Early years Chatton was born in
Farnworth,
Lancashire, England. From 1950 to 1965, the family lived in
Kearsley. When Chatton and Anderson moved to London, Chatton met
Phil Collins and they formed a band to back
John Walker of
The Walker Brothers. Leaving Walker, the pair formed their own band, Hickory, which then evolved into
Flaming Youth.
1970s He played keyboards in
Jackson Heights from their second album on. Around 1974, he was in
Snafu for a short period, alongside
Micky Moody and
Colin Gibson. He appeared on their third album,
All Funked Up, released 1975. He was on the first
Rock Follies album in 1976. He joined a band put together by Chas Chandler (Animals) and backed
Eric Burdon for 8 months, which included dates with both Santana, and Journey at Wembley Stadium. He also wrote the music for Eric's lyrics for a movie featuring Terence Stamp, called "Les Human." He did various sessions in London, playing with Ginger Baker. 3–5-year touring, recording and touring with John Miles band. Toured in America for first time. Roger Glover (Deep Purple) Mike Giles (King Crimson) Jack Green (Marc Bolan/Pretty Things) played on 4 of Jack's albums. Nico McBrain, Pat Travers, Iron Maiden, John Porter, Shep Pettibone (Producer – Pet Shop Boys) In July 1979, Chatton joined Anderson,
Allan Holdsworth,
Jack Bruce and
Adrian Tilbrook for a one-off performance in London as The All-Star Rock Band.
1980s He wrote "Take My Love and Run" for The Hollies, their last Polydor single, released in 1981. He also appeared with The Hollies when they promoted the single on TV. He wrote further material for the band's next album,
What Goes Around. He toured with
Meatloaf Alan White,
Brian Auger,
Albert Lee. He has also written music for TV and many adverts.
Recent years He now lives in California and self published his autobiography, ==Lists of collaborators==