Marshall Chapman

Marshall Chapman (born January 7, 1949) She was the daughter of a cotton mill owner. After she attended a concert by Elvis Presley in 1956, she became interested in rock and roll. She was educated at Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She then graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1971.

Career She embarked upon a music career in the 1970s. Her songs have been recorded by such diverse artists as Conway Twitty, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Wynonna, Jessi Colter, John Hiatt, Dion, Olivia Newton-John, Irma Thomas, Rattlesnake Annie and Ronnie Milsap. Her song "Betty's Bein' Bad" was a hit for Sawyer Brown.

Her 1978 album, Jaded Virgin (Epic), was voted Record of the Year by Stereo Review. In 1998, Marshall and Matraca Berg contributed 14 songs to Good Ol' Girls, a country musical based on the stories of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle. The musical continues to play theaters throughout the South.

She has written two books. Her memoir, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, was published in 2003 by St. Martin's Press. Her second book, They Came to Nashville, was published in 2010 by Vanderbilt University Press – Country Music Foundation Press. It is a 2010 Fall Okra Pick of the Southern Independent Booksellers Association.

Discography Me, I'm Feelin' Free – Epic/CBS – 1977 Jaded Virgin – Epic/CBS – 1978 Marshall – Epic – 1979 Take It On Home – Rounder – 1982 Dirty Linen – Tall Girl – 1987 Inside Job – Tall Girl – 1991 It's About Time… – Tallgirl/Island/Margaritaville – 1995 Love Slave – Tallgirl/Island/Margaritaville – 1996 Goodbye, Little Rock And Roller – Tall Girl – 2003 Live! The Bitter End – Tall Girl – 2004 Mellowicious! – Thirty Tigers/Tallgirl – 2006 Big Lonesome – Tall Girl – 2011 Blaze Of Glory – Tall Girl – 2013 Songs I Can't Live Without – Tall Girl – 2020