American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Mike Campbell

Michael Wayne Campbell is an American guitarist and vocalist. He was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band's hits with Petty, including "Refugee", "Here Comes My Girl", "You Got Lucky", and "Runnin' Down a Dream". Outside of The Heartbreakers, he has worked as a session guitarist and songwriter with a number of other acts, including composing and playing on the Don Henley hits "The Boys of Summer" and "The Heart of the Matter" as well as working on most of Stevie Nicks's solo albums. Campbell, along with Neil Finn, joined Fleetwood Mac to replace lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham on their world tour in 2018–2019.

Born

1950

February 1

Died

Living

Era

1950s

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Mike, in brief

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Key dates

1950 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1327 The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
1411 The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
1662 The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1713 The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

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The world in 1950

When Mike arrived

april 21 The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
august 1 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
august 12 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
august 15 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 1

Charles Nordhoff 1887–1947 English-American lieutenant and author (born 1887) Claude François 1939–1978 Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1978) Denise Robins 1897–1985 English journalist and author (died 1985) Ekaterina Maximova 1939–2009 Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939) Francesco Maria Veracini 1690–1768 Italian violinist and composer (died 1768) G. Stanley Hall 1844–1924 American psychologist and academic (born 1844) Hassan al-Turabi 1932–2016 Sudanese activist and politician (died 2016) James P. Johnson 1894–1955 American pianist and composer (died 1955) Johannes Trithemius 1462–1516 German cryptographer and historian (born 1462)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1950

Abraham Sarmiento 1950–1977 Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (died 1977) Alex Chilton 1950–2010 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010) Alexander Lebed 1950–2002 Russian general and politician (died 2002) Billy Smith 1950– Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager Charles Fleischer 1950– American comedian and actor Charles Krauthammer 1950–2018 American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950) Claire Morissette 1950– Canadian cycling activist (died 2007) Daniel Auteuil 1950– French actor, director, and screenwriter David Cannadine 1950– English historian and author

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