Beth Nielsen Chapman
b. 14 September 1956, Harlingen, Texas, USA. Nielsen Chapman sang harmony on Tanya Tucker's 1988 US number 1 country single "Strong Enough To Bend", which she wrote with Don Schlitz. She also sang harmony and wrote Willie Nelson's 1989 US country number 1, "Nothing I Can Do It About It Now". Her debut album for Reprise Records (following an earlier set for Capitol Records) failed to secure her career as a singer, however, although it included her version of "Down On My Knees" (covered by Trisha Yearwood). The 1993 follow-up was an equally strong set, moving further away from country into adult-orientated pop music. Following the sudden death of her husband from cancer, Nielsen Chapman wrote and recorded Sand And Water, a touchingly restrained meditation on grief and loss. Similarly emotional was "Feathers, Bones And Shells" from the belated follow-up, Deeper Still. Nielsen Chapman has written some beautifully evocative songs, understated yet magnificent.
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Albums
- (2008) Prism; The Human Family
- (2004) Hymns
- (2002) Deeper Still
- (1999) Greatest Hits
- (1997) Sand And Water
- (1993) You Hold The Key
- (1993) You Hold The Key
- (1990) Beth Nielsen Chapman
Top Tracks
- Sand and Water
- All I Have
- Say Goodnight
- Beyond the Blue
- I Keep Coming Back to You
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