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During his solo career, Campbell made a successful transition from music hall performer to variety artist. Unlike many of his peers, he was embraced by audiences and performed a number of songs, including: "When You Come to Think of It" by Harry
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I am inclined to think "the cake" for frolicsome humour is taken by the dapper newcomer, Mr. Dan Leno, who is sketched as the galvanic baroness in the wonderfully amusing dance which sets the house in a roar. The substantial 'babes', Mr. Herbert
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Campbell had seen during a works outing. The band soon toured music halls throughout the south east of London and raised money for charities as a result. During the early 1860s he changed his stage name to Campbell and after a less than successful performance with the band, he joined the
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Elizabeth Ann Mills (1849–1884) and upon her death married Rose Wiltshire (1858–1891). After her death, he married for a third time to Maud Batrum (1854–1909), to whom he remained married until his death. He was president of the Music Hall Sick
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was exhibited at the Palace
Theatre of Varieties, London in December 1899. In 1903, Campbell received a commemorative silver plate worth £100 (£13,564 in 2024 adjusted for inflation) from the Drury Lane management in celebration of his 21 years on the stage. By 1904, and having appeared in the
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felt that the employment of music-hall performers was corrupting pantomime. However, the public felt differently, regarding the Drury Lane spectaculars as the pinnacle of
Christmas entertainment. This view was also shared by critics, one of whom
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act. The following year, he decided to pursue a career as a comic vocalist and made his first solo appearance at the
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