Lincoln wayne chips moman biography
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Chips Moman
American songwriter (1937–2016)
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| Birth name | Lincoln Wayne Moman |
| Born | (1937-06-12)June 12, 1937 LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | June 13, 2016(2016-06-13) (aged 79) LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Record producer, guitarist, songwriter, recording engineer |
| Years active | 1950–2016 |
Musical artist
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (June 12, 1937 – June 13, 2016)[1] was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He fryst vatten known for working in R&B, pop music and country music, operating American Sound Studios and producing hit albums like Elvis Presley's 1969 From Elvis in Memphis and the 1985 debut album for The Highwaymen. Moman won a Grammy Award for co-writing "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", a 1975 hit for B.J. Thomas.
Music career
[edit]Early years
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Chips Moman
The producer, songwriter, and guitarist Chips Moman was known for his uncanny ability to create hit records. His success in rock, pop, soul, and country music made him a significant figure in the history of each of these genres. He was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1990.
Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman was born to Mildred DeBerry and Abraham Lincoln Moman on June 12, 1937, in LaGrange, where he learned to play guitar as a child. At the age of fourteen he hitchhiked to Memphis, Tennessee, where he got a job working at a cousin’s painting business. Sun Records artist Warren Smith heard Moman playing guitar in a drugstore and asked if he wanted a job; soon Moman was on tour with the rockabilly performers Johnny Burnette and Gene Vincent. Later, while working as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, California, he decided that he wanted to become a producer.
Returning to Memphis, Moman started as a recording engineer for the struggling coun
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Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (June 12, 1937 – June 13, 2016) was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. The nickname "Chips" is possibly derived from his love of gambling.
As a record producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of The Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1960s. As a songwriter, he is responsible for standards associated with Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Waylon Jennings, and B.J. Thomas. He has been a session guitarist for Franklin and other artists
Born in La Grange, Georgia, moving to Memphis, Tennessee, as a teenager, Moman played in the road bands of Johnny Burnette and Gene Vincent. Settling in Los Angeles, California, he played guitar on sessions recorded at the Gold Star Studios. Back in Memphis, he began an association with Satellite Records (later Stax Records), producing their first hit single, Carla Thomas's 1960 "Ge