The popular soulful singer and keyboardist/guitarist Bill Champlin was born on June 21, 1947 in Marin County, California. As a child, he demonstrated a talent for piano, and eventually picked up the guitar after being inspired by Elvis. He studied music in college, but was encouraged by a professor to drop out of school and pursue music professionally with his band, The Opposite Six. A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Official website: http://www. ... Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll was an American singer, music producer and actor. ...

The Six changed their name to the Sons of Champlin, and it wasn't long before they became very popular in the Bay Area. They had recorded a number of well-reviewed, low-selling albums (including Loosen Up Naturally and Circle Filled With Love) by 1977 when the 30-year old Champlin went solo. The Sons of Champlin is an American rock band, formed in the late 1960s and hailing from the San Francisco-Bay area. ...

Teaming up with the then-unknown producer David Foster, Champlin (and a host of session musicians) put out two killer albums: Single and Runaway. Had the record companies involved really pushed the material, Champlin could have been a monster solo artist in the Michael Bolton mode -- only better. Unfortunately, terrific tunes like "Tonight, Tonight" and "Satisfaction" were released and allowed to disappear. David Foster, OC, OBC , LL.D. born 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is a multi Grammy Award winning musician, producer, and composer. ... Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ... Bolton on his Timeless: The Classics, Vol. ...

Still, Champlin prospered. His fantastic, bluesy voice made him an in-demand session singer, and he famously co-wrote the huge hits "After the Love Is Gone" (Earth, Wind & Fire) and "Turn Your Love Around" (George Benson), picking up two Grammy Awards in the process. Among other artists he worked with are Boz Scaggs, The Tubes, and Lee Ritenour. Earth, Wind & Fire is an American funk band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. ... George Benson (born March 22, 1945) is an American jazz guitarist, singer and composer. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music... Boz Scaggs album cover Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs June 8, 1944) is an Ohio-born Texan singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... The Tubes are a San Francisco-based theater rock band, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s, legendary (and/or infamous) for early live performances that combined lewd quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism and politics. ... Lee Mack Captain Fingers Ritenour (born January 11, 1952) has been a prominent session musician and successful solo artist since the early 1970s. ...

In 1978, the day after Chicago guitarist Terry Kath died, Champlin received a call from someone connected to the group, suggesting that he audition to take Kath's place. Champlin turned down the offer, saying he couldn't fill those shoes. But a couple of years later, he hooked up with Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, singing some backgrounds with Peter Cetera on a non-Chicago project. Champlin and Cetera hit it off, finding that their voices sounded great together. Seraphine and Champlin co-wrote a few tunes, and Champlin was invited to sing one song ("Sonny Think Twice") as a guest vocalist on what would eventually become Chicago 16. Champlin suggested to Seraphine that David Foster might be a good bet as a producer for Chicago at that time. Chicago is a rock band that was formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Terry Kath, 1946-1978 Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978), born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist, vocalist, and founding member (along with Walter Parazaider, Danny Seraphine and Lee Loughnane) of the band Chicago. ... Danny Seraphine (b. ... Peter Paul Cetera (born September 13, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, and bass player best known for his tenure in the band Chicago. ... Chicago 16 is the sixteenth album by American rock band Chicago, released in 1982. ...

Serpahine began a campaign to get Champlin into the group (Robert Lamm--initially jealous at the prospect of another keyboardist--said, "What the hell do we need him for?" and Kenny Loggins personally called Champlin, saying, "What are you doing? Those guys are over!"). Reluctant at first, especially after hearing that he'd be singing "Colour My World" ("I never really liked that one much"), Champlin finally said, "Why not? I'll give it a year," and joined the band in 1981 (twenty-plus years later, he's still there). He did some guest spots in the meantime (the TV show Fridays, for example), and was featured singing several songs on 16, including "Bad Advice" and "Follow Me." Robert Lamm, 1986 Robert Lamm (born October 13, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. ... Kenny Loggins on the cover of his collection Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits of Kenny Loggins Kenny Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. ...

1984's Chicago 17 cemented Champlin's presence in the group. He wrote several great tunes ("Please Hold On," "Remember the Feeling"), and sang (with Cetera) the hit "Hard Habit to Break." When Cetera left in 1985, the focus was expected to switch to Champlin. Instead (after suggesting that Richard Page of "Mister, Mister" replace Cetera), he helped groom 23-year old Jason Scheff. Chicago 18 featured several Scheff-sung hits, a situation Scheff acknowledges as being incredibly generous on Champlin's part. In 1988, however, it was Champlin who shined, singing the hits, "Look Away," "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love," and "You're Not Alone" on Chicago 19. Chicago 17 is the seventeenth album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1984. ... Richard Lewis Page (born 22 February 1941, Tredegar) was a Conservative member of Parliament in the United Kingdom 1976-79 and 1979-2005. ... Jason Randolph Scheff (born April 16, 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. ... Chicago 18 is the eighteenth album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1986. ... Chicago 19 is the nineteenth album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1988. ...

By the early 90s, Chicago's popularity was beginning to wane (Chicago 21, featuring the great Champlin tune "Who Do You Love?" sold poorly), and the band recorded the now infamous Stone of Sisyphus, a project that remains unreleased to this day. Champlin is all over Sisyphus, singing his heart out on "Mah Jongg," "Here With Me," and "The Show Must Go On," and co-penning and singing one of the greatest single Chicago songs in the group's history, "Plaid" (he also plays a mean guitar on "All the Years" and other tunes). He made major contributions to Chicago's big-band tribute Night & Day Big Band in 1995, and to both editions of their Christmas album (Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album, re-released with additional tracks as What's It Gonna Be, Santa?). ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Night & Day Big Band is an album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1995. ...

Candid, very funny, and down to earth, the brown-eyed Champlin is a major presence on the recently released Chicago XXX, but has also revived the Sons, and has recorded a number of well-reviewed solo CDs (He Started to Sing and Through It All among them). He sang the theme to TV's In the Heat of the Night, and always seems willing to give an interview. Bearded and a bit paunchy upon first joining Chicago (and given to wearing white three-piece suits and sneakers), Champlin shaved and slimmed down in the late 80s, grew his hair rocker-guy long in the early 90s, trimmed it all by 1994, and now looks like the guy next door. Married for years to his second wife (the singer Tamara Champlin), he has three children. In interviews, he admits to being an ex-boozer (this might explain his constant gum chewing) and is no stranger to marijuana, but is clean now and is, by all reports, a very nice fellow. In the Heat of the Night was a 1988 television series based on the motion picture, In the Heat of the Night. ... Species Cannabis indica Cannabis ruderalis Cannabis sativa Cannabis is a genus of flowering plant that includes one or more species. ...

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