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Chris Eaton
Birth nameChristopher Neville Eaton
Born (1958-09-16) 16 September 1958 (age 66)
Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
GenresContemporary Christian, pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Websitewww.chriseaton.co.uk

Christopher Neville Eaton (born 16 September 1958) is a British Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, who has written songs for singers such as Cliff Richard, Amy Grant and Jaci Velasquez.

Career

Born in Sedgley, Staffordshire,[citation needed] Eaton was a member of the 1980s bands Lyrix and the Mark Williamson Band prior to his solo career. He has toured the US to promote his albums,[1] and also toured Europe as opening act for Art Garfunkel in 1998.[2] He worked on Roger Daltrey's 1987 solo album Can't Wait to See the Movie, singing backing vocals.

Eaton wrote Cliff Richard's 1990 UK Christmas No. 1 single "Saviour's Day" and has also written songs that have been performed by other CCM artists such as Amy Grant, who recorded a version of Eaton's "Breath of Heaven".[3] He also wrote several Jaci Velasquez songs including "On My Knees" and "God So Loved" as well as producing two albums.

Personal life

Eaton married singer songwriter Abby Scott in May 2009.[citation needed]

Discography

Albums

  • 1986: Vision
  • 1995: Wonderful World
  • 1997: Cruisin' (released in North America as What Kind of Love)
  • 2008: Dare to Dream

Songs recorded by other artists

Cliff Richard

  • 1981: "Lost in a Lonely World", on album Wired for Sound
  • 1981: "Summer Rain", on album Wired for Sound
  • 1982: "Where do we go from here", on single and album Now You See Me, Now You Don't
  • 1982: "Little Town"[4] (rearrangement of "O Little Town of Bethlehem"), on single and album Now You See Me, Now You Don't
  • 1982: "Discovering", on album Now You See Me, Now You Don't
  • 1987: "Under Your Spell", on album Always Guaranteed
  • 1989: "Joanna", on album Stronger
  • 1990: "Saviour's Day",[5] on single and album From a Distance
  • 1990: "All the Time You Need", on album From a Distance
  • 2001: "Let Me Be the One", on album Wanted
  • 2003: "Santa's List",[6] on album Cliff at Christmas
  • 2004: "For Life", on album Something's Goin' On
  • 2004: "I Don't Wanna Lose You", on album Something's Goin' On
  • 2004: "Faithful One", on album Something's Goin' On
  • 2015: "Golden", on album 75 at 75

Amy Grant

Jaci Velasquez

References

  1. ^ Miller, Michael (6 April 1995). "Keaggy communicates with audience Christian musician has few doubts about fellow artists' sincerity". Peoria Journal Star. p. C3. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (6 June 1998). "Higher ground". Billboard. p. 53. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ DeBoer, Terry (30 October 1995). "Duo Out of the Grey knows the way to inspire through music, movement". Grand Rapids Press. p. B4. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Little Town at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ^ Saviour's Day at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ^ Santa's List at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2015.