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Cornell Campbell is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Pat Kelly, Al Campbell, Basic Channel, The Gaylads and Purpleman. Those roots explain a lot about how Cornell Campbell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dennis Brown, Lone Ranger, Freddie McKay, Leroy Smart and The Heptones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into King Tubby, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Cornell Campbell, reaching back through Pat Kelly and forward to King Tubby. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Cornel Campbell, aka Don Cornel or Don Gorgon is a reggae singer, best known for his trademark falsetto voice, and his recordings at Studio One in the late 1960s and his later work with Bunny Lee in the 1970s.
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Cornell Campbell grew out of Pat Kelly, Al Campbell, Basic Channel and The Gaylads, shares an orbit with Dennis Brown, Lone Ranger, Freddie McKay and Leroy Smart, went on to shape King Tubby. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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