Beth Nielsen Chapman

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Beth Nielsen Chapman

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Background = solo_singer
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Origin = Harlingen, Texas, United States
Genre = Country
Years_active = 1976–present
Label = BNC, Reprise, Compass
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URL = [http://www.bethnielsenchapman.com 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.

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. [ [http://www.eddiewohlford.com/Harmony%201976%20page.htm 1976 band Harmony featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman including song samples] ]

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"), and Bette Midler ("The Color of Roses"), among 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.

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:

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.

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 & Water" was written after Ernest's death; Elton John performed this song during his 1997 World Tour.

Discography

Beth has released numerous solo albums, including:
*"Hearing it First" (1980)
*"Beth Nielsen Chapman" (1990)
*"You Hold the Key" (1993)
*"Sand and Water" (1997)
*"Greatest Hits" (1999)
*"Deeper Still" (2002)
*"Hymns" (2004)
*"Look" (2005)
*"Prism" (2007)

Contributions

*"Song of America" (2007) - "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"

References

External links

* [http://www.bethnielsenchapman.com Official website]
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