Beth Nielsen Chapman

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Beth Nielsen Chapman (born on 11 September 1958 in Harlington, Texas, USA) is an American singer-songwriter.

Beth has had several popular songs on the Adult-Contemporary charts in the 1990's, such as "I Keep Coming Back To You", "Walk My Way", "The Moment You Were Mine" and "All I Have". In 1993, she sang a popular duet with Paul Carrack, "In The Time It Takes".

Co-songwriter of Faith Hill's hit song, "This Kiss", many other singers have intrepreted her songs: Trisha Yearwood ("Down On My Knees"), Martina McBride ("Happy Girl"), Willie Nelson (“Nothing I Can Do About it Now”), Tanya Tucker (“Strong Enough to Bend”), Lorrie Morgan (“Five Minutes”), Mary Chapin Carpenter (“Almost Home”), Bette Midler ("The Color of Roses") and others.

Bonnie Raitt has sung background vocals on several songs, including "Shake My Soul".

Beth's husband Ernest Chapman died of cancer in 1994. In 2000, Beth experienced her own battle with breast cancer. The song "Sand And Water" was written after Ernest's death; Elton John performed this song during his 1997 World Tour.

[edit] Discography

Hearing It First (1980)
Beth Nielsen Chapman (1990)
You Hold the Key (1993)
Sand and Water (1997)
Greatest Hits (1999)
Deeper Still (2002)
Hymns (2004)
Look (2005)

[edit] Trivia

The song "Sand and Water" was played on Charmed Season 1, Episode 4 during the funeral scene. This is a heartfelt song about a recent loss of a loved one.
Songs "Say Goodnight" and "Seven Shades of Blue" were featured in Dawson's Creek episodes.
In the 7th season of ER, there is one episode named "Sand and Water" that features the same-titled song several times