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Marshall Chapman 
Chapman performing in Nashville (2009)Background information Born January 7, 1949
Spartanburg, South Carolina, United StatesGenres Country
RockOccupations Singer-songwriter, Author Instruments Guitar Years active 1970s–present Website www.tallgirl.com Marshall Chapman (born January 7, 1949, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and author.
Chapman, the daughter of a cotton mill owner,[1] was taken to an Elvis Presley concert in 1957 and says the experience changed her from a southern debutante to a nascent rock and roller.[2] After graduating from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she went to Vanderbilt University in 1967.[citation needed]
Her songs have been recorded by such diverse artists such as Conway Twitty, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Wynonna, Jessi Colter, John Hiatt, Dion, Olivia Newton-John, Irma Thomas, and Ronnie Milsap. Her song "Betty’s Bein’ Bad" was a #1 hit for Sawyer Brown.
Her 1978 album, Jaded Virgin (Epic), was voted "Record of the Year" by Stereo Review.
In 1998, Marshall and Matraca Berg contributed fourteen songs to Good Ol’ Girls, a country musical based on the stories of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle. The musical continues to play theaters throughout the South.
Her memoir, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, was published in 2003 by St. Martin’s Press.
Her second book, They Came to Nashville, was published in 2010 by Vanderbilt University Press – Country Music Foundation Press.[3] It is a 2010 Fall Okra Pick of the Southern Independent Booksellers Association.[4]
Discography
- Me, I'm Feelin' Free - Epic/CBS - 1977
- Jaded Virgin - Epic/CBS - 1978
- Marshall - Epic - 1979
- Take It On Home - Rounder - 1982
- Dirty Linen - Tall Girl - 1987
- Inside Job - Tall Girl - 1991
- It’s About Time… - Island/Margaritaville - 1995
- Love Slave - Island - 1996
- Goodbye, Little Rock And Roller - Tall Girl - 2003
- Live! The Bitter End - Tall Girl - 2004
- Mellowicious! - Thirty Tigers/Tallgirl - 2006
- Big Lonesome - Tall Girl - 2010
References
- ^ Marshall was named Martha Marshall Chapman II, in part for her paternal grandmother. Had she been a boy, her name was to have been James Alfred Chapman IV.[1]
- ^ Chapman, Marshall (2003). Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312315686.
- ^ Amazon.com listing for They Came to Nashville.
- ^ SIBA 2010 Okra Picks.
External links
Categories:- Songwriters from South Carolina
- American country singer-songwriters
- American female guitarists
- People from Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- Living people
- 1949 births
- American guitarist stubs
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