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

1946	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-1790 (US)	.	Hawaiian Skies / Midnight Boogie
1946	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-1874 (US)	.	North Carolina Skies / Beatty Steel Blues
1946	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2024 (US)	.	Campbell's Steel Guitar Special / I Trusted You
1947	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2155 (US)	.	Little Hula Shack In Hawaii / Last Night I Cried
1947	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2303 (US)	.	Steel Guitar Hop / She's Got The Cutest Eyes
1947	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2404 (US)	.	Come Home To You / Hawaiian Moon
1947	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2531 (US)	.	Talk, Talk, Talk / Hawaiian Dreams
1947	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2669 (US)	.	Put Some Meat On Them Bones / 'Neath Hawaiian Palms
1948	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2807 (US)	.	Tyron Street Blues / Please Don't Call Help
1948	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2918 (US)	.	Who's Blues Are You Now / Southern Special
1948	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3116 (US)	.	Please Daddy Don't Drink / Chant Of Hawaii
1949	78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3339 (US)	.	Time Will Tell / I'm A Henpecked Man
1949	78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0014 (US)	.	Cecil CAMBELL's TENNESSEE RAMBLERS - Steel Guitar Ramble / Left All Alone
1949	SP RCA VICTOR 48-0076 (US)	.	Tropical Island / Tarheel Rag
1949	SP RCA VICTOR 48-0126 (US)	.	Tear Drops / No Where, No Time, No Place

Campbell, Cecil Born 1911 in Danbury, N.C. Died in 1989.

Source: Jim Hilmar

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Original Releases



Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1957/May 27 Bb c&w rev.	MGM K12482		Rock And Roll Fever {a,b,c,d,e} The Rocking Guitar [instr.] {a,c,f}	1 1	57-XY-348 57-XY-349

References in "As By" Column:

1. as by Cecil Campbell And His Tennessee Ramblers
   

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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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