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Who here likes their music? In the 70's they were the equivalent of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman production team in the sense that they knew how to write catchy and memorable songs and rack up hit after hit with them.
They first came together in 1970 when Brisbane lad Mike Chapman was working as a waiter in a London restaurant to supplement the income for his musical pursuits and was in a struggling semi-famous band called Tangerine Peel at the time. Nicky Chinn was a customer there and they got talking about music and decided to write some songs together to shop to record labels.
Their first major success was a song called "Funny Funny" which was given to a fledgling teen pop band The Sweet, and on the heels of it came 10 years of fast and furious musical excitement writing and producing songs for Mud, Smokie, Sweet, Arrows, Suzi Quatro, and Racey. In the late 70's, Chapman decided to move to America to replicate the success they'd had in the UK, and ended up producing million selling songs for Blondie, Nick Gilder, The Knack, Exile, Divinyls, Nervous Rex, and finally with Australian rockers Baby Animals in 1991 before taking a sabbatical from the music scene. Chinn disappeared from the music scene in the early 80's after splitting with Chapman. The last hit single written by them was "Better Be Good To Me" by Tina Turner from the show Miami Vice.
Chapman has returned to the pop music world in the last few years discovering new young talent on sites like MySpace producing sister fronted band Arcadian Kicks, folky chanteuse Nell Ryder, Australian rock gal Nat Allison, actor Sarah Jeanette, and renewing his working relationship with Suzi Quatro.
Here are some of their best known songs:
Mud - Tiger Feet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk
Suzi Quatro - Can The Can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4qdf_V2OU
Sweet - Blockbuster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrYf7VWASE
Barry Manilow - Some Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXa4LRyy_0
Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2coufE-Hc
Mike Chapman & Suzi Quatro: Stumblin' In: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdzichzNRBo
Arrows - Touch Too Much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPelyeNqvw0
Toni Basil - Mickey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE
Racey - Lay Your Love On Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDCsRhT57o
Exile - Kiss You All Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJQpSzDgC0
Some of their songs weren't hits like:
Arrows - Toughen Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUqDbz1Q1Dw
Pat Benatar - If You Think You Know How To Love Me (original by Smokie): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7CbjqdkSSI
Suzi Quatro - I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmaU95qz4ktt
CCS - Primitive Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmaU95qz4k
Exile - Try It On: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvpG7p5iBJo
Gonsalez - Hole In My Soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3jVqsnmIFA
Radio Interview about Chinn & Chapman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuthf_ffltg
Mike Chapman about The Neighbourhood Bullies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrh2ot1HvxM
They first came together in 1970 when Brisbane lad Mike Chapman was working as a waiter in a London restaurant to supplement the income for his musical pursuits and was in a struggling semi-famous band called Tangerine Peel at the time. Nicky Chinn was a customer there and they got talking about music and decided to write some songs together to shop to record labels.
Their first major success was a song called "Funny Funny" which was given to a fledgling teen pop band The Sweet, and on the heels of it came 10 years of fast and furious musical excitement writing and producing songs for Mud, Smokie, Sweet, Arrows, Suzi Quatro, and Racey. In the late 70's, Chapman decided to move to America to replicate the success they'd had in the UK, and ended up producing million selling songs for Blondie, Nick Gilder, The Knack, Exile, Divinyls, Nervous Rex, and finally with Australian rockers Baby Animals in 1991 before taking a sabbatical from the music scene. Chinn disappeared from the music scene in the early 80's after splitting with Chapman. The last hit single written by them was "Better Be Good To Me" by Tina Turner from the show Miami Vice.
Chapman has returned to the pop music world in the last few years discovering new young talent on sites like MySpace producing sister fronted band Arcadian Kicks, folky chanteuse Nell Ryder, Australian rock gal Nat Allison, actor Sarah Jeanette, and renewing his working relationship with Suzi Quatro.
Here are some of their best known songs:
Mud - Tiger Feet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk
Suzi Quatro - Can The Can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4qdf_V2OU
Sweet - Blockbuster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrYf7VWASE
Barry Manilow - Some Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXa4LRyy_0
Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2coufE-Hc
Mike Chapman & Suzi Quatro: Stumblin' In: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdzichzNRBo
Arrows - Touch Too Much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPelyeNqvw0
Toni Basil - Mickey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE
Racey - Lay Your Love On Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDCsRhT57o
Exile - Kiss You All Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJQpSzDgC0
Some of their songs weren't hits like:
Arrows - Toughen Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUqDbz1Q1Dw
Pat Benatar - If You Think You Know How To Love Me (original by Smokie): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7CbjqdkSSI
Suzi Quatro - I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmaU95qz4ktt
CCS - Primitive Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmaU95qz4k
Exile - Try It On: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvpG7p5iBJo
Gonsalez - Hole In My Soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3jVqsnmIFA
Radio Interview about Chinn & Chapman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuthf_ffltg
Mike Chapman about The Neighbourhood Bullies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrh2ot1HvxM
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