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  1. 45 years ago today, #HarryChapin, American folk-rock singer-songwriter ("Taxi"; "Cat's In The Cradle"), died in car crash at 38.
    #RIP 🕯️

  2. "W.O.L.D." is a song written and performed by #HarryChapin. The song is about an aging #discJockey who travels the United States seeking happiness, which he believes he will find by following his passion for being a radio broadcaster, only to discover that his life, looks, and voice have all passed him by, as hinted in the OLD of the title. The song is sung through the point of view of a phone call conversation from the DJ to his ex-wife.
    youtube.com/watch?v=SbNhdhKJpf0

  3. #OnThisDay in 1942, #HarryChapin, American folk-rock singer-songwriter ("Taxi"; "Cat's in the Cradle"; "Mr. Tanner"), born in New York City (d. 1981).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 🪦

  4. "Cat's in the Cradle" is a #folkRock song by American singer-songwriter #HarryChapin, from his fourth studio album, #VeritiesAndBalderdash (1974). The single topped the US #Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became his #signatureSong and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 #GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance and was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame in 2011.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5u-KWa3tL-0

  5. Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 21, 1974.

    #Music, #HarryChapin, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  6. Discovering my ancestral connection to Pete Seeger brought to mind this song, “Old Folkie” by Harry Chapin, written about Pete Seeger.

    This lyric was written in 1979. We’ll need “Old Folkies” in 2025.

    He's the man with the banjo and the 12-string guitar
    And he's singing us the songs that tell us who we are
    When you look in his eyes you know that somebody's in there

    #Music #FolkMusic #Songs #Lyrics #PeteSegeer #HarryChapin #Singers

  7. "Cat's in the Cradle" is a 1974 #folkRock song by #HarryChapin from the album #VeritiesAndBalderdash. The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 #GrammyAwardForBestMalePopVocalPerformance and was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame in 2011.
    youtu.be/etundhQa724