Tom Chapin

Biography

The younger brother of the late Harry Chapin, singer/songwriter Tom Chapin carried on his siblings legacy admirably, becoming a popular childrens entertainer. The son of jazz drummer Jim Chapin, he was born in New York City in 1945; he and his brothers performed music together regularly during their adolescence, later earning acclaim on the Greenwich Village club circuit. The Chapin Brothers band dissolved during in 1964, when Tom left the country; upon returning a decade later, he issued the 1976 solo LP Life Is Like That. In 1979, he released Mother Earth, the first of his many childrens recordings; in the years to follow, Chapin moved back and forth between music for adults and kids, and for five years also hosted the childrens TV series Make a Wish. Among his many albums are In the City of Mercy (1982), Family Tree (1988), Moonboat (1989), This Pretty Planet (1992), Billy the Squid (1992), Zag Zig (1994) and Common Ground (2001). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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