Chanteur et contrebassiste Rockabilly US d'origine Italienne, né le 20
avril 1934 à Yonkers (New York). Ray Campi a débuté en 1951, mais c'est en
1957 qu'il enregistre son premier disque publié sur TNT Records. Ray a enregistré aussi pour Dot, Domino,
D, Colpix, Winsor, et Sonobeat Records. En 1968, il devient professeur d'Anglais en
Californie et est redécouvert en 1972 par Ronnie Weiser qui le signe chez Rollin' Rock Records. Ray Campi, pionnier du Rockabilly, boxeur, professeur d'Anglais, multi-instrumentiste de talent et accompagnateur dévoué est devenu un personnage célèbre.
Rockabilly
wildman Ray Campi recorded several classic singles during the music's prime era,
and later staged a comeback that earned him a substantial cult audience over the
'70s and '80s. Campi was born in New York in 1934 and moved with his family to
Austin, TX, at age ten. He started listening to country music, learned the
guitar, and formed his first band in high school, which played on local radio
stations. Campi made his first recordings in 1951, but it wasn't until 1956,
when he cut the single "Caterpillar" b/w "Play It Cool" for the small TNT label,
that any of them were released. He went on to record for Domino ("Screamin'
Mimi") and Dot ("The Ballad of Donna & Peggy Sue"), and moved to Los Angeles in
1959, where he signed with Colpix and recorded "Hear What I Wanna Hear." During
the early '60s, Campi lived in New York and spent two and a half years as a
staff writer at Aaron Schroeder's publishing firm, but was never allowed to
record any of the songs he'd written. He returned to Austin in 1967 and recorded
"Civil Disobedience" for the Sonobeat label, but nothing came of it, and he
settled in Los Angeles and became a junior-high school teacher. Around 1973,
Campi hooked up with Ronny Weiser's revivalist Rollin' Rock label and started
making new recordings in the classic, high-energy rockabilly style. A steady
stream of albums followed into the '80s, which also brought a couple of sets for
Rounder, 1980's Rockin' at the Ritz and 1986's Gone, Gone, Gone!.
Campi continued to record into the new millennium, releasing occasional albums
on his own label.
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Talents : Singer, Contrebasse, Bass, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll
CATERPILLAR
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHIE
Singles & EP
| 03/1957 | SP TNT TNT-145 (US) | . |
Ray CAMPI with JOHN & HENRY -
Play It Cool
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| 1957 | EP TNT TNT-144/5 (US) |
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Catapillar
/
Play It Cool
/ + Jerry DOVE |
| 08/1957 | SP DOT 45-15617 (US) | . | Ray CAMPI & The SNAPPERS -
It Ain't Me
/ Give That
Love To Me |
| 11/1958 | SP DOMINO 700 (US) |
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Ray CAMPI with Johnny MADDOX, Henry HILL & The
DEBS - My Screamin' Screamin' Mimi
/ With You |
| 03/1959 | SP D 1047 (US) | . |
The Man I Met
/
Ballad Of Donna And Peggy Sue
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| 10/1960 | SP COLPIX CP 166 (US) | . | French Fries / Hear What I Wanna Hear |
| 1964 | SP WINSOR MUSIC 001 (US) | . |
Shenandoah
/
Billie Jean
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| 19?? | SP WINSOR MUSIC 6401 (US) | . | Shenandoah / Billie Jean |
| 1968 | SP SONOBEAT PV-S111 (US) | Ray CAMPI ESTABLISHMENT - Civil Disobedience / He's A Devil | |
| 1976 ? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 006 (US) | . | Eager Boy / Dobroggie |
| 1976 ? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 008 (US) | . | Tore Up / If It's All The Same To You |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 014 (US) | . | Sixteen Chicks / Pan American Boogie |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 019 (US) | . | My Baby Left Me / Li'l Bit Of Heartache |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 027 (US) | . | Booze It / Wrong, Wrong, Wrong |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 029 (US) | . | Scrumptious Baby / I Didn't Mean To Be Mean |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 038 (US) | . |
Rockin' At The Ritz / Quit Your Triflin' |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 044 (US) | . |
Rattlin' Daddy / Wild One |
| 197? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 046 (US) | . |
Texas Sands / How Long Can You Feel |
| 1981 ? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 047 (US) | . |
Sweet Woman Blues / The Newest Wave |
| 1981 ? | SP ROLLIN' ROCK 052 (US) | . |
Rockabilly Man / Hollywood Cats |
| 1992 | SP GOOFY 534 (?) |
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Ray CAMPI with Hal PETER & His TRIO - Chicken / Finlandia Is Grandia |
Albums
| 1973 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 001 (US) |
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RAY CAMPI ROCKABILLY - Caterpillar / Play It Cool / It Ain't Me / Give That Love To Me / Let Go Of Louie / You Can't Catch Me / Living On Love / I Dint Mean To Be Mean / My Screamin' Screamin' Mimi / The Crossing / Long Tall Sally / Loretta | ||
| 1974 ? | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 004 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY LIVES | ||
| 1975 ? | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 006 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY REBEL | ||
| 1976 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 008 (US) |
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THE EAGER BEAVER BOY | ||
| 07/1977 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 011 (US) |
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BORN TO ROCK - I'm Coming Home / Honky Tonk Man / Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache / Backseat Boogie / Lost Highway / Hillbilly Cat / Get Rhythm / Folsom Prison Blues / Eager Beaver Baby / Born To Rock / Whole Lotta Shakin' / Steel Guitar Rag | ||
| 1977 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 013 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY ROCKET - Second Story Man / Dont Get Pushy / Cravin' / Separate Ways / I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye / How Can I Get On Top / Little Young Girl / Chew Tobacco Rag / You Don't Rock 'n' Roll At All / Ruby Ann / I Don't Know Why You Still Come Around / Running After Fools / Jimmie Skins The Blues | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK 200133 (US) |
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GONE, GONE, GONE ! - Rockabilly Rebel / Gone, Gone, Gone / Don't Blame It On Me / Wildcat Shakeout / Don't Turn Me Down / 3-D Daddy / When The Guitar Gets The Blues / Sack O' Lovin' / Mind Your Own Business / It Ain't Me / I'm Comin' Home / All Night Express | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" RADAR 9 (US) |
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WILDCAT SHAKEOUT - Rockabilly Rebel / Gone, Gone, Gone / Wildcat Shakeout / Don't Turn Me Down / Honey Bop / Sack Of Love / She Will Come Back To Me / Teenage Boogie / When A Guitar Gets The Blues / Don't Blame It On Me / Mister Whiz / Mind Your Own Business / Cat Clothes Shop / It Ain't Me | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 023 (US) |
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| 1981 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK 6902 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY REBELLION - Rockabilly Music / Don't Blame It On Me / Love Me / Sweet Woman Blues / Rockin' And Rollin' Towards Tennessee / It's Blowin' Your Way / Rockin' At The Ritz / Eager Boy / Tore Up / Pinball Millionaire / Boohoo / I Need Love / Rockabilly Rebel / Pretty Mama / No Way Out / Don't Come Knockin' / Don't Let The Bad Times Get You Down / Quit Your Triflin' / How Low Do You Feel? / Recipe For Love | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK 1000 (US) |
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NEWEST WAVE | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK 1004 (US) |
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SINGLES COLLECTION | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" ROLLIN' ROCK LP 027 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY MAN - Rockabilly Man / Love & Lots More Love / No Way Out / Don't Come Knockin' / Don't Let The Bad Times Get You Down / Give Me A Taste / Can't Yodel Blues / Hollywood Cats / Recipe For Love / Soul Sister / Little Love Lies / Hold That Train / It's Blowin Away | ||
| 1987 | LP 12" DOMINO 1001 (US) |
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GIVE THAT LOVE TO RAY CAMPI - Give That Love To Me / Play It Cool / Catapillar / It Ain't Me / The Man I Met (A Tribute To The Big Bopper) / Ballad Of Donna And Peggy Sue / You Gambled / The Waddle / No Time / The Crossing [vers. 2] / You Cheated / How Low Can You Feel / My Screamin' Screamin' Mimi / With You | ||
| 1990 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15501 (D) |
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THE EAGER BEAVER BOY - ROCKABILLY LIVES - Hot Dog - All The Time / Boogie Boogie Boo / Rock It / The Thought Of Losing You / Waffle Stompin' Mama / Blue Ranger / Ballin' Keen / Let 'Er Roll / Dobro Daddio From Del Rio / Born To Be Wild / How Low Can You Feel / Where My Sweet Baby Goes (& Jimmie SKINNER) / Tribute To `You Know Who' / Eager B-B-Beaver Boy / Pretty Mama / One Parts Stops Where The Other Begins / Pinball Millionaire / When Two Ends Meet / Good Time Woman / It Ain't Me (piano version) / Chug-A-Lug / Parts Unknown / Wicked Wicked Woman / Shelby Country Penal Farm / Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler / Play Anything / Major Label Blues | ||
| 04/1990 | CD FLYING FISH 518 (US) |
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RAY CAMPI WITH FRIENDS IN TEXAS - Guitar Rag / Austin Waltz / Quit Your Triflin' (Lou Ann BARTON) / Wee Mouse / Blue Ranger / Dobro Daddio From Del Rio / Merle's Boogie Woogie / Drifting Texas Sands / Caterpillar / Sweet Temptation / How Low Can You Feel / Spanish Two Step | ||
| 10/1990 | LP 12" ROUNDER 3046 (US) |
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ROCKIN' AT THE RITZ - Pan American Boogie / Eager Boy / Wrong, Wrong, Wrong / Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler / Everybody's Movin' / Rattlin' Daddy / Tore Up / Rockin' At The Ritz / I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / When Two Ends Meet / My Baby Left Me / Hey Mr. Songwriter | ||
| 10/1990 | LP 12" ROUNDER 3047 (US) |
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GONE, GONE, GONE ! - Rockabilly Rebel / Gone, Gone, Gone / Don't Blame It On Me / Wildcat Shakeout / Don't Turn Me Down / 3-D Daddy / When The Guitar Gets The Blues / Sack O' Lovin' / Mind Your Own Business / It Ain't Me / I'm Comin' Home / All Night Express | ||
| 04/1991 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15486 (D) |
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TAYLOR, TEXAS 1988 - Curtain Of Tears (& Jon EMERY & Rosie FLORES) / Haunted Hungry Heart (& Rosie FLORES) / The Woods Are Full Of Them Now / Dessau Waltz (& Jon EMERY & Kimmie RHODES) / When They Operated On Papa / Butterball Bounce / Wild Side Of Life (& Rosie FLORES) / That's That / A Million Tears / Honk Your Horn / Love For Sale (& Kimmie RHODES) / Honky Tonk Women / Bermuda Grass Waltz | ||
| 06/1996 | CD MAGNUM 46 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY ROCKET - Second Story Man / Dont Get Pushy / Cravin' / Separate Ways / I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye / How Can I Get On Top / Little Young Girl / Chew Tobacco Rag / You Don't Rock 'n' Roll At All / Ruby Ann / I Don't Know Why You Still Come Around / Running After Fools / Jimmie Skins The Blues | ||
| 11/1996 | CD BACCHUS ARCHIVES 12 (US) |
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PERPETUAL STOMP - 1951-1996 - Caterpillar / Give That Love To Me / Toe Tapping Rhythm / Let Go Of Louis / You Can't Catch Me / Trouble In Mind / Pan American Boogie / Guadalupe Boogie / Cat'n Around / Fool About You Love / Curtain Of Tears / Million Tears / Honky Tonkin' Woman / Wild Side Of Life / Tore Up / I Love You So Much It Hurts | ||
| 1996 | CD EAGLE 90121 (D) |
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1954-1968 VOL. 1 - I Didn't Mean To Be Mean [vers. 2] / Catapillar [alt. vers.] / Play It Cool [alt. vers.] / Living On Love [vers. 2] / Give That Love To Me [alt. vers.] / Inner Feelings / Always There's One / Screamin' Mimi [alt. vers.] / 92 Teardrops / That Look Of Love / Do You Love Me / Dual Wheels No Brakes [vers. 1] / Uncertain [vers. 2] / Learning To Give For You / Dream / That's Why I Cry / If I Loved You / Learnin' The Blues / I Got A Feeling / City Lights / O Sole Mio / One Kiss Away From The Blues / Catapillar [alt. vers.] / Play It Cool [alt. vers.] / Civil Disobedience | ||
| 1996 | CD EAGLE 90122 (D) |
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1954-1968 VOL. 2 - Scrumptious Baby / You Don't Know My Mind / Doin' My Time / Shenandoah [alt. vers.] / Butterfly / Guitar Jumble / He Knows / Here Comes That Heartache Again / Recipe For Love / The Yank / Billie Jean / Dual Wheels No Brakes [vers. 2] / The Thought Of Losing You / A Little Bit Of Heartache / Goodbye Love Hello Heartache / Parts Unknown / I'm Laying Down The Law / Little Jimmie From Texas / Forty Years To Go / Trouble In Mind / Till There Was You / He's A Devil | ||
| 01/1997 | CD WATERMELON 1059 (US) |
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A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTACHE - (Rosie FLORES & Ray CAMPI) - This Song Is Just For You / Separate Ways / Where Honky-Tonk Angels Spread Their Wings / Train Kept A Rollin' / All I Have To Do Is Dream / I'm Gonna Wear The Pants / Bandera Highway / There Ain't A Cow In Texas / Little Bit Of Heartache / Eighteen Wheels / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Joe And Ole Merle / My Baby's A Doin' Alright / Living On Love / Crazy / Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello | ||
| 09/1997 | CD ROLLIN' ROCK / HMG 6603 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY REBELLION - Rockabilly Music / Don't Blame It On Me / Love Me / Sweet Woman Blues / Rockin' And Rollin' Towards Tennessee / It's Blowin' Your Way / Rockin' At The Ritz / Eager Boy / Tore Up / Pinball Millionaire / Boohoo / I Need Love / Rockabilly Rebel / Pretty Mama / No Way Out / Don't Come Knockin' / Don't Let The Bad Times Get You Down / Quit Your Triflin' / How Low Do You Feel? / Recipe For Love | ||
| 01/1998 | CD MOUTHPIECE 6018 (US) |
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TRAIN RHYTHM BLUE - (Ray CAMPI QUARTET) - Tear It Down / Hot Water / Lorena / Little Love Lies / Luther Played Guitar / Don't Forget The Train / Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame / Here Comes That Heartache / Honest Bar, An / One Who Got Away / If Two Ends Meet / Brown Eyes And Train Rhythm Blue | ||
| 02/2000 | CD DIONYSUS 123362 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY LADIES - Until You're Mine / California Cottonfields / I'll Go Stepping Too / Del Rio Boogie / One Rose / You Don't Know My Mind / Show Me / When Two Worlds Collide / How Come You're Being So Good to Me? / Hit Parade Of Love / Tatooed Lady | ||
| 04/2002 | CD ROCKSTAR RSR 019 (UK) |
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AT THE THUNDERBIRD ROCK 'N' ROLL VENUE - (Ray CAMPI & The HICKSVILLE BOMBERS) - Introduction (HICKSVILLE BOMBERS) / Right Behind You Baby (HICKSVILLE BOMBERS) / Alabama Jailhouse (HICKSVILLE BOMBERS) / Playboy (HICKSVILLE BOMBERS) / Introduction / Rockabilly Man / Hollywood Cats / All The Time / My Heart's On Fire / Everybody's Movin' / I'm Comin' Home / Honky Tonk Man / Hungry Hill / Rockabilly Music / Quit Your Triflin' / Rattlin' Daddy / Cat'n Around / Introduction (Darrel HIGHAM) / Summertime Blues (Darrel HIGHAM) / Milk Cow Blues (Darrel HIGHAM) / How Low Do You Feel / Lucky To Be In Love / Tore Up / Rockin' At The Ritz / Caterpillar / Rockin' At The Ritz | ||
| 05/2002 | CD MAGNUM 63 (UK) |
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THE ORIGINAL ROCKABILLY ALBUM | ||
| 07/2002 | CD PART PART-CD 613.003 (D) |
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HIGH SCHOOL HELICATS REUNION - (Ray CAMPI & Tony CONN) - High School Hellcats / Over the Hill / Backtrail / Big City / Chicken / Chantilly Lace / How Can I Get On Top / Daddy's Home / Blue Blue Day / I Was Sort Of Wondering / Rockabaily / Wine Is Fine / Bamba / You Turn Me On / My Prayer | ||
| 02/2003 | CD PART PART-CD 613.001 (D) |
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HOLLYWOOD CATS - Rockabilly Man / No Way Out / Don't Come Knocking / Give Me A Taste / Rock Of The 80's / Do What You Did / Hold That Train / Hollywood Cats / Recipe For Love / Soul Sister / Lucky To Be In Love / Little Love Lies / Rockabilly Music / I've Been Around / Once Is Enough | ||
| 09/2003 | CD ENVIKEN 118 (SW) |
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THE ROAD TO ROCKABILLY - (Ray CAMPI & The SNAPPERS) - Caterpillar / Play It Cool / It Ain't Me / Give That Love to Me / Won't You Love Me Darling / Hawaiian Chimes / Let Go Of Louie / You Can't Catch Me / Livin' On Love / Rambling Rag / I'd Love To Love You / Toe Tapping Rhythm / I Didn't Mean To Be Mean / My Screamin' Screamin' Mimi / Crossing / Rolling Along / Long Tall Sally / Loretta / Johnny's Jive | ||
| 03/2005 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16746 (D) |
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THE MEMORY LINGERS ON-REMEMBERING JESSE JAMES - Jesse Polka / When Jole Bon And Kilroy Got Married / Blue Bonnet Polka / What Can I Do To Get You Back / New Goodnight Waltz / Piano Pete's Boogie / Will Tomorrow Bring Me You / Swinging On The Street / Rag Mop / Darlin' I Don't Understand / The Hot Canary / I've Got The Craziest Feeling / Merry Widow Waltz / Billy's Tune / Flying Saucer Mama / Hog Calling Champ Of Arkansas / Palomino Polka | ||
| 11/2006 | CD ST. GEORGE 7711 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY BLUES - (Ray CAMPI & The SUPRO-KINGS) - Cryin' Blues / Don't Lie To Me / Sugar Cane Mama / Got Love If You Want It / Bucket Got A Hole In It / Sugaree / Step It Up & Go / Pretty Thing / Lonesome Whistle / Mona / Act Like You Love Me / Stack-A-Lee / Mystery Train / Kissing At Midnight | ||
| 03/2007 | CD RAUCOUS 187 (UK) |
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ONE MORE HOP - Brown Boots / I Crossed My Heart / Loretta / Don't Forget The Trains / Crazy Mixed Emotions / One More Hop / I Just Drove By / Rock Me Up / Blue To The Bone / Wrong Side Of Her Heart / Swamp Fox / Baby Don't You Lie / The Crossing |
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