Beth Nielsen Chapman

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Beth Nielsen Chapman

Background information
Origin Harlingen, Texas, United States
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 1976–present
Label(s) BNC, Reprise, Compass
Website www.bethnielsenchapman.com

Beth Nielsen Chapman (born on 14 September 1958 in Harlingen, Texas, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for her numerous hits recorded by country and pop music performers.

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[edit] Early history

In 1976, Beth played with a Rock & Pop group called "Harmony" in Montgomery, AL, effectively replacing Tommy Shaw who had just left to join Styx. She played acoustic guitar and piano as well as providing vocals for the group in a locally-famous bowling alley bar called Kegler's Kove and she has returned to play in the area on an infrequent basis ever since.[1]

[edit] Career success as songwriter

Beth has had several popular songs on the Adult Contemporary charts in the 1990s, such as "I Keep Coming Back To You", "Walk My Way", "The Moment You Were Mine" and "All I Have". In 1993, she sang a popular duet with Paul Carrack, "In The Time It Takes".

Co-songwriter of Faith Hill's hit song, "This Kiss", many other singers have intrepreted her songs: Trisha Yearwood ("Down on My Knees"; "You Say You Will"; "Trying to Love You"), Martina McBride ("Happy Girl"), Willie Nelson (“Nothing I Can Do About It Now”; "Ain't Necessarily So"; "If My World Didn't Have You"), Tanya Tucker (“Strong Enough to Bend”), Lorrie Morgan (“Five Minutes”), Mary Chapin Carpenter (“Almost Home”), Jim Brickman & Rebecca Lynn Howard ("Simple Things"), Alabama ("Here We Are"), Suzy Bogguss ("Save Yourself"), Claudia Church ("What's the Matter With You Baby"), Holly Dunn ("You Say You Will"), Crystal Gayle ("When Love Is New"), Highway 101 ("All the Reasons Why"; "Long Way Down"), Terri Clark ("Sometimes Goodbye"), Mindy McCready ("One in a Million"), Bette Midler ("The Color of Roses") and others.

Several artists have performed with Beth on her albums: Bonnie Raitt on "Heads Up for the Wrecking Ball" & "Shake My Soul"; Vince Gill on "Deeper Still"; John Prine on "Every December Sky"; Michael McDonald on "Right Back Into the Feeling" & "Will and Liz"; Emmylou Harris & Kimmie Rhodes on "There's a Light"; and her son Ernest Chapman III on "Your Love Stays".

Some of Beth's songwriting collaborators have been Annie Roboff, Bill Lloyd and Eric Kaz.

[edit] Charting singles

Chapman has charted eight singles on the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary Singles charts. She is tied for first place (with Marilyn Maye) as the artist with the most charted Adult Contemporary Hits without ever reaching the Billboard Hot 100, according to the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary Hits book. Her charting singles:

Date Charted Single Peak Position Album
03/09/1991 Walk My Way 14 Beth Nielsen Chapman
08/03/1991 All I Have 12 Beth Nielsen Chapman
12/21/1991 I Keep Coming Back To You 13 Beth Nielsen Chapman
06/06/1992 Life Holds On 33 Beth Nielsen Chapman
09/25/1993 The Moment You Were Mine 37 You Hold The Key
04/02/1994 In The Time It Takes 25 You Hold The Key
11/22/1997 Sand & Water 22 Sand & Water
06/24/200 Shake My Soul 26 Where The Heart Is Soundtrack Album

Chapman also charted one song on the Billboard Bubbling Under The Hot 100 Chart. Sand & Water reached #2 on the Bubbling Under chart, a position often listed as #102 on the Hot 100 in various Billboard singles books.

[edit] Personal tragedy

Beth's husband Ernest Chapman died of cancer in 1994. In 2000, Beth experienced her own battle with breast cancer. The song "Sand And Water" was written after Ernest's death; Elton John performed this song during his 1997 World Tour.

[edit] Discography

Beth has released numerous solo albums, including:

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1976 band Harmony featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman including song samples

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