Chris Copping
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Chris Copping (born 29 August 1945, Middleton, Lancashire, England) is a musician and singer-songwriter who has also composed for TV and film. He predominantly plays organ, piano and bass guitar.
In 1960 he joined a group called The Paramounts as a guitarist but left in December 1962 to go to study chemistry at Leicester University. (Diz Derrick replaced him in the group until they split up in October 1966.)
After graduating he joined Procol Harum replacing both Matthew Fisher on organ and David Knights on bass. At this point Procol Harum was in effect The Paramounts with the addition of lyricist Keith Reid. Between December 1969 and March 1977 Copping recorded seven albums with the group and toured extensively. During this time Copping alternated between bass guitar and Hammond organ as other musicians jointed the group. After recording the album, Something Magic, he left the group and was replaced by Dee Murray for the accompanying tour, after which the group broke up.
In 1978 he moved to Australia where he continues to play and compose. In recent years Copping has worked with artists such as Mark Hilton, JoJo Leslie and Astrid Munday, as well as composing music for a number of short films (Miss Fortune, The Web and Slim Pickings).
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