Cecil Campbell
Birth and Death Data: Born 1911, Died June 18, 1989
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, vocalist, composer, guitar, steel guitar, songwriter, lyricist, yodeling, arranger, tenor banjo, electric steel guitar
Notes: Sometimes listed as Curly (or Cyrley) Campbell.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-87241 | 10-in. | 1/3/1935 | From the palms of Hawaii | Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | Steel guitars (Hawaiian) | composer | |
| Victor | BS-87242 | 10-in. | 1/3/1935 | March of the roses | Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | Steel guitars | composer | |
| Victor | BS-87245 | 10-in. | 1/3/1935 | I got the Carolina blues | Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio and yodeling | composer, lyricist, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling | |
| Victor | BS-87247 | 10-in. | 1/3/1935 | My little hut in Carolina | Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with instrumental trio | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-87251 | 10-in. | 1/3/1935 | She's my curly-headed baby | Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with 2 guitars | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-87252 | 10-in. | 1/3/1935 | Loveless love | Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with 2 fiddles (violins) and 2 guitars | arranger | |
| Victor | BS-94301 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Back to Old Smoky Mountain | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94303 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Beautiful Texas | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Happy Morris ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94304 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | New how-do-you-do | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94305 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Little green valley | Harry Blair ; Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94306 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | 'Dis train | Harry Blair ; Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94307 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Little sweetheart of the mountain | Harry Blair ; Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94308 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Give me back my Texas home | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94309 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | New River train | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94310 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Dese bones gonna rise again | Harry Blair ; Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94313 | 10-in. | 8/4/1935 | Birmingham jail | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94318 | 10-in. | 8/5/1935 | Who broke the lock? | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Happy Morris ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-94321 | 10-in. | 8/5/1935 | Goin' down the road | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Happy Morris ; Pappy Wolfe | String band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102800 | 10-in. | 6/22/1936 | Give my love to Nell | Curly Campbell ; Dick Hartman Tennessee Ramblers ; Happy Morris | Male vocal duet and string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102806 | 10-in. | 6/22/1936 | Last night I had a dream of home | Campbell Brothers | Male vocal duet, with 3 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102807 | 10-in. | 6/22/1936 | She is waiting for you in that happy home | Campbell Brothers | Male vocal duet, with 3 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041314 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | I'll keep on loving you | Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041315 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Don't put a tax on the beautiful girls | Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041316 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Tonight you belong to me | Tex Martin ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041317 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Carry me back to Carolina | Harry Blair ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041318 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Four or five times | Harry Blair ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041319 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Hootchie-kootchie-koo | Tex Martin ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041320 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Washboard man | Harry Blair ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041321 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Doug ain't doin' the jitterbug | Harry Blair ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041322 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | There's a blue sky 'way out yonder | Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with string band and yodeling | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041323 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Over the Santa Fe Trail | Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041324 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Out on the lone prairie | Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with string band and yodeling | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-041325 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Steel guitar blues | Tennessee Ramblers | Steel guitar solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BS-047548 | 10-in. | 2/6/1940 | 'Neath the Hawaiian palms | Tennessee Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-047549 | 10-in. | 2/6/1940 | Coquette | Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-056530 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | Grab your saddle horn and blow | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-056531 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | Blue eyed baby | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Victor | BS-056532 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | Won't you sometimes dream of me? | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Victor | BS-056533 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | Sweet mamma, tree top tall | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Victor | BS-056534 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | I'm through wishing on the stars | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Victor | BS-056535 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | Come swing with me | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Victor | BS-056536 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | The beach at Waikiki | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, composer | |
| Victor | BS-056537 | 10-in. | 10/12/1940 | Steel guitar swing | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers | String band | leader, composer | |
| Victor | BS-071091 | 10-in. | 10/4/1941 | You're always on my mind | Tennessee Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-071093 | 10-in. | 10/4/1941 | New "Red River Valley" | Tennessee Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-071094 | 10-in. | 10/4/1941 | I love Hawaii | Tennessee Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-071095 | 10-in. | 10/4/1941 | Oh Mary, don't you weep | Tennessee Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-5810 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Coconust Island | Cecil Campbell ; Hendrix Sisters ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Female vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader, songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-5811 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Spookie boogie | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-5812 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Steel guitar dig | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Steel guitar solo with string band | composer, leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-5813 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Steel guitar wiggle | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Steel guitar solo with string band | composer, leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-855 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Barn dance breakdown | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band, with shouting | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | E1VB-0938 | 10-in. | 5/7/1951 | You kept makin' eyes at me | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | E1VB-0940 | 10-in. | 5/7/1951 | Steel guitar jamboree | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D5AB-0837 | 10-in. | 11/13/1945 | Midnight boogie | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | leader, composer | |
| Victor | D5AB-0838 | 10-in. | 11/13/1945 | Hawaiian skies | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Vocal trio, with string band | leader, composer | |
| Victor | D5AB-0839 | 10-in. | 11/13/1945 | North Carolina skies | Cecil Campbell ; Roy Lear ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader | |
| Victor | D5AB-0840 | 10-in. | 11/13/1945 | Beatty steel blues | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | leader, composer | |
| Victor | D6VB-1799 | 10-in. | 5/23/1946 | Campbell's steel guitar special | Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Steel guitar solo, with string band | leader, composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-2200 | 10-in. | 5/23/1946 | Little hula shack in Hawaii | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | leader, composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-2201 | 10-in. | 5/23/1946 | Last night I cried | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band and trumpet | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | D6VB-2202 | 10-in. | 5/23/1946 | I trusted you | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band and trumpet | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0288 | 10-in. | 5/6/1947 | She's got the cutest eyes | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-0289 | 10-in. | 5/6/1947 | It's gonna come home to you | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-0290 | 10-in. | 5/6/1947 | Steel guitar Hop | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Instrumental ensemble, with steel guitar solo | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-0291 | 10-in. | 5/6/1947 | Hawaiian moon | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Mixed vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1639 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Steel guitar ramble | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-1640 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | 'Neath Hawaiian palms | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1641 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Hawaiian dreams | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1642 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Tryon Street boogie | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1643 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Talk, talk, talk | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with vocal refrain and string band | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1644 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Tear drops | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-1645 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Please don't call in any help | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with vocal trio and string band | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1646 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Left all alone with a broken heart | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-1647 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Put some meat on them bones | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-1648 | 10-in. | 9/23/1947 | Please daddy don't drink no more | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter, vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2629 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Time will tell | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2633 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Whose blues are you now | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2634 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Southern special | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2635 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | I'm a henpecked man | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2636 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Tar heel rag | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, leader, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-2637 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Chant of Hawaii | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2638 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Tennessee steel guitar | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D9VB-0852 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Tennessee border | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band, with male vocal solo | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0853 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | No where, no time, no place | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-0854 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Tropical island | Cecil Campbell ; Hendrix Sisters ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Female vocal duet, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | D9VB-2599 | 10-in. | 11/29/1949 | Proud papa polka | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2701 | 10-in. | 11/29/1949 | One little flower | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2702 | 10-in. | 11/29/1949 | Paper roses | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-2703 | 10-in. | 11/30/1949 | No blues, no blues for me | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal trio, with string band | leader, vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-2704 | 10-in. | 11/30/1949 | Catawba River blues | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2705 | 10-in. | 11/30/1949 | Serenade of the winds | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Vocal ensemble, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2706 | 10-in. | 11/30/1949 | Steel guitar swing | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | String band | leader, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Campbell, Cecil," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110934.
Campbell, Cecil. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110934.
"Campbell, Cecil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
IMDb: Cecil Campbell
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Campbell, Cecil - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98051867
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q110818901
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