Just Jack
The Life and Music Ministry of Jack Campbell
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Who ?????? 1. Never attended school regularly until he was eleven years old, and then, caught up with his peers within a few months? 2. Dropped out of high school to serve in the Navy during WWII, but after his tour of duty, returned to be a sports star and graduate with his class? 3. Grew up in a situation where school and church had little value, only to become a popular worship leader and Board of Education Member? 4. Was his high school’s championship softball pitcher, but later turned down a Major League Baseball offer? 5. Turned his young son’s friends and playmates into a successful Southern Gospel Music recording and touring group? 6. Devoted nearly half a century to selling furniture, writing songs, and serving God, family, and community six days a week and spreading the Gospel with music on Sunday? 7. Is known internationally as the creator of such classic Southern Gospel songs as “Jesus Use Me”, “ The Next Step”, “March Around the Throne”, “I’ve Got More to Go to Heaven For”, “Oh What a Happy day”, “I’m Gonna Wake Up in Glory”, and the Nation’s 2012 number one song for seven consecutive weeks, “I Know a Man Who Can” as recorded by Greater Vision? Jack Campbell!! That’s Who!! Read all about the above and much more in Just Jack: The Life and Music Ministry of Jack Campbell Charlene Campbell, Jack’s widow and her sister, published author, Betty Burris direct this journey through Jack Campbell’s life and music ministry. The journey is certain to bring tears, laughter, and shouts of joy at various touching milestones. For those who know the music and want to know the man, this is your book. For those who know the man and want to connect with the music, here is your opportunity. For those who are looking for an example of how God uses a life to do His work on earth, search no further. This is the story for you.
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“I will always have great memories of Jack Campbell. The first song we ever recorded of his was titled ‘Jesus.’ It became the Rambos first number-one radio song. We enjoyed recording many others, such as ‘Oh What a Happy Day’ and ‘March Around The Throne.’ Jack was a great songwriter and a fine Christian gentleman.” —Buck Rambo
Jack Campbell was the creator of the nation’s number one southern gospel song for seven consecutive weeks in 2012: “I Know a Man Who Can,” as recorded by Greater Vision. Jack was the seventh son in a poverty-stricken rural Swifton, Arkansas, family. His childhood years during the Depression Era were characterized by tragedy, isolation, poverty, and “Hand-Me-Downs.” As an orphan, Jack thought he was in a suburb of Heaven when his brother, Bill, moved Jack and his own family to Gideon, in the bootheel of Missouri. Bill would pastor the Assembly of God Church while raising Jack as if he were his own son, rather than as his younger brother.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, gospel radio was filled with his music. Many of the industry’s top artists, including the Rambos, the Inspirations, the Speer Family, the Kingsmen Quartet, and soloist, Governor Jimmie Davis, filled their albums with Jack Campbell’s music. More recently, country legend George Jones recorded “I Know a Man Who Can.” In his forty-plus years of traveling, he mentored over forty-five teens and young adults. His son, Chris, a great bass guitar player and songwriter, would go on to play for the Happy Goodman Family. A young Gene McDonald, the great bass singer of the Florida Boys (and the Gaithers), would spend time as a part of the Ambassadors, singing tenor. —Gary O’Neal, The Absolutely Gospel Website
About the Author
Charlene and her sister, Betty Burris, grew up listening to and appreciating Jack Campbell and his music. After his passing, they combined their knowledge and skills to create this work and promote his legacy. Betty is a retired teacher, school administrator, and published author, and she now lives in Ellisville, Missouri.