Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly


James Tyrie Campbell and Reginald John Connelly were British music publishers and a songwriting team. Primarily lyricists, they generally worked in collaboration with composers.
For some songs they used the pseudonym Irving King and Irving and Ivor King.

Biographical details

Campbell was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and Connelly in Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Campbell died in London and Connelly in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Publishing firm

Their publishing company Campbell, Connelly & Co, Ltd. was founded in 1929.

Compositions

Their compositions included the Froth Blowers' anthem, "The More We Are Together", the famous "Show Me the Way to Go Home", "If I Had You", "Goodnight Sweetheart", "Try a Little Tenderness", and their own "Down Sunnyside Lane".
"I'd Rather Be a Beggar with You Than a King with Somebody Else" was co-composed with Oliver Perry. This song was recorded in 1931 by the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. Two other compositions registered in 1932 were "Over and Over Again" and "To-day's the Day".