Junior Campbell

William Campbell (born 31 May 1947, Glasgow, Scotland) was more well known for his stage name, Junior Campbell.

Founder member, lead guitarist, piano player and singer with "The Marmalade", formerly known as "Dean Ford and the Gaylords" - 1961-66.

Campbell is also known for co-composing the music and songs for tThomas the Tank Engine and Friends and TUGS from 1982 to 2004.

As a youngster in Glasgow, Campbell had a distinct unique style of guitar playing, whereby he played left handed, with the strings upside down, right hand strung - tuned to "open E".

He joined Pat Fairley to form "Dean Ford and the Gaylords" later to become "The Marmalade", on his fourteenth birthday, May 1961. With "The Marmalade", he co-wrote and produced the multi-million selling "Reflections of My Life", "Rainbow" and "I See the Rain", amongst others, in a long line of world chart hits from 1967 to 71. Campbell's guitar solos on "Reflections of My Life" and "I See the Rain" are particularly outstanding. The latter was named Jimi Hendrix's favourite cut of 1967.

Tired of touring, Campbell left "The Marmalade" in March 1971.

During the 1970s, he had two solo records released, "Hallelujah Freedom", and "Sweet Illusion", both of which made top 10 chart appearances in the UK Singles Chart. He studied orchestration and composition with Eric Guilder and Max Saunders at the RCM and became an arranger and producer for many artists, including Barbara Dickson.

He has composed music for television and film, including the 1994 BAFTA-winner "Taking Over the Asylum", starring David Tenant and Ken Stott and the 1998 adaptation of the highly acclaimed BBC Worldwide Minette Walters murder mystery "The Scolds Bridle". He lives in Sussex with his wife Susie, and has three children and three grandchildren.