Grady Chapman

Grady Chapman

Grady Chapman was born October 1 1929. He is best known as a lead singer of doo wop group The Robins.

Biography

Grady Chapman joined The Robins in 1953, singing alongside Bobby Nunn, Billy Richards, Roy Richards, Ty Terrell, and later Carl Gardner, Bobby Sheen, and H. B. Barnum. In 1958, he wrote "Sweet Pea" (Class Records #232) for Bob and Earl. Chapman sang with The Dominoes alongside Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson. He would later become a member one of The Coasters' many groups, The Coasters Mark II, which included Bobby Nunn, Bobby Sheen, and Billy Richards, Jr. Chapman would also substitute for Carl Gardner a few times in the 1990s and 2000s with The Coasters. In 1977, along with Billy Guy and Jerome Evans, he sings on "Paid The Price" on Michelle Phillips' album "Victim Of Romance." He still performs as Grady Chapman & The Robins.

Discography

ingles

*I Need You So/Don’t Blooper (Money #204) (1955) (as Grady Chapman And The Suedes)
*My Love Will Never Change/Smiling Gondolier (Zephyr #016) (1957)
*Say You Will Be Mine/Starlight, Starbright (Knight #2003) (1958)
*Garden Of Memories/Tell Me That You Care (Imperial #5591) (1959)
*Come Away/Let’s Talk About Us (Imperial #5611) (1959)
*Sweet Thing/I Know What I Want (Mercury #71632) (1960)
*Ambush/My Life Would Be Worth Living (Mercury #71698) (1960)
*I’ll Never Question Your Love/This, That, ‘N The Other (Mercury #71771) (1961)
*Roly Poly/(B-Side Unknown) (Arwin) (1961)

Other media

*In 2006, he appeared on the TV show "Joey" in the episode entitled "Joey And The Party For Alex" playing Pip #1
*His recording "Since I First Met You" from 1957 with The Robins is included in the films "Pulp Fiction" and "American Strays"
*"Out Of The Picture" from 1956 by The Robins (with Chapman) appears in an HP picture printer commercial

Book references

* The Coasters (by Bill Millar) (Star Books) (1974)
* L. A. R&B Vocal Groups 1945-1965 (by Steve Propes and Galen Gart) (Big Nickel Publications) (2001)

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/mn/coasters The Coasters Web Site]
* [http://home.att.net/~uncamarvy/Robins/robins.html Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - The Robins]


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