Don

Rarely-seen mini doc by Brooklyn-based visual artist John Carluccio on Don Campbell, the co-founder of The Lockers, who pioneered breakdancing in Los Angeles. Don recently passed away so we share this in tribute. Feel free to bust a few moves in his honor. Special thanks to John for allowing the re-upload. If you enjoyed this film, he has a bunch of other hip hop related films he has made on his YouTube channel. Please be sure to subscribe to his channel https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCX_s0M8_VQbX8yOiu

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Don "Campbellock" Campbell (January 7, 1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri - March 30, 2020[1]) was an American dancer and choreographer best known for having invented the "locking" dance, and for his work with the Lockers which included former member Fred Berry.
Campbell discovered dance while studying commercial art at Los Angeles Trade–Technical College.[2]
In 1971, Campbell joined the cast of Soul Train once the program arrived in Los Angeles. He was a featured dancer until 1973, when he was removed from the program for requesting that performers be paid.[3] He then recruited other dancers who had been removed for the same reason, and with them founded the Lockers.[4]
Don recorded a song appropriately titled, “The Campbellock”, to go with his new high-flying, groundbreaking new dance, in March 1972 Stanson Records released his single "the Campbellock". Don also established his own dance ensemble, “The Campbellock Dancers”. The name was later changed to “The Lockers”.
Fred Berry (Dancer/Actor “Rerun” from TV's What's Happening), Don's girlfriend at the time-Toni Basil (Choreographer/Recording Artist), and Adolfo “Shabadoo” Quinones (Dancer/Actor “Ozone” from the films- Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2-Electric Boogaloo) were onetime members of the group,
Don and “The Lockers” appeared with some of the greatest entertainers of all time: Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin, Bill Cosby, Roger Miller, Johnny Carson, Dick Van Dyke, Aretha Franklin, John Denver, Roberta Flack, Michael Landon, Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, Donny and Marie Osmond, Howard Cosell, and Cheech & Chong.

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