Tamara Champlin | Bill Champlin Fan

Official Site https://www.tamarachamplin.com

Tamara Champlin is an amazing songwriter and has worked so many sessions as lead & background vocalist.

I will focus on her own single, album & lead vocals' session works and describe them below.

Don't miss her Soundcloud. You can hear over 30 tracks.

https://soundcloud.com/tamarachamplinband

Now Tamara Champlin is a band member of "The Sons of Champlin"(since 2010) & "Bill Champlin and Wunderground"(since 2017).

from the motion picture soundtrack "Illegally Yours"<1988>

Vocals on 3 tracks

"Thinking About It" (written by Steve Wood) Performed by T. Champlin & S. Wood

"Yesterday Only"

"Who Wins"(written by T. Champlin & Bruce Gaitsch)

Heart Of Glass (Single) (written by T. Champlin, B. Champlin & B. Gaitsch) Produced by Jay Graydon

from the motion picture soundtrack "Caddyshack II" <1988>

from the soundtrack "Mata Mata Abunai Deka"(Japan) <1988>

Lead Vocals on "On The Run" & "Speed Of Night"

from the soundtrack "Mottomo Abunai Deka"(Japan) <1989>

Lead Vocals on "There Oughta Be A Law"

from the album "Kiyotaka Sugiyama / Sprinkle"(Japan) <May, 1990>

Duet Vocals on "Gatsby-tachi No Nagai Yoru"

Tamara Champlin / You Won't Get To Heaven Alive

1st. solo album was originally released in 1991.

Re-isuued in 1995

Produced by Tamara Champlin & Michael Hutchinson.

Engineered by Michael Hutchinson

Recorded at Goldmine Studio and A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA

CD Mastering at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg by Sondi and Adrian Von Rika

Additional Engineers : Scott Ross, Phil Nicolo, Mike Stone, Brian Schueble

Photography by Attila Aszodi ; Cover Layout by Stefan Schmidt-Bilkenroth

Musicians:

・Tamara Champlin (Lead & Background Vocals)

・Randy Cantor (Keyboards on #1, 2, 7, Guitars on #2, 7, Bass on #7, Background Vocals on #2, 7)
・Kevin Dukes (Guitars on #1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 12, Background Vocals on #4, 6)

・Paul Warren (Guitars on #5)

・Cal Curtis (Guitars on #5,10, Background Vocals on #5, 10)

・Bruce Gaitsch (Guitars on #6)

・Ryan Roxie (Guitars on #6)

・Randy Cobb (Guitars on #9)

・Jimmy Haan (Guitars on #10)

・Rick Silon (Guitars on #11)

・Thom Gimbel (Guitars on #11)
・Terry Wilson (Bass on #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, Gutar on #6, Background Vocals on #1, 6)

・Jonathan Clarke (Bass on #11)

・Bill Champlin (Organ on #4,5, Keyboards on #6, 11, Background Vocalson #12, Horn Programming on #4)
・Danny Timms (Keyboards on #1, 9)

・Scott Plunkett (Keyboards on #3, 4)

・Nicky Hopkins (Keyboards on #4, 10)

・Greg Matheison (keyboards on #5, Strings on #5, 10)

・John Thomas (Keyboards on #11)

・Dennis Matkosky (Keyboards on #12, Background Vocals on #11)

・Pat Mastellato (Drums on #1, 9)
・Jody Cortez (Drums on #2)
・Ron Wikso (Drums on #3, 4,12)

・Tris Imboden (Drums on #5, 6, 7, Harmonica on #12)

・Andy Kravitz (Drums on #10)

・Steve Klong (Drums on #11)
・Casey Young (Strings Programmed on #5, 10)

・Carmen Twilley (Background Vocals on #1)
・Teresa James (Background Vocals on #1)

・Michael Caruso (Background vocals on #2, 5, 10, 11)

・Leslie Matkosky (Background Vocals on #11)

・Janne Chadwick (Background Vocals on #11)

Track list :

1. Backstreets In Paradise (T. Champlin & Terry Wilson)

2. You Won't To Get To Heaven Alive (Randy Cantor, Michael Caruso & T. Champlin)

3. Chasin' The Moon (T. Champlin & Kevin Dukes)

4. Rock And Roll Tragedy (T. Champlin & K. Dukes)

5. Purple Black And Blond

6. Stone Cold (T. Champlin & T. Wilson)

7. Only Love (T. Champlin & R. Cantor)

8. Crawl (Jeff Paris & T. Champlin)

9. Meet My Maker (T. Champlin & T. Wilson)

10. Tragic Black (T. Champlin, Cal Curtis & M. Caruso)

11. St. Anne's Wheel (Bill Champlin, M. Caruso & T. Champlin)

12. Roll The Bones (T. Champlin & T. Wilson)

from the album "Vocaland"(Japan) <July 10, 1997>

Lead Vocals on "Night Birds" (Cover of "Shakatak")

Available :

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/night-birds/1464888032?i=1464888091&l=en

from the album "Francis Rocco Prestia / Everybody on the Bus"<April 22, 1998>

Lead & Background Vocals on "Express Yourself" (written by Charles Wright)

Background Vocals on "Solid Like The Rock" (F. R. Prestia, J. Tamelier, S. Kupka), "Double Identity" (F. R. Prestia, S. Polcino, T. Scott, S. Kupka), "Don't Play Around" (F. R. Prestia, S. Kupca, E. Castillo, B. Churchville) & "(You Don’t) Mean No Harm (F. R. Prestia, S. Polcino, T. Scott)

from the Compilation album "Vol. 1 World Jam"<May 4, 1999>

Lead Vocals on "Make You A Believer"

Available :

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/make-you-a-believer/3971153?i=3971101&l=en