Born 23 November 1945 in Kingston, Jamaica, Cornel Campbell got his start in the early 1960s at . In 1966, after the duet The Bell Stars (with George), he formed with Aaron Davis, and with which he recorded ska and rocksteady tracks for , and . After leaving The Sensations, Cornel was briefly in (without recording with them at the time) and then formed his own group called (which became ) who recorded for and before splitting in 1971. From 1972 to 1978, Cornel Campbell recorded as a solo artist for and then joined in the next version of .
Cornel sings in a falsetto style and made his mark as a lovers rock singer (although he did record a string of rasta hits in the mid 70s). Amongst his hits, 'Stars' and 'Queen of the Minstrels' (with The Eternals) for Studio One during the late 60s, 'Natty Dread Inna Greenwich Village', 'The Duke Of Earl' and 'Gorgon' for , 'Everyday Is Like A Holiday' and 'Those Guys' (with The Sensations) for . During the 1980's, his career slowed but has revived since the 1990's.
Brother of (from ) and Robert Campbell (AKA ).
Name Vars
- Andrew Cornel Campbell
- C Campbell
- C Campble
- C. A. Campbell
- C. Campbel
- C. Campbell
- C. Campble
- C.Campbell
- Campbell
- Campbell, Cornel
- Campbell, Cornel Andrew
- Carnel Campbell
- Carnell Campbell
- Cee Cee
- Connel Campbell
- Cornal Campbell
- Corneal Campbell
- Cornel
- Cornel Andrew Campbell
- Cornel Cambell
- Cornel Campbel
- Cornel Campbell
- Cornel Campbelle
- Cornel Campble
- Cornel Campell
- Cornell
- Cornell Cambell
- Cornell Campbel
- Cornell Carpbell
- Cornet Campbell
- Don Campbell
- Don Carnell
- Don Cornel
- Don Cornell
- Solid Explosion