successes with CBS, including "Loving Things", "Wait For Me Mary Ann", "Obladi Oblada", "Baby Make It Soon" and also "Reflections of My Life", when the band moved to Decca, and Campbell studied Mansfield's scores at close range, was so impressed with the craft of arranging for orchestra, and the sound and expertise of orchestral musicians in the recording studio, that this led to a major turning point in his career, so much so, he then commenced arranging orchestral accompaniment on the band's sessions himself. Campbell was the main songwriting partner for lead singer Dean Ford until he departed Marmalade in March 1971, and by their next album "Songs" (November 1971), Ford only wrote two songs. Solo career and composing: 1971-present During the 1970s, Campbell had two self-penned solo records released, both of which, "Hallelujah Freedom" (#9) (1972), (with Doris Troy on backing vocals), and "Sweet Illusion" (#15) (1973), Campbell and O'Donnell also wrote the soundtrack for the TV series TUGS in 1989. In November 2013, Junior Campbell – The Very Best Of .... Back Then was released through Union Square Music. It was a 32 track compilation album available for digital download. == Personal life ==

Campbell lives near Horsham in Sussex with his wife Susie. ==Discography==

Solo Singles • All songs written by Junior Campbell – except "Baby Hold On" (co-written with Len (Chip) Hawkes) Albums • Second Time Around – 1974 – Deram Records SML 1106 • Second Time Around – 2001 – Sanctuary Records CMDDD 398 compilation containing original Deram album and all Deram/Private Stock singles, plus selection of previously unreleased tracks. Dean Ford and the Gaylords Singles Marmalade Singles Albums • There's a Lot of it About – 1968 • Reflections of the Marmalade – 1970 Thomas & Friends • All songs co-written and co-composed by Mike O’Donnell ==References==

• Discography ref Record Collector issue No. 186 (February 1995) • Liner notes Second Time Around – 2001 – Sanctuary Records CMDDD 398 ==External links==