Tamara Champlin

Tamara Champlin
Background information
Birth name	Tamara Matoesian
Born	United States
Genres	Rock, Americana, country
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Indie
Associated acts	Sons of Champlin, Bill Champlin & Tamara Champlin

Tamara Champlin is an American Singer/Songwriter who started her career as a session singer in Houston, Texas, later moving to Los Angeles. She has performed with and written for singers such as Elton John, Leon Russell, Nicky Hopkins, Andreas Carlsson, husband Bill Champlin and son Will Champlin. Tour Dates from 2010-2015 with Bill Champlin included California, Europe, Hawaii, Japan, South America, Kuwait and Iraq ; she is a full member of the Sons of Champlin, active in the Rhythmic Arts Project to benefit children, and the Saving K-9 Lives Charity encouraging adoption of shelter pets.

Tamara Champlin's (then Matoesian) early career began as a "Gilley's" dancer and singer with Becky Bauch Williams (then Conway) in the Movie Urban Cowboy(Paramount Pictures 1980), followed by credits on Elton John's album The Fox in 1981, and future husband Bill Champlin's album Runaway. She went on her first road trip as part of Rita Coolidge's band to South Africa also in 1981. In films, she had lead vocal acknowledgment for "Heart of Glass" (composed with Bill Champlin and Bruce Gaitsch) from Caddyshack II; sang three songs in the Rob Lowe Movie Illegally Yours where she also shared songwriting distinction with Bruce Gaitsch on "Who Wins" from that film; lastly with husband Bill Champlin and Rita Coolidge there were two songs performed on screen in the Jim Carrey Movie "Copper Mountain" (1983). In 1983-84 she was a regular background vocalist on Alan Thicke's Show the "Thicke of the Night" and in 1988 was part of the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Celebration.

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