# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blondie-chaplin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:54.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blondie-chaplin"
name: "Blondie Chaplin"
slug: "blondie-chaplin"
description: "Terrence William \"Blondie\" Chaplin is a South African singer and guitarist from Durban, where he played in the band the Flames in the mid to late 1960s. From 1972 to 1973, he was a member of the Beach Boys and contributed to their albums Carl and the Passions – \"So Tough\" (1972) and Holland (1973). During his stint with the Beach Boys, he sang the lead on the popular song, \"Sail On Sailor\". Chaplin was a long-term backing vocalist, percussionist, and acoustic rhythm guitarist for the Rolling Stones on their recordings and tours over a 15-year period, starting in 1997. Chaplin has released two solo albums, Blondie Chaplin (1977) and Between Us (2006)."
tagline: "South African musician; member of the Beach Boys (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blondie_Chaplin_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.37
  momentum:             0.2575704838148277
  historical:           12.38494266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BlondieChaplin"
    handle:    "BlondieChaplin"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152229/"
    handle:    "nm0152229"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RnjzTi9pBPXEqOtKh4OPj"
    handle:    "2RnjzTi9pBPXEqOtKh4OPj"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بلوندى تشاپلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_Chaplin"
    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Blondie Chaplin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump