News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

David Campbell's 'On Broadway' Album Gets 4/2 Australian Release

By: Mar. 22, 2010
Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe.




Existing user? Just click login.

Australian actor/muscian David Campbell will be releasing his new album, "On Broadway" on April 2, 2010, in Australia the star has announced on his Facebook page. The disc 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. The release will coincide with a tie-in television documentary David Campbell On Broadway airing on arts channel STVDIO on April 3, 2010.

The track list, which includes a song from the upcoming Catch Me If You Can is:

1.Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!)
2.When I Get My Name In Lights (Legs Diamond / The Boy From Oz)
3.Goodbye (Catch Me If You Can)
4.Being Alive (Company)
5.Hey There (The Pajama Game)
6.Hello, Dolly! (Hello, Dolly!)
7.Bring Him Home (Les Miserables)
8.What Kind Of Fool Am I? (Stop The World, I Want To Get Off)
9.You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
10.Luck Be A Lady (Guys And Dolls)
11.Some Other Time (On The Town)
12.All I Care About (Chicago)
13.Proud Lady (The Baker's Wife)

David Campbell got his start in the 1990s at the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Theatre Company. In 1997, he came to New York where he became a fixture on the cabaret scene, which led to  to more high-profile roles in the USA, Australia and elsewhere, including in musicals such as Les Misérables, South Pacific, 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. 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, Sunset Boulevard, and Company. Campbell's recordings include The Swing Sessions, an album produced by Chong Limcovering 13 classic swing tracks such as "Mack the Knife", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Mr Bojangles", and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and The Swing Sessions 2. Both discs achieved platinum sales and charted in the Top 10 of the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. In 2008, Campbell released Good Lovin, an album of songs from the 1960s, which also went platinum. 




Videos