Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American country singer-songwriter born in 1958. Her inauspicious beginnings were as a bar singer singing cover versions but was later persuaded to produce her own material and seek a record deal. By 1987 she had released her first album Hometown Girl. By 1992 she had released Come On Come On which remains her biggest seller to date. Indeed, her most successful period was in the 90s; the five albums released during this decade all achieved at least gold certification and three were at least platinum. She has continued to release albums to the present day and her most recent was The Calling (2007).
Throughout her career she has collaborated with, and written songs for, many of her contemporaries, including Joan Baez, Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton and Shawn Colvin.
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