He is most remembered for his association with Curtis Knight and the Squires which caused problems for Jimi Hendrix throughout his career.
[5] In 1962, he had signed contracts with RCA Mexicana and Gamma Records to promote his pre-recorded tapes catalogue.
[10][12] In 1966, Billboard announced that Chalpin in partnership with Douglas "Jocko" Henderson from Philly radio station WHAT, was launching a new label called Chalco Records.
[13] The recording was made at Studio 76 aka Dimensional Sound, and it featured Hendrix on the instrumental backing.
[14] Around June 1968 Chalpin had signed up Rickie Mason, a Canadian singer who he referred to as a white James Brown and whom he would produce for the British Decca label[15] In February 1969 Chalpin went to Argentina with Anthony Swete,[16] who had scored his second Top Ten hit in the country with "Hold Me Tight".
[17][18] Chalpin produced the Curtis Knight solo album Down in the Village which was released in 1971 on Paramount Records PAS 5023.
[21] In 1971, Chalpin worked with Chubby Checker on a psychedelic album, which was released under a variety of titles including Slow Twistin' .
[26] It was announced in the May 12, 1973 edition of Billboard that Chalpin was now the manager of singer Jimmy Cliff and had signed deals with Warner Brothers and EMI.
[30] Anthony Swete had chart success in Argentina during the 1960s with his versions of "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"[31] and "Hold Me Tight".
[37][38] It was noted by Billboard in the May 9, 1970 issue that three PPX artists – Curtis Knight, Ella Moore, and Anthony Swete – had signed with Paramount label.