Q:Facts: - years active: 1968 -- present - instruments: vocals percussion , guitar , bass guitar , drums , - caption: chaplin live with brian wilson 2013 - birth name: terrence william chaplin - notable instruments: gibson les paul junior fender telecaster fender jazz bass - birth date: 07 july 1951 - name: blondie chaplin - background: solo_singer - label: brother columbia records , asylum records , big karma records records , reprise records , capitol records , - associated acts: the , paul butterfield , david johansen , the rolling stones beach , the byrds 20th anniversary celebration , the band , boys brian wilson , jeff beck , the flames , rick danko - occupation: musician , songwriter , producer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of blondie chaplin .
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terence william '' blondie '' chaplin -lrb- born 7 july 1951 -rrb- is a musician from durban , south africa who first became known to international audiences through his time in the early 1970s as a singer and guitarist for the beach boys .chaplin was also listed as a co-producer , sang lead vocals with fellow south african musician ricky fataar -lrb- drummer -rrb- and composed , with fataar , '' here she comes '' and '' hold on dear brother '' on the twenty-third official beach boys album , '' carl and the passions -- '' so tough '' '' , released in 1972 .he is known as a long-term backing vocalist , percussionist , and acoustic rhythm guitarist for the rolling stones on their recordings and tours over a 10-year period , starting in 1997 .blondie chaplin , along with drummer ricky fataar , joined the beach boys when original drummer dennis wilson suffered a hand injury that left him unable to play the drums for almost two years .for the beach boys , it was a period in which long-time member bruce johnston had departed the band , and one-time leader brian wilson 's participation in the group was very limited .as a result , chaplin and fataar joined the beach boys as full-fledged members and not merely as backing musicians .chaplin left the group in 1973 after a dispute with the beach boys ' management ; fataar remained with the band until the following year .both chaplin and fataar were members of south african rock band the flames before joining the beach boys .the flames were discovered by beach boy carl wilson while performing in london .wilson signed the band to the beach boys ' brother records label and produced their self-titled album , '' the flame '' -lrb- changed from flames , to avoid confusion with the group that played with james brown -rrb- , which featured soulful rock/pop songs in the vein of the beach boys and badfinger .the flame were the only band aside from the beach boys to record for brother records .blondie sang lead on various beach boys songs from two studio albums , '' carl...