Cecil Campbell

*22-03-1911 Danbury, NC, +18-06-1989 

2nd version

by Dick Grant,  Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Wolf-Rüdiger Sommer, Mario Manciotti, Tony Middleton, Henk Scholts, Derik Olson, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS see also Tennessee Ramblers

ca. December 1945 RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], Roy Lear [vcl/bass], poss. William “Horse Thief Harry” Blair [gt])
001 HAWAIIAN SKIES RCA Victor 20-1790 / BACM CD D 467
002 MIDNIGHT BOOGIE 20-1790 / JASMCD-3542
003 NORTH CAROLINA SKIES 20-1874/CD 9003 JASMCD-3542

004 BEATTY STEEL BLUES 20-1874/ Country Classics 701  JASMCD-3542
23 May 1946 RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], Mickey Newell [vcl-1/], Benner Shelton [vcl-1/], Roy Lear [bass])
005 D6-VB-1799 CAMPBELL'S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL 20-2024 / JASMCD-3542
007 D6-VB-2200 LITTLE HULA SHACK IN HAWAII -1 20-2155 / CD 5097-2 ACD 25014 BACM CD D 467
008 D6-VB-2201 LAST NIGHT I CRIED 20-2155 / JASMCD-3542
006 D6-VB-2202 I TRUSTED YOU 20-2024 / BACM CD D 467

BEAR FAMILY CD 5097-2 ACD 25014 AA V.A. GREETINGS FROM HAWAII (GER, 2004)
January 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East  24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers or Cecil Campbell Trio [-1]  (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

009 D7-VB-290 STEEL GUITAR HOP –instr.-  20-2303 / JASMCD-3542
010 SHE'S GOT THE CUTTEST EYES 20-2303 / JASMCD-3542
011 IT’S GONNA COME HOME TO YOU 20-2404/ JASMCD-3542
012 HAWAIIAN MOON -1 –instr.- 20-2404 / BACM CD D 467
ca. October 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East  24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers  (Cecil Campbell [steel], William Blair [vcl/gt],  Banner Shelton [] + unknown musicians)
013 TALK, TALK, TALK 20-2531 / JASMCD-3542
014 HAWAIIAN DREAMS 20-2531
015 PUT SOME MEAT ON THEM BONES 20-2669 / CD-9003 JASMCD-3542
016 NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS 20-2669/ BACM CD D 467
ca. December 1947 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City  – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)
017 PLEASE DON’T CALL IN ANY HELP 20-2807/CC 701 JASMCD-3542

018 TRYON STREET BLUES –instr- 20-2807/ BACM CD D 467

019 WHO'S BLUES ARE YOU NOW 20-2918 / JASMCD-3542
020 SOUTHERN SPECIAL –instr.-  20-2918 / JASMCD-3542
021 CHANT OF HAWAII 20-3116
022 PLEASE DADDY, DON'T DRINK NO MORE  20-3116/ Country Classics 701 BACM CD D 467
023 TIME WILL TELL 20-3239 / JASMCD-3542
024 I'M A HENPECKED MAN 20-3239 / JASMCD-3542
ca January 1949 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

025 STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE 21-0014 48-0219/Country Classics 701 CCD 337 BACM CD D 467
026 LEFT ALL ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART 21-0014 48-0219/ Country Classics 701  JASMCD-3542
027 TENNESSEE BORDER 21-0022 48-0022/ Country Classics 701  JASMCD-3542
028 BARN DANCE BREAKDOWN –instr.-  21-0022 48-0022 / CD-9003 BACM CD D 467

CATTLE CCD 337 30 STEELGUITAR HONKY TONK FAVORITES  (GER, 2009)

ca May 1949 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell [steel], poss. William Blair [vcl/gt], + unknown musicians)

029 TROPICAL ISLAND 20-2807 21-0079 48-0076 / CD-9003 BACM CD D 467
030 TAR HEEL RAG 20-2807 21-0079 48-0076 / CD-9003 JASMCD 3539

JASMINE JASMCD 3539 FLYING FINGERS COUNTRY GUITAR VOL.1 (UK)
ca September 1949 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers
031 TEAR DROPS 21-0123 48-0126/ Country Classics 701  BACM CD D 467
032 NO WHERE, NO TIME, NO PLACE 21-0123 48-0126/Bronco Buster CD 9003 JASMCD-3542
033 NO, NO BLUES BLUES FOR ME 21-0158 48-0169/ CD-9003 BACM CD D 467
034 ONE LITTLE FLOWER 21-0158 48-0169/ CD-9003
December 1949 RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers

035 D9-VB-2704 CATAWBA RIVER BLUES  48-0340/CD 9003 JASMCD-3542

ca April 1950 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers
036 STEEL GUITAR SWING –instr.- 48-0340 / Country Classics 701 JASMCD-3542 CD 9056 CLCD 2875
037 SERENADE OF THE WINDS 48-0376 / BACM CD D 467
038 PROUD PAPA POLKA 48-0376/CD 9003

BRONCO BUSTER CD 9056 30 NOSTALGIC STEELGUITAR INSTRUMENTALS (GER, 2001); COLLECTOR CLCD 2875 MORE BOPPING MORE ROCKIN'  (NED, 2005)
ca November 1950 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Cecil Campbell’s Tennessee Ramblers
039 STEEL GUITAR DIG –instr.- 48-0409 / Country Classics 701 CCD 337 BACM CD D 467
040 SPOOKIE BOOGIE 48-0409 / CD-9003 JASM 3560/1
041 STEEL GUITAR WIGGLE –instr.- 48-0445/ Country Classics 701  CCD 337
042 THE COCONUT ISLAND 48-0445 / BACM CD D 467

JASMINE JASMCD 3560/3561 HILLBILLY BOP 1948/1950 VOL. 1/2 (UK, 2005)
May 1951 poss. Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, TN or Atlanta, GA – Cecil Campbell‘ Tennessee Ramblers or Cecil Campbell’s Orchestra [-1]
043 TENNESSEE STEEL GUITAR 48-0472/CD-9003
044 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE 48-0499 /WLP 8939 CLCD 2860
045 PAPER ROSES 48-0472/ CD-9003 BACM CD D 467
046 YOU KEPT MAKIN' EYES ON ME 48-0499
047 NO WEDDING BELLS FOR ME -1 47-4325/ Country Classics 701  BACM CD D 467
048 E1-VB-940 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE 48-0499
049 E1-VB-941 CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR -1 47-4325

COLLECTOR WLP 8939 BILLY ROCK AND ROLL (NED, 1988); COLLECTOR CLCD 2860 HIGH STEPPING DADDY WITH THE SHUFFLING SHOES (NED, 1998)
ca 1952 Radio Station WBT, Wilder Building, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
050 107-A BOOGIE WOOGIE ON STEEL –instr. Big Wheel 107 /KKCD 26
051 107-B I GET THE BLUES Big Wheel 107 /KKCD 26

052 111-B CAMPBELL'S STEEL MARCH Big Wheel 111

053 111-A MONEY CAN'T BRING HAPPINESS  111

KRAZY KAT KKCD 26 TITLE CD TARHEEL SWING  (UK, 2003)
1953 Radio Station WBT, Wilder Building, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
054 E3-KB-5907 JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET Palmetto CC-101 /KKCD 26 BACM CD D 467
055 E3-KB-5908 STEEL GUITAR TANGO Palmetto CC-101/ Country Classics 701  BACM CD D 467
October 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
056 55-S-784/55-XY-585 STEEL GUITAR WALTZ MGM K12118 / BACM CD D 467
057 55-S-785/55-XY-586 GOMANGO -instr.- K12118/Bronco Buster CD-9003 April 1956 poss. Music City Recording, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
058 56-S-314/56-XY-243 DIXIELAND ROCK K12245/BCD-15789 BTCD 5703 MGM 2315394  
059 56-S-315/56-XY-244 FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN K12245/ CD-9003
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15789 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.7 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF M-G-M RECORDS (GER, 1996)
September 1956 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
060 56-S-694/56-XY-485 I‘M ON THE RIGHT TOAD NOW K12405 / BACM D 231
061 56-S-695/56-XY-486 CONTENTMENT (NO.1) K12405/Bronco Buster CD-9003
BACM D 231 COUNTRY MUSIC ON MGM (UK, 2008)
ca. April 1957 poss. Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers
062 57-XY-348 ROCK AND ROLL FEVER K12482 /MGM 2315 394 BTCD 5703 BTCD 5713 CCD 1156510 SCCD 2440
063 57-XY-349 THE ROCKING GUITAR K12482 /MGM 2315 394 BTCD 5713 BCD 15789
MGM 2315 394 MGM ROCKABILLY COLLECTION (UK, 1977); BIG TONE BTCD-5703 MGM ROCKABILLIES, Vol.1 (UK, 1993); BIG TONE BTCD-5713 MGM ROCKABILLIES, Vol.2 (UK, 1993); CHIEF CCD-1156510 ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLIES, Vol.10 (NED, 1993); SMITH and Co. SCCD-2440 GREAT ROCKABILLY: JUST AS GOOD AS IT GETS!, Vol.5 (NED)
October 1957 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Cecil Campbell
064 57-XY-656/57-S-656 ON THE PRADO K12605 / BACM CD D 467
065 57-XY-657/57-S-657 I GET THE BLUES K12605
ca June 1963 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
066 ST-6376 SPANISH STYLE SEP-227/SLP-254 BACM CD D 467

067 ST-6377 TWISTING THE STEEL SLP-254
068 ST-6378 WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR SEP-227/SLP-254 BACM CD D 467

069 ST-6379 BLUES ON THE STEEL SLP-254 BACM CD D 467

070 ST-6380 GO MEN GO  unissued
071 ST-6381 STEEL GUITAR SWING SLP-254 SLP-277
072 ST-6382 STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE SLP-254

073 ST-6383 CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR SLP-254

074 ST-6384 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE  SLP-254

075 ST-6385 CECIL'S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL SEP-227 /SLP-254
076 ST-6386 DIXIE STEEL BLUES SEP-227/SLP-254

077 ST-6387 LONESOME AT TWILIGHT  SLP-254

078 ST-6388 unknown title
079 ST-6389 BOOGIE ON THE STEEL SLP-254/SLP-293
STARDAY SLP 277 UNFORGETTABLE COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALS (1964); STARDAY SLP 293 STEEL GUITAR AND DOBRO SPECTAVULAR (1964)

Ca 1965s Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
080 A GAME OF GOLF PART 1 Winston WR-1001-45

081 A GAME OF GOLF PART 2 Winston WR-1001-45

1965 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
082 BLUE HAWAII  Winston LP 1001

083 3071122A HAWAIIAN SKIES Winston WR-1002-45 WR 1009/ LP 1001
084 SONG OF THE ISLANDS LP 1001

085 MY HAPPINESS LP 1001

086 HARBOR LIGHTS LP 1001

087 HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON LP 1001

088 307122B 50TH STATE HULA Winston WR-1002-45 WR 1009/ LP 1001
089 COCONUT GROVE LP 1001

090 LITTLE HULA SHACK LP 1001

091 DON’T SING ALOHA LP 1001

092 SERENADE OF THE WINDS LP 1001

093 NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS LP 1001

1965 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
094 5-5954A JORETTA WR-1003-45
095 5-5954B I LIKE THE COUNTRY WR-1003-45
1969 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
096 69-85A FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN WR-1004-45
097 69-85B I WENT BACK TO MY OLD HOME WR-1004-45
1969 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
098 MY ONLY LOVE Winston WR 1005-45

099 unknown title WR 1005-45

1970 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (Producer: Arthur Smith)
100 PRP-17061 MOUNTAIN DEW BLUES WR-1006-45
101 PRP-17062 STEEL GUITAR SWING WR-1006-45
1973 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
102 PRP 42641 STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE WR-1007-45
103 PRP 42642 LONESOME AT TWILIGHT WR-1007-45
1973 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
104 LET'S SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS WR-1008-45
105 WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR WR-1008-45

1970s Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
106 EVERYBODY’S EATIN‘  OUT NOBODY’S COOKING IN 1010-45

107 JORETTA 1010-45

1983 Arthur Smith Studio, 5407 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC – Cecil Campbell  (Producer: Arthur Smith)
108 N.C. WALTZ Lamon LR 10088

109 ROSETTA Lamon LR 10088

ALBUMS
Starday SLP-254 Steel Guitar Jamboree: Steel Guitar Swing; Blues On The Steel; Spanish Style; Cecil's Steel Guitar Special; Steel Guitar Jamboree; Carolina Steel Guitar; Twisting The Steel; Waltzing With The Steel Guitar; Dixie Steel Blues; Lonesome At Twilight; Steel Guitar Ramble – 63
Winston vol. 1001 Greatest Hawaiian Instrumentals: Blue Hawaii; Hawaiian Skies; Song Of The Islands; My Happiness; Harbor Lights; Hawaiian Honeymoon; 50th State Hula; Coconut Grove; Little Hula Shack; Don't Sing Aloha; Serenade Of The Winds; Neath Hawaiian Palms -  65 (many various date listed in discrographies between 1958-1965, Sleeve notes state that he had previously recorded for Starday [D.Grant])
Country Classics 701 Cecil Campbell: Steel guitar Ramble; Left All Alone With A Broken heart; Steel Guitar Wiggle; Tear Drops; Steel Guitar Tango; Please Daddy, Don’t Drink; Steel Guitar Dig; Tennessee Border; Steel guitar Swing; Please, Don’t Call In Any Help; Beaty Steel Blues; No Wedding Blues For Me – 81 (RCA tracks)
Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9003 Cecil Campbell And His Tennessee Ramblers: No Where, No Time, No Place; Proud Papa Polka; Tennessee Steel Guitar; Paper Roses; Fog Rising On The Mountain [MGM track]; Spookie Boogie; Gomango; Catawba River Blues; Put Some Meat On Them Bones; Tropical Island; Tar Heel Rag; North Carolina Skies; Barn Dance Breakdown; No Blues No Blues For Me; One Little Flower; Contentment [MGM track] - 95
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3542 Steel Guitar Swing: 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.] – 01-04-04

BACM [UK] Cecil Campbell and The Tennessee Ramblers: Waltzing With A Steel Guitar; Please Daddy Don’t Drink No More; Barn Dance Breakdown; Steel Guitar Tango; Hawaiian Skies; Little Hula Shack In Hawaii; Neath Hawaiian Palms;  Serenade Of The Winds; Paper Roses; Steel Guitar Ramble; Tear Drops; Tryon Street Boogie;  Tropical Island; Blues On The Steel; Spanish Style; I Trusted You; No Wedding Bells For Me; Hawaiian Moon; Coconut Island; Steel Guitar Dig; Steel Guitar Waltz; On The Prado; Just A Drop In The Bucket; No Blues, No Blues For Me – 11-14

 

SINGLES
RCA Victor (1946-51)
20-1790 Hawaiian Skies / Midnight Boogie – 01-01-46  (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0002)
20-1874 North Carolina Skies / Beatty Steel Blues – 14-05-46  (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0018)
20-2024 Campbell's Steel Guitar Special / I Trusted You – 26-11-46  (rev. Nov. 23)
20-2155 Little Hula Shack In Hawaii / Last Night I Cried – 25-02-47
20-2303 Steel Guitar Hop / She's Got The Cuttest Eyes – 10-06-47 (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0044)
20-2404 It’s Gonna ome Home To You / Hawaiian Moon – 19-08-47
20-2531 Talk, Talk, Talk / Hawaiian Dreams – 04-11-47  (adv. Oct. 25; Canadian issue on Bluebord 58-0055)
20-2669 Put Some Meat On Them Bones / Neath Hawaiian Palms – 20-01-48
20-2807 Please Don’t Call In Any Help / Tryon Street Blues – 06-04-48 (adv. Apr. 3)

20-2918 Who's Blues Are You Now / Southern Special – 15-06-48 (adv. June 12, rev. June 26)
20-3116 Chant Of Hawaii / Please Daddy, Don't Drink No More – 14-09-48 (adv. Sept. 11)
20-3239 Time Will Tell / I'm A Henpecked Man – 30-11-48  (adv. Dec. 4)
21-0014 Steel Guitar Ramble / Left All Alone With A Broken Heart – 15-02-49  (adv. Feb. 12)
21-0022 Tennessee Border / Barn Dance Breakdown – 15-03-49

21-0079/48-0076 Tropical Island / Tar Heel Rag – 14-06-49
21-0123/48-0126 Tear Drops / No Where, No Time, No Place – 25-10-49
21-0158/48-0169 No Blues, No Blues For Me / One Little Flower – 17-01-50
48-0219 Steel Guitar Ramble / Left All Alone With A Broken Heart – 28-02-50 (45 RPM version of 21-0014)
48-0340 Steel Guitar Swing / Catawba River Blues – 30-05-50
48-0376 Serenade Of The Winds / Proud Papa Polka – 29-08-50 (Canadian issue on Bluebird 58-0161)
48-0409 Steel Guitar Dig / Spookie Boogie – 05-12-50 (adv., Dec. 2, rev. Dec. 23)
48-0445 Steel Guitar Wiggle / The Coconut Island – 13-03-51 (rev. March 10)
48-0472 Paper Roses / Tennessee Steel Guitar – 22-05-51 (adv. May 19)
48-0499 Steel Guitar Jamboree / You Kept Makin' Eyes On Me – 14-08-51  (adv. Aug. 11)
47-4325 Carolina Steel Guitar / No Wedding Bells For Me – 23-10-51
Big Wheel (1952)
107 Boogie Woogie On Steel / I Get The Blues – ca. 52
111 Campbell's Steel March / Money Can't Bring Happiness – ca 52
Palmetto (1953)
CC-101 Steel Guitar Tango / Just A Drop In The Bucket - 53
MGM (1955-57)
K 12118 Steel Guitar Waltz / Go, Man, Go – 22-11-55
K 12245 Dixieland Rock / Fog Rising On The Mountain – 08-05-56
K 12405 Contentment / I'm On The Right Road Now – 08-01-57
K 12482 Rock And Roll Fever / The Rocking Guitar – 30-05-57 (rev. May 27)
K 12605 On The Prado / I Get The Blues – 09-01-58
Starday (1963
(EPs)
SEP-227 Cecil's Steel Guitar Special / Spanish Style/ Dixie Steel Blues / Waltzing With The Steel Guitar – 63 (MX: /ZTSB-83492/83493)
Winston (1965-)
WR-1001-45 A Game Of Golf part 1 / A Game Of Golf part 2 – 65

WR-1002-45 50th State Hula / Hawaiian Skies – 65 (reissued on WR 1009-45)
WR-1003-45 Joretta / I Like The Country – 65
WR-1004-45 Fog Rising On The Mountain / I Went Back To My Old Home - 69
WR-1005-45 My Only Love / ? - 69

WR-1006-45 Steel Guitar Swing / Mountain Dew Blues - 70
WR-1007-45 Steel Guitar Jamboree / Lonesome At Twilight - 73
WR-1008-45 Let's Spread A Little Happiness / Waltzing With The Steel Guitar – 73

1010-45 Everybody’s Eatin‘  Out Nobody’s Cooking In / Joretta – 7-

Lamon (1983)
LR 10088 N.C. Waltz / Rosetta - 83

Cecil Campbell (by Dick Grant)

CECIL CAMPBELL

SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

1945 ONWARDS

ARTHUR SMITH’S HOT QUINTET-1

THE RAMBLER TRIO Featuring Arthur Smith-Guitar-2

THE TENNESSEE RAMBLERS Featuring Cecil Campbell-3

ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH And His Cracker-Jacks-4

ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH y su Agrupación-5

ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH, Guitar and His Cracker-Jacks

                                                                                                                               Washington. D.C.:                                             Late Summer 1945

Arthur Smith (flat top guitar-7); Don Wesley “Don” Reno (rhy gtr-8); Cecil Robert Campbell (perc-9); Walden “Don White” Whytsell (); Jack Gillette(fdl); William Leroy “Roy” Lear (stg bs).       Producer: Irvin Feld  

MF 10-7B/           BEATY STREET BLUES                        (Inst)-1-8-9   Super Disc 1004B

48-S-289/            (Cecil Campbell)

MF 11-1/             EACH NIGHT AT NINE                        -3-8-9-10      Super Disc 1005

48-S-290             (Floyd Tillman)

MF 12-1/             PLEASE COME BACK TO ME DADDY-3-8-9-10                            1005

48-S-291             ()

MF 13/                GUITAR BOOGIE             (Inst)-2-4-5-7-8-9  Super Disc 1004A, MGM 10293A,MGM MGM 8887B

48-S-39/              (Arthur Smith) (Shapiro-Bernstein ASCAP)                  MGM 30296A, MGM K30296AMGM E533, MGM K66

50-XY-15/                                                                                                                 MGM MGM SP-1008, MGM MGM.329, MGM MGM-4037

50-XY-320                                                                                                                MGM M-G-M 5085, M-G-M MGM 73024

7-XSM-13                                                                                                                 M-G-M SPF MGM-1003, M-G-M EPF-4

                                                                                                                               M-G-M F1 MGM-103, MGM D-111, MGM 45-MGM-3078

                                                                                                                               MGM MGM 70.34, MGM MGM EPM-695, MGM 61.163

                                                                                                                               MGM E3825, MGM 63-605, MGM K-GC-123

                                                                                                                               Metro M-530, Metro MS-530, MGM SE-241-2

                                                                                                                               MGM 2006 001, MGM MVG 534

                                                                                                                               Polydor  MVG 534 (2006 632), MGM LP-103

                                                                                                                               MGM 2354 009, Metro 2356 117

                                                                                                                               Music For Pleasure MFP-1335, Polydor 2121-201

                                                                                                                               Rhino R2-70718, Bronco Buster CD-9039

                                                                                                                               Jasmine JASMCD-3502, Jasmine JASMCD-3521

                                                                                                                               International Music Co. CD-204872, Cattle CCD-236

                                                                                                                               Proper Properbox 50, Collectables 04672

                                                                                                                               Sony Special Products CD-22638, Remember CD-75102

                                                                                                                               Ace CDCHD-766, Membran-Intense CD-223618

                                                                                                                               Magic 3930626, Viper CD-051, Chrome Dreams

                                                                                                                               Kay JON-001, Fantastic Voyage FVDD170

NB(1): SUPER DISC 1004 released Monday 10th September 1945.   

NB(2): SUPER DISC 1005 released Monday 10th September 1945.

NB(3): SUPER DISC 1004 reviewed Billboard Saturday 15th September 1945.

NB(4): SUPER DISC 1005 reviewed Billboard Saturday 15th September 1945.

NB(5): SUPER DISC advert Billboard Saturday 22nd December 1945-SUPER DISC 1004.

NB(6): SUPER DISC 1004 reviewed Billboard Saturday 5th January 1946.

NB(7): SUPER DISC advert Billboard Saturday 12th January 1946-SUPER DISC 1004.

NB(8): SUPER DISC advert Billboard Saturday 18th May 1946-SUPER DISC 1004.

NB(9): MGM Records purchased SUPER DISC Saturday 26th June 1948.

NB(10): Billboard Saturday 3rd July 1948-MGM BUYS SUPER DISC.

NB(11): MGM 10293 released Monday 18th October 1948.

NB(12): MGM 30296/K30296 released Saturday 6th November 1948.

NB(13): MGM 10293 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 13th November 1948.

NB(14): MGM Records advert Billboard Saturday 20th November 1948-MGM 10293.

NB(15): “GUITAR BOOGIE” entered Billboard C&W chart-Juke Box #8-Saturday 25th December 1948-7 wks.

NB(16): MGM MGM 8887B released Argentina 1950.

NB(17): “GUITAR BOOGIE” released Argentina as “EL BOOGIE DE LA GUITARRA”.

NB(18): MGM E533 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released 1951.

NB(19): MGM E533 “FINGERS ON FIRE, Vol.2” released Phillipines 1951.

NB(20): MGM E533 released in Phillipnes with DIFFERENT sleeve.

NB(21): MGM K66 (45rpm) “FINGERS ON FIRE” released 1951.

NB(22): MGM M-G-M 5085 released Australia 1951.

NB(23): M-G-M SPF MGM-1003 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released Franc 1951.

NB(24): MGM D-111 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released TWICED in United Kingdom 1951 with DIFFERENT sleeves.

NB(25): MGM MGM SP-1008 (45rpm) released United Kingdom January 1953.

NB(26): MGM MGM.329 (78rpm) released United Kingdom January 1953.

NB(27): M-G-M MGM-4037 (78rpm) released France 1953.

NB(28): MGM Records advert Billboard Saturday 22nd May 1954-MGM E533 “FINGERS ON FIRE”.

NB(29): M-G-M EPF-4 “ARTHUR (GUITAR BOOGIE) SMITH” released France 1957.

NB(30): M-G-M F1 MGM-103 “FINGERS ON FIRE” released France 1957.

NB(31): MGM 45-MGM-3078 released Norway 1959.

NB(32): MGM MGM 70.034 released Italy

NB(33): MGM MGM EPM-695 “ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH and his Crackerjacks” released United Kingdom 1959.

NB(34): MGM MGM EPM-695 “ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH and his Crackerjacks” released New Zealand 1959.

NB(35): MGM 61.163 release France 1959.

NB(36): MGM E3825 “MGM MILLION SELLERS:COUNTRY & WESTERN, Vol.1.” released 1960.

NB(37): MGM 63-605 “ARTHUR SMITH: GUITAR BOOGIE” released France 1963.

NB(38): MGM K-GC-123 released

NB(39): METRO M/MS-530 “COUNTRY and WESTERN FAVORITES” released 1965.

NB(40): MUSIC FOR PLEASURE MFP-1335 “COUNTRY & WESTERN FAVOURITES” release United Kingdom 1965.

NB(41): POLYDOR 2121-201 released France 1967.

NB(42): MGM SE-241-2 224 KARAT GOLD FROM THE COUNTRY” released United Kingdom 1968.

NB(43): MGM 2006 001 released Germany 1970.

NB(44): MGM 2354 009 “ARTHUR SMITH and his CRACKER-JACKS:GUITAR BOOGIE” released United Kingdom 1970.

NB(45): MGM MVG 534 (2006 632) released 1971.

NB(46): POLYDOR MVG 534 (2006 632) released Holland 1971.

NB(47): RHINO R2-70718 “GUITAR PLAYER PRESENTS:LEGENDS OF GUITAR-COUNTRY, Vol.1.” released 1990.

NB(48): COLLECTABLES 04672 released

NB(49): SONY SPECIAL PRODUCTS CD-22638 “MOVIN’ COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALS” released 1995.

NB(50): BRONCO BUSTER CD-9039 “ARTHUR SMITH’S ORIGINAL GUITAR BOOGIE” released Germany 1997.

NB(51): REMEMBER CD-75102 “ROCKIN’ GUITARS & LIGHTNIN’ FINGERS” released 1999.

NB(52): JASMINE JASMCD-3502 “HERE COMES THE BOOGIE MAN” released United Kingdom April 2000.

NB(53): ACE CDCHD-766 “TEEN BEAT, Vol.5.” released United Kingdom 2000.

NB(54): JASMINE JASMCD-3521 “ONE GOOD BOOGIE DESERVES ANOTHER” released United Kingdom October 2000.

NB(55): CATTLE CCD-236 “THE GOLDEN AGE OF ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH” released Germany 2001.

NB(56): INTERNATIONAL MUSIC Co. CD-204872 “THE HISTORY OF COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC” released Germany 2001.

NB(57): PROPER PROPERBOX 50 “HILLBILLY BOOGIE” released United Kingdom 2002.

NB(58): MEMBRAN-INTENSE CD-223618 “ARTHUR SMITH:GUITAR BOOGIE” released 2006.

NB(59): VIPER CD-051 “HOT GUITARS: GUITAR TRACKS FROM THE 1920s-1950s” released United Kingdom 2008.

NB(60): CHROME DREAMS                 “MAVERICK COUNTRY: THE DEFINITIVE REAL COUNTRY COLLECTION” released Monday 11th August 2008.     

NB(61): AKAY JON-001 “ARTHUR “GUITAR BOOGIE” SMITH-MGM 78 SINGLES” released United Kingdom 2010.

NB(62): FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVDD170 “THE ROAD TO ROCK & ROLL, Vol.1. JITTERBUG JIVE” released United Kingdom 2013.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

                         RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan    New York City, NY.:                                                               ca. December 1945

Cecil Campbell (stl gtr); Roy Lear (vcl/stg bs); poss. William “Horse Thief Harry” Blair (gtr); 

                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          HAWAIIAN SKIES                                                                           RCA Victor 20-1790-A, Bluebird 58-0002-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)

                          MIDNIGHT BOOGIE                                               (Inst)                                     20-1790-B,               58-0002-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

                          NORTH CAROLINA SKIES                                                               RCA Victor 20-1874-A, Bluebird 58-0018-A

                          (Roy Lear)                                                                                      Bronco Buster CD-9003

                          BEATY STREET BLUES                              (Inst)     RCA Victor 20-1874-B,                58-0018-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                     Country Classics 701

NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-1790 released Tuesday 1st January 1946.

NB(2): BLUEBIRD 58-0002 released Canada Tuesday 1st January 1946.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 20-1874 released Tuesday 14th May 1946.

NB(4): BLUEBIRD 58-0018 released Canada Tuesday 14th May 1946.

NB(5): COUNTRY CLASSICS 701 “CECIL CAMPBELL” released 1981.

NB(6): BRONCO BUSTER CD-9003 “CECIL CAMPBELL And His Tennessee Ramblers” released Germany 1995.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS            

                          RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan                        New York City, NY.:                                  Thursday 23rd May 1946

(vcl/stl gtr); poss. William Blair (vcl/gtr); Unk (accdn); Unk (tpt); poss. Roy Lear (stg bs); Mickey Newell (vcl-1/      ); Banner Shelton (vcl-1/        ).                                                                                                  Producer:

D6-VB-1799         CAMPBELL’S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL (Inst)           RCA Victor 20-2024-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D6-VB-2200         LITTLE HULA SHACK IN HAWAII                -1          RCA Victor 20-2155-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D6-VB-2201         LAST NIGHT I CRIED                                                                20-2155-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D6-VB-2202         I TRUSTED YOU                                                    RCA Victor 20-2024-B

                          ()

NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-2024 reviewed Billboard Saturday 23rd November 1946.

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 20-2024 released Tuesday 26th November 1946.

NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 22nd February 1947-RCA VICTOR 20-2155.

NB(4): RCA VICTOR 20-2155 released Tuesday 25th February 1947.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS  (Cecil Campbell Trio)-1

             poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan  New York City, NY.:                                                                             ca. May 1947

(vcl/stl gtr); poss. William Blair (vcl/gtr).

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D7-VB-                SHE’S GOT THE CUTEST EYES                              RCA Victor 20-2303-A, Bluebird 58-0044-A

                          ()

D7-VB-               STEEL GUITAR HOP                                 (Inst)     RCA Victor 20-2303-B,                58-0044-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D7-VB-                IT’S GONNA COME HOME TO YOU            RCA Victor 20-2404-A

                          (Tommy Dilbeck)

D7-VB-                HAWAIIAN MOON                                                 -1(Inst)                                  20-2404-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-2303 released Tuesday 10th June 1947.

NB(2): BLUEBIRD 58-0044 released Canada Tuesday 1th June 1947.                        

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 20-2404 released Tuesday 19th August 1947.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

             poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan  New York City, NY.:                                                                       ca. October 1947

(vcl/stl gtr); William Blair (vcl/gtr). Banner Shelton ();

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D7-VB-               TALK, TALK, TALK                                                                           RCA Victor 20-2531-A, Bluebird 58-0055-A

                          (Banner Shelton-Cecil Campbell)

D7-VB-                HAWAIIAN DREAMS                                                                 20-2531-B,               58-0055-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D7-VB-                PUT SOME MEAT ON THEM BONES           RCA Victor 20-2669-A, Bronco Buster CD-9003

                          (Cy Coben-Charles Grean)

D7-VB-                ’NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS                                                                                 20-2669-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

NB(1): RCA VICTOR 20-2531 released Tuesday 4th November 1947.

NB(2): BLUEBIRD 58-0055 released Canada Tuesday 4th November 1947.

NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 17th January 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-2669. 

NB(4): RCA VICTOR 20-2669 released Tuesday 20th January 1948.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS-1

TENNESSEE RAMBLERS-2                       

             poss. RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan  New York City, NY.:                                                                    ca. December 1947

(vcl/stl gtr); William Harry Blair (vcl/gtr).

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D7-VB-               PLEASE DON’T CALL IN ANY HELP            RCA Victor 20-2807-A, Country Classics 701

                          (Tommy Dilbeck)

D7-VB-               TRYON STREET BLUES                             (Inst)                        20-2807-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D7-VB-               WHOSE BLUES ARE YOU NOW?                            RCA Victor 20-2918-A

                          (Steve and Ed Nelson)

D7-VB-               SOUTHERN SPECIAL                                (Inst)     RCA Victor 20-2918-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D7-VB-               PLEASE DADDY, DON’T DRINK NO MORE-1           RCA Victor 20-3116-A, Country Classics 701

                         (Cecil Campbell-Shelton Banner)

D7-VB-                CHANT OF HAWAII                                               -2                                          20-3116-B

                          (Cecil Campbell) 

D7-VB-                TIME WILL TELL                                                    RCA Victor 20-3239-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D7-VB-                I’M A HENPECKED MAN                                                           20-3239-B

                          (Rocky Bill Ford) (4 Star BMI)               

NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 3rd April 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-2807.                                                                                                

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 20-2807 released Tuesday 6th April 1948.

NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 12th June 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-2918.

NB(4): RCA VICTOR 20-2918 released Tuesday 15th June 1948.

NB(5): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 11th September 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-3116.

NB(6): RCA VICTOR 20-3116 released Tuesday 14th September 1948.

NB(7): RCA VICTOR 203239 released Tuesday 30th November 1948.

NB(8): RCA VICTOR Advert Billboard Saturday 4th December 1948-RCA VICTOR 20-3239.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

                                                                                                                                                                                                           ca. January 1949

(vcl/stl gtr); poss. William Blair (gtr):

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D9-VB-               STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE                                        RCA Victor 21-0014-A, RCA Victor 48-0014-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                     RCA Victor 21-0219-A, RCA Victor 48-0219-A

                                                                                                                               Country Classics 701

D9-VB-               LEFT ALL ALONE WITH A BROKEN HEART RCA Victor 21-0014-B, RCA Victor 48-0014-B

                          (Mickey Newell-Cecil Campbell)                                                        RCA Victor 21-0219-B, RCA Victor 48-0219-B

                                                                                                                               Country Classics 701

D9-VB-               TENNESSEE BORDER                                           RCA Victor 21-0022-A, RCA Victor 58-0110-A

                          (JimmyWork)                                                                                   Country Classics 701

D9-VB-               BARNDANCE BREAKDOWN                                   (Inst)                  RCA Victor 21-0022-B,                    58-0110-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                     Bronco Buster CD-9003

NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 12th February 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0014.

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0014 released Tuesday 15th February 1949.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR Advert Billboard Saturday 26th February 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0014.

NB(4): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 12th March 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0022.

NB(5): RCA VICTOR 21-0022 released Tuesday 15th March 1949.

NB(6): RCA VICTOR 48-0014 released Tuesday 15th March 1949.

NB(7): RCA VICTOR 58-0110 (Bluebird Series) released Canada Tuesday 15th March 1949.

NB(8): “STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE” entered Billboard C&W chart Saturday 21st May 1949-Juke Box #9, 1 week.

NB(9): RCA VICTOR 21-0219 released Tuesday 28th February 1950.

NB(10): RCA VICTOR 48-0219 released Tuesday 28th February 1950.

NB(11): RCA VICTOR 21-0219 re-released Tuesday 29th August 1950.

NB(12): RCA VICTOR 48-0219 re-released Tuesday 29th August 1950.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ca. May 1949          

(stl gtr); Posie Hendrix (vcl); Willadene Hendrix-The Hendrix Sisters (vcl-1);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D9-VB-               TROPICAL ISLAND                                                -1                       RCA Victor 21-0079, RCA Victor 48-0076

                          (Cecil Campbell)

D9-VB-               TAR HEEL RAG                                        (Inst)                        21-0079,                    48-0076

                          (Cecil Campbell)

NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk Releases Saturday 11th June 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0079/48—0076..

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0079 released Tuesday 14th June 1949.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0076 released Tuesday 14th June 1949.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

                                                                                                                                                                                                        ca.September 1949

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D9-VB-               TEAR DROPS                                                        RCA Victor 21-0123-B, RCA Victor 48-0126-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                    Country Classics 701

D9-VB-                NO WHERE, NO TIME, NO PLACE             RCA Victor 21-0123-A, RCA Victor 48-0126-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                    Bronco Buster CD-9003

D9-VB-                NO BLUES, NO BLUES FOR ME                             RCA Victor 21-0158, RCA Victor 48-0169

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                     Bronco Buster CD-9003

D9-VB-                ONE LITTLE FLOWER                                            RCA Victor 21-0158,                    48-0169

                          (Sonny Smith-Arthur Smith)

NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 22nd October 1949-RCA VICTOR 21-0123/48-0126.

NB(2):    RCA VICTOR 21-0123 released Tuesday 25th October 1949.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0126 released Tuesday 25th October 1949.

NB(4): RCA VICTOR 48-0126 released on green vinyl.

NB(5): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 14th January 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0158/48-0169.

NB(6): RCA VICTOR 21-0158 released Tuesday 17th January 1950.

NB(7): RCA VICTOR 48-0169 released Tuesday 17th January 1950.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS            

                                                                                                                                                                                                        ca. December 1949          

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

D9-VB-2704         CATAWBA RIVER BLUES                                       RCA Victor 21-0340-B RCA Victor 48-0340-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                     Bronco Buster CD-9003

NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 27th May 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-340/48-0340.

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0340 released Tuesday 30th May 1950.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0340 released Tuesday 30th May 1950.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

                                                                                                                                                                                                               ca. April 1950          

(vcl/stl gtr);         

                                                                                                                               Producer:

E0-VB-                STEEL GUITAR SWING                             (Inst)     RCA Victor 21-0340-A, RCA Victor 48-0340-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)  (Tannen Music BMI)          Country Classics 701

E0-VB-                SERENADE OF THE WINDS                                                            RCA Victor 21-0376-B, RCA Victor 48-0376-B

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                    Bluebird 58-0161-B

E0-VB-                PROUD PAPA POLKA                                            RCA Victor 21-0376-A,                    48-0376-A

                          (Billy Hayes-Jack Rollins)                                        Bluebird 58-0161-A, Country Classics 701

NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 26th Augustt 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0376/48-0376.

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0376 released Tuesday 29th August 1950.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0376 released Tuesday 29th August 1950.

NB(4): BLUEBIRD 58-0161 released Canada Tuesday 29th August 1950.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS

                                                                                                                                                                                                       ca. November 1950

(vcl/stl gtr); Unk (fdl);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

E0-VB-                STEEL GUITAR DIG                                               (Inst)                  RCA Victor 21-0409-A, RCA Victor 48-0409-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                   Country Classics 701

E0-VB-                SPOOKIE BOOGIE                                                                          RCA Victor 21-0409-B,                    48-0409-B

                          (L.Eppright-D.Parker)                                               Bronco Buster CD-9003

E0-VB-                STEEL GUITAR WIGGLE                            (Inst)     RCA Victor 21-0445, RCA Victor 48-0445

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Tannen Music BMI)           Country Classics 701

E0-VB-                THE COCONUT ISLAND                                         RCA Victor 21-0445,                    48-0445

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Tannen Music BMI)

NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 2nd December 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0409/48-0409.

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0409 released Tuesday 5th December 1950.

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 21-0409 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 23rd December 1950.

NB(4): RCA VICTOR 48-0409 released Tuesday 5th December 1950.

NB(5): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 23rd December 1950-RCA VICTOR 21-0409/48-0409.

NB(6): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 10th March 1951-RCA VICTOR 21-0445/48-0445.

NB(7): RCA VICTOR 21-0445 released Tuesday 13th March 1951.

NB(8): RCA VICTOR 48-0445 released Tuesday 13th March 1951.

CECIL CAMPBELL’S TENNESSEE RAMBLERS-1

CECIL CAMPBELL’S ORCHESTRA-2                                                                        ca. April 1951

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

E1-VB-                TENNESSEE STEEL GUITAR                                  -1                       RCA Victor 21-0472-A, RCA Victor 48-0472-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)                                                     Bronco Buster CD-9003

E1-VB-                PAPER ROSES                                         -1          RCA Victor 21-0472-B,                    48-0472-B

                          (Jimmy Work)                                                                                 Bronco Buster CD-9003

E1VB-940            STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE                                    -1                       RCA Victor 21-0499-B, RCA Victor 48-0499-B

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)

E1-VB-941           CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR                                     -2                       RCA Victor 20-4325-A, RCA Victor 47-4325-A

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Tannen Music BMI)                                                

E1-VB-                YOU KEPT MAKIN’ EYES ON ME                -1          RCA Victor 21-0499-A, RCA Victor 48-0499-A

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Tannen Music BMI)                                                 E1-VB-                                              NO WEDDING BELLS FOR ME                        -2          RCA Victor 20-4325-B, RCA Victor 47-4325-B

                          (Cecil Campbell-Pansy Ferguson-Troy Ferguson) (Acuff-Rose)Country Classics 701

NB(1): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 19th May 1951-RCA VICTOR 21-0472/48-0472.                                                                           

NB(2): RCA VICTOR 21-0472 released Tuesday 22nd May 1951.                                

NB(3): RCA VICTOR 48-0472 released Tuesday 22nd May 1951.

NB(4): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 11th August 1951-RCA VICTOR 21-0499/48-0499.                                                                                 

NB(5): RCA VICTOR 21-0499 released Tuesday 14th August 1951.

NB(6): RCA VICTOR 48-0499 released Tuesday 14th August 1951.

NB(7): RCA VICTOR Records Advert Billboard Saturday 20th October 1951-RCA VICTOR 20-4325/47-4325.

NB(7): RCA VICTOR 20-4325 released Tuesday 23rd October 1951.

NB(8): RCA VICTOR 47-4325 released Tuesday 23rd October 1951.

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                                   Radio Station WBT, Wilder Bldg Charlotte, N.C.:  ca. 1952

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

107-A                  BOOGIE WOOGIE ON STEEL                                  (Inst)                  Big Wheel 107-A

                          (Cecil Campbell)

107-B                  I GET THE BLUES                                                                                             107-B

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

111-A                  MONEY CAN’T BRING HAPPINESS            Big Wheel 111-A

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Arcady Music Co. Inc. BMI)

111-B                  CAMPBELL STEEL MARCH                                                                                111-B

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Arcady Music Co. Inc. BMI)                                    

NB(1): BIG WHEEL 107 released ca. 1952.

NB(2): BIG WHEEL 111 released ca. 1952.

NB(3): THE BIG WHEEL Record Co. based in Charlotte, N. C.                                                                                                                                                

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                                   Radio Station WBT, Wilder Bldg Charlotte, N.C.:  1953

(vcl/stl gtr); Millard Pressley (vcl/gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

E3-KB-5907         JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET                              Palmetto CC-101

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

E3-KB-5908         STEEL GUITAR TANGO                                                          CC-101, Country Classics 701

                          (Cecil Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

NB(1): PALMETTO CC-101 released 1953.

NB(2): PALMETTO Records based in Charlotte, N. C.

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission

                                                                1525 McGavock Street     Nashville, Tn.:   October 1955

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

55-S-784/            STEEL GUITAR WALTZ                                          MGM 12118, MGM K12118

55-XY-585           (Campbell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)

55-S-785/            GOMANGO                                                           (Inst)                            12118,           K12118, Bronco Buster CD-9003

55-XY-586           (Campbell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)                

NB(1): Billboard Saturday 19th November 1955 C&W Record Releases-MGM 12118/K12118.

NB(2): MGM 12118 released Tuesday 22nd November 1955.

NB(3): MGM K12118 released Tuesday 22nd November 1955.          

CECIL CAMPBELL                                                            

             poss. Music City Recording, 804 16th Avenue South         Nashville, Tn.:   April 1956

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

56-S-314/            DIXIELAND ROCK                                                                          MGM 12245, MGM K12245, MGM 2315 394

56-XY-243           (Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)                                                            Big Tone BTCD-5703, Bear Family BCD-15789

56-S-315/            FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN                           MGM 12245, MGM K12245, Brown Buster CD-9003

56-XY-244           (Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

NB(1): MGM 12245 released Tuesday 8th May 1956.

NB(2): MGM K12245 released Tuesday 8th May 1956.

NB(3):    MGM 2315 394 “MGM ROCKABILLY COLLECTION” released United Kingdom 1977.

NB(4): BIG TONE BTCD-5703 “MGM ROCKABILLIES, Vol.1.” released United Kingdom 1993.

NB(5): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15789 “THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT!, Vol.7. ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF M-G-M RECORDS” released Germany 1996.

CECIL CAMPBELL          RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television,

                         Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock Street Nashville, Tn.:   September 1956

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

56-S-694/            I’M ON THE RIGHT ROAD NOW                             MGM 12405, MGM K12405

56-XY-485           (Lear) (Lynn Music BMI)

56-S-695/            CONTENTMENT                                                              12405,           K12405, Bronco Buster CD-9003

56-XY-486           (Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

NB(1): MGM 12405 released Tuesday 8th January 1957.

NB(2): MGM K12405 released Tuesday 8th January 1957.

CECIL CAMPBELL And His Tennessee Ramblers

poss. Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South     Nashville, Tn.:   ca. April 1957

(vcl/gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

57-XY-348           ROCK AND ROLL FEVER                                       MGM 12482, MGM K12482, MGM 2315 394

                          ((Lear-Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)                           Big Tone BTCD-5703, Big Tone BTCD-5713

                                                                                                                               Chief CCD-1156510, Bear Family BCD-15789

                                                                                                                               Smith & Co. SCCD-2440                                                                 

57-XY-349           THE ROCKING GUITAR                             (Inst)     MGM 12482, MGM K12482, MGM 2354 147                                                                                                     (Dills-Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)                            Big Tone BTCD-5713, Bear Family BCD-15789

NB(1): MGM K12482 reviewed Billboard C&W Monday 27th May 1957.

NB(2): MGM 12482 released Tuesday 30th May 1957.

NB(3): MGM K12482 released Tuesday 30th May 1957.

NB(4): BIG TONE BTCD-5713 “MGM ROCKABILLIES, Vol.2.” released United Kingdom 1993.

NB(5): CHIEF CCD-1156510 “ULTRA RARE ROCKABILLIES, Vol.10.” released Holland 1993.

NB(6): SMITH & Co. SCCD-2440 “GREAT ROCKABILLY: JUST AS GOOD AS IT GETS!, Vol.5.” released Holland 

CECIL CAMPBELL And His Tennessee Ramblers

RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission

                                                                1525 McGavrock Street    Nashville, Tn.:   October 1957

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer:

57-S-656/            ON THE PRADO                                                    MGM 12605, MGM K12605

57-XY-656           (Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)               

57-S-657/            I GET THE BLUES                                                                                     12605,           K12605

57-XY-657           (Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

NB(1): MGM 12605 released Tuesday 9th January 1958.

NB(2): MGM K12605 released Tuesday 9th January 1958.

CECIL CAMPBELL and His Tennessee Ramblers

                          Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road         Charlotte, N.C.:  ca. June 1963

(stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

ST-6376/ SPANISH STYLE                                                   Starday SEP-227, Starday SLP-254

ZTSB-83492        ()

ST-6377  TWISTING THE STEEL                                           Starday SLP-254

                          ()

ST-6378/ WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR                    Starday SEP-227,               SLP-254

ZTSB-83493         ()

ST-6379  BLUES ON THE STEEL                                          Starday SLP-254

                          ()

ST-6380  GO MEN GO                                                                      Starday (Uniss)

                          ()

ST-6381  STEEL GUITAR SWING                                          Starday SLP-254, Starday SLP-277

                          ()

ST-6382  STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE                                                      SLP-254

                          ()

ST-6383  CAROLINA STEEL GUITAR                                                               SLP-254

                          ()

ST-6384  STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE                                                              SLP-254

                          ()

ST-6385/ CECIL’S STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL                    Starday SEP-227, Starday SLP-254

ZTSB-83492         ()

ST-6386/ DIXIE STEEL BLUES                                                            SEP-227,               SLP-254

ZTSB-83493         ()

ST-6387  LONESOME ST TWILIGHT                                                  Starday SLP-254

                          ()

ST-6388  Unknown Title                                                        Starday (Uniss)

                          ()

ST-6389  BOOGIE ON THE STEEL                                        Starday SLP-254, Starday SLP-293

                          ()

NB(1): STARDAY SEP-227 “CECIL CAMPBELL and His Tennessee Ramblers (Steel Guitar Instrumentals)” released 1963.

NB(2): STARDAY SLP-254 “STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE” released 1963.

NB(3): STARDAY SLP-277 “UNFORGETTABLE COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALS” released 1964.

NB(4): STARDAY SLP-293 “STEEL GUITAR & DOBRO SPECTACULAR” released 1964.

CECIL CAMPBELL          Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                      1965

(stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith                  

                          BLUE HAWAII                                                       Winston LP Vol.1001

                          ()

                         HAWAIIAN SKIES                                                                                         LP Vol.1001, Winston WR-1002-45

3071-22A             (C.Campbell)       (Southern Music Inc. BMI)              Winston WR-1009-45

                          SONG OF THE ISLANDS                                        Winston LP Vol.1001

                          (L.W.Jones)

                          MY HAPPINESS                                                                  LP Vol.1001

                          ()

                          HARBOR LIGHTS                                                                                          LP Vol.1001

                          ()

                          HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON                                      Winston LP Vol.1001

                          (Harold Jackson) (Starday BMI)

                          50th STATE HULA                                                                                         LP Vol.1001, Winston WR-1002-45

3071-22B             (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)                                                         Winston WR-1009-45

                          COCONUT GROVE                                                                         Winston LP Vol.1001

                          ()

                          LITTLE HULA SHACK                                                           LP Vol.1001

                          (C.Campbell)      

                          DON’T SING ALOHA                                                                                      LP Vol.1001

                          ()

                          SERENADE OF THE WINDS                                                                          LP Vol.1001

                          (C.Campbell) (Tannen Music Inc. BMI)  

                          ‘NEATH HAWAIIAN PALMS                                                                            LP Vol.1001

                          (C.Campbell)      

NB(1): WINSTON LP Vol.1001 “GREATEST HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENTALS by CECIL CAMPBELL” released

NB(2): Sleeve notes state that he had previously recorded for STARDAY Records.

NB(3): WINSTON WR-1002-45 released

NB(4): WINSTON WR-1009-45 released 1973.

NB(5): WINSTON WR-1009-45 pressed by QUEEN CITY ALBUMS, Cincinnati, Oh.

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                      Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                            

(stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

                          A GAME OF GOLF (Part One)                                                           Winston WR-1001-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

                          A GAME OF GOLF (Part Two)                                                                          WR-1001-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

NB: WINSTON WR-1001-45 released

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                      Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                            

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

                          JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE MOTHER        Winston WR-1003-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

                          CONTENTMENT                                                                   WR-1003-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

NB: WINSTON WR-1003-45 released

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                      Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                            

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                              Producer: Arthur Smith

                          JORETTA                                                                                       Winston WR-1003-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

                          I LIKE THE COUNTRY                                                          WR-1003-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

NB: WINSTON WR-1003-45 released

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                      Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                      1969

(vcl-1/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

69-85A                FOG RISING ON THE MOUNTAIN                           Winston WR-1004-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

69-85B                I WENT BACK TO MY OLD HOME              -1                         WR-1004-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

NB: WINSTON WR-1004-45 released 1969.

LINDA LAWING  Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road         Charlotte, N.C.:  1969

(vcl); Cecil Campbell (stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

                          MY ONLY LOVE                                                     Winston WR-1005-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

                          Unknown Title                                                                      WR-1005-45

                          ()

NB: WINSTON WR-1005-45 released 1969.

CECIL CAMPBELL and his Tennessee Ramblers

                                      Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                      1970

(stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

PRP-17061          MOUNTAIN DEW BLUES                                        Winston WR-1006-45

                          ()

PRP-17062          STEEL GUITAR SWING                                                        WR-1006-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Tannen Music BMI)

NB(1): WINSTON WR-1006-45 released 1970.

NB(2): WINSTON WR-1006-45 pressed by PRECISION RECORD PRESSING, Nashville, Tn.

CECIL CAMPBELL          Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                      1973

(vcl-1/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

PRP-42641          STEEL GUITAR JAMBOREE                                                             Winston WR-1007-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Acuff-Rose BMI)

PRP-42642          LONESOME AT TWILIGHT                                      -1                                     WR-1007-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Lynn Music BMI)

NB(1): WINSTON WR-1007-45 released 1973.

NB(2): WINSTON WR-1007-45 pressed by PRECISION RECORD PRESSING, Nashville, Tn.

CECIL CAMPBELL          Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                      1973

(vcl-1/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

                          LET’S SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS   -1   Winston WR-1008-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

                          WALTZING WITH THE STEEL GUITAR                      WR-1008-45

                          (C.Campbell) (Starday BMI)

NB: WINSTON WR-1008-45 released 1973.

CECIL CAMPBELL          Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                            

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

474-7A                EVERYBODY’S EATIN’ OUT NOBODY’S COOKING IN                        Winston 1010 45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

474-7B                JORETTA                                                                                                      1010 45

                          (C.Campbell) (Jolin Music BMI)

NB: WINSTON 1010 45 released               

CECIL CAMPBELL          Arthur Smith Studio, 5457 Old Monroe Road                     Charlotte, N.C.:                                                                      1983

(vcl/stl gtr);

                                                                                                                               Producer: Arthur Smith

                          N.C. WALTZ                                                                                   Lamon LR 10088

                          (Campbell) (Jolin Music/Laymond Pub. Co. BMI)

                          ROSETTA                                                                                                   LR 10088

                          (Campbell) (Laymond Pub. Co. BMI)

NB(1): LAMON LR 10088 released 1983.

NB(2): “N.C. WALTZ” legal title is “NORTH CAROLINA WALTZ”.

DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK with acknowledgements to Barry John, Al Turner, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Tony Middleton, Wolf-Rüdiger Sommer & Henk Scholts.

2004-2014.