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Chris Copping
(born 29 August 1945 in
Middleton, Lancashire
, England) is a musician and singer-songwriter who was a member of
Procol Harum
in the 1970s, and has also composed for TV and film. He predominantly plays
organ
, piano and bass guitar.
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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.
From 1963 until 1966 he studied at
Leicester University
, receiving an honours degree in
chemistry
. From 1966 to 1969, he worked for the government and studied for a PhD. During this time his first marriage had broken up and he had returned to playing music, initially playing the organ in a pub, then playing traditional German music. In 1969, he was invited by
Robin Trower
to replace
Matthew Fisher
on organ and
David Knights
on bass in Procol Harum (at which point that band consisted entirely of ex-The Paramounts musicians).
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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 joined 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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