Bill Champlin

Bill Champlin is best known for being a member of Chicago, which he joined in 1981 and remained a member of for 28 years. However, his career encompasses a whole lot more. Bill's first band, The Opposite Six, was formed in 1961, while he was still in high school. Later, The Sons of Champlin formed in 1965 as a 5 piece band, and later expanded to 7 members. The Sons recorded 7 commercially released albums between 1968 and 1977 and gained a devoted fan base. However, they never quite made it on the national scene, and disbanded in 1977. At this point, Bill moved to L.A. to begin his solo career and also to write and record on many other artist's albums. Bill received 2 grammy awards for his song writing and has released 7 solo albums. He has recording credits on numerous albums by various artists that cover a 30 year period. In 1997, the Sons of Champlin reformed and are performing again, whenever schedules permit. Over the past few years, the Sons have also released 2 live albums and a DVD, as well as their first new studio album in almost 30 years, "Hip Li'l Dreams". On August 4th, 2009, Bill's first solo CD / DVD in over 12 years was released in the U.S. on the DreamMakers Music label. You can order directly from DreamMakers at: http://www.campuscustoms.com/dreammakers/billchamplin.html For a complete biography, discography, music, videos, photos, forum, and a whole lot more, please visit The Official Bill Champlin Web Site at http://www.billchamplin.net. Please note, Bill frequents The Official Bill Champlin Web Site Forum and posts there often. This is the best place to communicate with Bill and his fans at http://www.billchamplin.net/bcqa. You can also visit The Official Sons of Champlin Web Site for information about Bill with the Sons of Champlin at http://www.sonsofchamplin.com.