Chris Eaton (UK musician)

Chris Eaton
Chris Eaton
Birth name	Christopher Neville Eaton
Born	16 September 1958 (age 65); Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Genres	Contemporary Christian, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Associated acts	Cliff Richard, Amy Grant, Roger Daltrey, Art Garfunkel, Jaci Velasquez
Website	www.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.

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

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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

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