Tom Chapin

Infobox actor
name = Tom Chapin

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caption = Tom Chapin
birthdate = 1944
birthplace = New York City, New York
grammyawards = Best Spoken Word Album for Children
2002 "Mama Don't Allow"

Tom Chapin (born 1944) 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.

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.

Discography

Family Recordings

*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
*Moonboat
*Family Tree

Adult Recordings

*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

External links

* [http://members.aol.com/chapinfo/tc/tcrec.html Tom Chapin's Recordings]
* [http://www.tomchapin.com Tom Chapin's Official Website]