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Bill Champlin
Oakland, United States • b. 1947-05-21
Bill Champlin is credited on 2,329 releases across 600 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,329
Pressings credited
600
Albums
7
Decades active
395
In collections
Biography
William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the rock band Chicago from 1981 to 2009. He performed lead vocals on three of Chicago's biggest hits of the 1980s, 1984's "Hard Habit to Break" and 1988's "Look Away" and "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love". During live shows, he sang the songs originally performed by founding guitarist Terry Kath, who had died in 1978. He has won multiple Grammy Awards for songwriting.
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Credited work
2,329 releases · 600 albums · active 1969–2025
- Performance · 4,367
- Other credits · 133
- Production · 42
- Engineering · 18
Studios: Sunset Sound · Davlen Sound Studios · Studio 55, Los Angeles · Monterey Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
I Am
1979
Chicago 17
1984
We Are The World
1985
Chicago 16
1982
The George Benson Collection
1981
Middle Man
1980
The Rose - The Original Soundtrack Recording
1979
Repeat Offender
1989
Wet
1979
Outside Inside
1983
The Completion Backward Principle
1981
From The Inside
1978
Chicago 18
1986
Jarreau
1983
Breakin' Away
1981
Donna Summer
1982
21 At 33
1980
Chicago 19
1988
The Wanderer
1980
Robbie Dupree
1980
Self Control
1984
The Fox
1981
Big Life
1987
Rhythm Of The Night
1985
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