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David Campbell 
Background information Birth name David Joseph Campbell Born 6 August 1973 Origin Adelaide, Australia Genres Swing
Musical Theatre
Pop
RockOccupations Singer
Actor
Artistic DirectorLabels Sony Associated acts Jimmy Barnes
Mahalia BarnesWebsite Official Site David Joseph Campbell (born 6 August 1973 in South Australia) is an Australian singer and stage performer. He has performed and recorded many different genres of music from rock to classics. He is the son of singer Jimmy Barnes.[1]
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Theatre career
David Campbell won his first major roles in the early to mid 1990s at venues including the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Theatre Company. In 1997, he travelled to New York to perform in cabaret, initially for a short run in a small cabaret room. However, after receiving glowing reviews from the New York press (Time Out New York claimed he was "creating the biggest buzz since Streisand"[2]), he moved to the prestigious Rainbow & Stars room - becoming the youngest performer ever to headline at that venue.[3]
David Campbell's New York success led to more high-profile roles in the USA, Australia and elsewhere, including in musicals such as Les Misérables,[4] South Pacific, and Guys and Dolls - and in Cameron Mackintosh's Royal Command Performance Hey, Mr. Producer! in London. In 2000 he provided the singing voice for the character Joseph in Dreamworks' animated film Joseph: King of Dreams.
In 2001, David Campbell took the major starring role in the Australian musical Shout!, the story of 'The Wild One' - rocker Johnny O'Keefe.[4] This production became a cultural phenomenon in Australia, and made Campbell a household name. Since becoming a successful recording artist, he has continued to make occasional stage appearances in Australia, in musicals such as Carousel,[5] Sunset Boulevard,[6] and Company.[7]
Recording career
David Campbell released two albums in 1997, "Taking the Wheel" and "Yesterday Is Now".
During 2003, Campbell released two mainstream singles, "Hope" and "When She's Gone". A full-length album "A Better Place" was planned but never materialized. He released another single, "End of the World" in 2005.
In 2006, David Campbell released The Swing Sessions, an album produced by Chong Lim,[4] covering 13 classic swing tracks such as "Mack the Knife", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Mr Bojangles", and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You". Both this album, and The Swing Sessions 2 (released in November 2007), achieved platinum sales and charted in the Top 10 of the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.[8]
In 2008, David Campbell released Good Lovin',[8] an album of songs from the 1960s which he described as 'blue-eyed soul'.[4] This became his third platinum album, and again charted in the Australian Top 10. A live DVD of the accompanying Good Lovin' Live tour hit number one on the Australian DVD chart.[9]
Campbell's next album, On Broadway, was recorded at East West Studios in Los Angeles in January 2010, and produced by leading musical director Rob Fisher and veteran arranger Bill Elliott. On Broadway was released in Australia on 2 April 2010, with a tie-in television documentary David Campbell On Broadway airing on arts channel STVDIO the following day.[10]
Campbell has announced that his next project is an album of 80s music called Let's Go, which will be released in Australia on 18 November 2011.[11]
Television appearances
David Campbell was a contestant on the third season of Dancing With The Stars, where he was partnered with World Salsa Champion, Luda Kroitor. He has also featured on two series of the celebrity singing competition It Takes Two as a professional performer. He won the second series in 2007, with celebrity partner Jolene Anderson, an actress on Australian drama All Saints. The pair received several scores of 10 and received perfect 10s from all four judges on one occasion.
He has also been a Red Faces judge on Hey Hey It's Saturday, and has co-hosted the The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies on a number of occasions when Larry Emdur is away.
Adelaide Cabaret Festival
David Campbell was appointed Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (the world's largest cabaret festival) in 2008,[4] and his programming began with the June 2009 festival.[12] This festival broke attendance and box office records, becoming the most successful Cabaret festival to date - records which were in turn broken by the 2010 and 2011 festivals.[13] The 2011 Cabaret Festival was his last as Artistic Director; Kate Ceberano then took over the position.[14]
Personal life
David Campbell's father is Australian singer Jimmy Barnes, but he was raised by his maternal grandmother, to whom he has attributed his love of swing music.[15] Campbell has performed with his father on numerous occasions, including on an episode of Dancing With The Stars[4] and at Carols by Candlelight.[16] They have also recorded duets for both Barnes's and Campbell's studio albums[17][18]
David Campbell married British producer Lisa Hewitt at St Philip's Anglican Church in Sydney on Saturday 29 November 2008.[1] The couple run their own company, Luckiest Productions,[19] through which they produce all of Campbell's national tours, as well as other music, cabaret and television projects. David and his wife Lisa welcomed their first child Leo Richard James Campbell on 3 June 2010.
Awards
- 2009: South Australian of the Year (Arts Category) (nominated)
- 2009: Appointed a South Australian Business Ambassador by the Premier of South Australia
- 2008: Helpmann Award for Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert - The Swing Sessions Live
- 2007: Helpmann Award for Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert - Wild With Style
- 2006: Helpmann Award for Best Actor in a Musical - Sunset Boulevard
- 2005: Green Room Award for Male Artist in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) - Carousel
- 2002: Green Room Award for Male Artist in a Leading Role (Music Theatre) - Shout!
- 2001: Mo Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Shout!
- 2000: MAC Award for Special Production (with John Bucchino) - Sweet Dreams: The Songs of John Bucchino
- 1999: Variety Club of NSW Heart Award for Entertainer of the Year
- 1999: Young Australian of the Year (Arts Category)
- 1999: MAC Award for Major Male Vocalist (nominated)
- 1998: MAC Award for Major Male Vocalist (nominated)
- 1998: Mo Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Les Misérables
- 1998: Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Achievement
- 1997: MAC Award for Male New York Debut (nominated)
- 1995: Mo Award for Best Musical Theatre Performer - Only Heaven Knows (nominated)
- 1993: Young Achievers Award
- 1993: Australia Day Citation for Contribution to Youth Arts
Discography
- Solo Albums
Album title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(thresholds)AUS
[20]Yesterday Is Now - Released: 1997
- Label: Independent
- Format: CD
— — Taking The Wheel - Released: 1997
- Label: Polydor
- Format: CD
— — A Better Place - Released: Unreleased (planned 8 March 2004)
- Label: Sony
- Format: -
— — The Swing Sessions - Released: 4 November 2006
- Label: Sony
- Format: CD, digital download
7 AUS: Platinum The Swing Sessions 2 - Released: 3 November 2007
- Label: Sony
- Format: CD, digital download
8 AUS: Platinum Good Lovin' - Released: 15 November 2008
- Label: Sony
- Format: CD, digital download
10 AUS: Platinum On Broadway - Released: 2 April 2010
- Label: Sony
- Format: CD, digital download
7 AUS: Gold - Original cast albums
- Hey Mr Producer! (1998) Philips
- Babes In Arms - City Center Encores! Cast (1999) Drg
- Saturday Night - Off-Broadway Revival Cast (2000) Nonesuch
- Shout! - Australian Cast Recording (2001) Sony Music
- Singles
- "Hope" (13 June 2003) #8 (ARIA singles chart)
- "When She's Gone" (19 September 2003) #25 (ARIA singles chart)
- "End of the World" (23 October 2005)
- "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" (with Jimmy Barnes) (29 November 2008)
- DVDs
- Good Lovin' Live (24 April 2009) #1 (ARIA music DVD chart)
- Special editions
- Keep On Lovin' (Tour Edition) (6 November 2009) - Double disc: Good Lovin' Live DVD highlights & Good Lovin' CD with bonus tracks
References
- ^ a b David Campbell duets with dad Jimmy Barnes, and marries news.com.au, 30 November 2008
- ^ David Campbell, singer The Australian, 3 October 2008
- ^ David Campbell, new singing sensation Ambush magazine
- ^ a b c d e f "Transcripts: David Campbell". Talking Heads. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 November 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2438035.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ CAROUSEL has a new Billy Bigelow - David Campbell musicalsaustralia.com
- ^ David Cambell bio, billboard.com
- ^ David Campbell to star in new musical David Campbell official website
- ^ a b New jack swing cairns.com.au
- ^ Good Lovin' Live DVD hits number one! David Campbell official website, 06/05/09
- ^ David Knox (2010) STVDIO: April highlights, 9 March 2010, www.tvtonight.com.au
- ^ [1]David Campbell official Facebook page 18/10/11
- ^ "Adelaide Cabaret Festival's David Campbell set for a classy cabaret line-up", news.com.au, 8 April 2009
- ^ A show, a laugh and a smile at the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival! Adelaide Cabaret Festival website
- ^ Ceberano takes over Cabaret festival
- ^ David Campbell billboard.com
- ^ Carols by Candlelight
- ^ Double Happiness, track by track Nine MSN.
- ^ New Song Obsession: “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” by David Campbell and Jimmy Barnes Ozmusicscene.com, 21 November 2008
- ^ Luckiest Productions
- ^ "Discography David Campbell". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Campbell. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
External links
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