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Tom Chapin

 
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Raffi, John Forster

Performed Songs By:

John McCutcheon, Harry Chapin, Michael Mark, Si Kahn

Worked With:

Richard Crooks, John Wallace, Lily Chapin, Jon Cobert, Abigail Chapin, Vicky Forster

Relationship With:

Lily Chapin, The Chapin Sisters, Abigail Chapin, Jessica Craven, Bonnie Chapin
  • Born: March 13, 1945, Charlotte, NC
  • Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Children
  • Instrument: Guitar, Banjo
  • Representative Albums: "Family Tree", "Moonboat", "Billy the Squid
  • Representative Songs: "Someone's Gonna Use It", "Family Tree", "Big Rock Candy Mountain

Biography

The younger brother of the late Harry Chapin, singer/songwriter Tom Chapin carried on his sibling's legacy admirably, becoming a popular children's entertainer. The son of jazz drummer Jim Chapin, he was born in New York City in 1945; he and his brothers performed music together regularly during their adolescence, later earning acclaim on the Greenwich Village club circuit. The Chapin Brothers band dissolved during in 1964, when Tom left the country; upon returning a decade later, he issued the 1976 solo LP Life Is Like That. In 1979, he released Mother Earth, the first of his many children's recordings; in the years to follow, Chapin moved back and forth between music for adults and kids, and for five years also hosted the children's TV series Make a Wish. Among his many albums are In the City of Mercy (1982), Family Tree (1988), Moonboat (1989), This Pretty Planet (1992), Billy the Squid (1992), Zag Zig (1994) and Common Ground (2001). Razor & Tie released his 17th album, Some Assembly Required, in 2005. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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For the American saxophonist, see Thomas Chapin.
Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin
Born 1945
New York City, New York

Tom Chapin (born 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter and storyteller. He is known for his children's music, intended for the age group that is too old for Sesame Street but too young for pop music. However, he also writes and performs for adults.

Chapin attended State University of New York at Plattsburgh and graduated in 1966.[1] From 1971-1976, he hosted a TV show called Make a Wish. He is the son of Jim Chapin and the brother of Harry Chapin, and occasionally appears in Harry Chapin tribute concerts (often with brother Steve Chapin). He has appeared in the Broadway production Pump Boys and Dinettes, among others. He is married to Bonnie Chapin; his daughters and stepdaughter are musicians as well (the Chapin Sisters).

Chapin has recently branched in to the storytelling festival circuit and in 2007 was a Featured New Voices Teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

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Discography

Family recordings

  • Some Assembly Required (album)|Some Assembly Required
  • Making Good Noise
  • Great Big Fun for the Very Little One
  • This Pretty Planet
  • In My Hometown
  • Around the World and Back Again
  • Zag Zig
  • Billy the Squid
  • Mother Earth (Tom Chapin album)|Mother Earth
  • Moonboat
  • Family Tree (Tom Chapin album)|Family Tree

Adult recordings

  • Let The Bad Times Roll
  • The Turning Of The Tide
  • Common Ground
  • Doing Our Job
  • Join The Jubilee
  • So Nice To Come Home
  • Let Me Back Into Your Life
  • In The City of Mercy
  • Life Is Like That

References

  1. ^ "Tom Chapin to Perform Concert at Plattsburgh State Oct. 18". State University of New York at Plattsburgh. http://www.plattsburgh.edu/news/index.php?wl_eid=44&wl_mode=more. Retrieved 2009-08-23. 

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