Big Bill Campbell

Clarence Church Campbell (13 July 1891 – 25 April 1952), known professionally as Big Bill Campbell and sometimes in character as "Zeke Winters", was a Canadian entertainer and broadcaster who popularised Western music, especially on radio in Britain from the 1930s until he died in 1952.

Biography Campbell was born in Carleton, Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891, according to official records. However, he sometimes falsely claimed to have been born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and gave a birth year of 1888. He studied in Belfast, fought in Europe during the First World War, He also presented programmes on Radio Luxembourg from 1938. Campbell's role was that of bandleader, compere, raconteur, and occasional singer, and he was known for his comment, "Mighty fine!" after every song. Many of the shows featured comic sketches and stereotypical characters such as "The Yodelling Buckaroo", Norman Harper; “Chief White Eagle,” Jack Curtis; and "The Sweet Voice of the West", Peggy Bailey. From 1948, he wrote and presented serial radio stories on similar western themes.

Campbell died in 1952, aged 60, from a heart attack while on tour in Ipswich. At the time, he was described as "one of Britain's most popular stage and radio stars."