finetune artist: Harry Chapin

New York singer-songwriter Harry Chapin earned a reputation as a tireless performer and a remarkably generous man who toured the country constantly, and gave an unheard-of percentage of his performance earnings to charity. Chapin's most memorable tunes, including million-sellers like "Taxi" and "Cats in the Cradle," were story songs delivered in a soulful rasp, in which he sang of missed opportunities and dreams that don't come true. Although critics found his music pretentious or sentimental, Chapin was a huge success in the '70s. When he lost his life in a 1981 traffic accident, the outpouring of emotion from around the world testified to just how much the man and his music were revered.

Listen to Harry Chapin at Finetune.

(2007) Portrait Gallery
(2007) On The Road To Kingdom Come
(2007) Heads & Tales
(2007) Dance Band On The Titanic
(2007) Legends Of The Lost And Found - New Greatest Stories Live
(2005) Short Stories
(2005) Sniper & Other Love Songs
(2001) VH1: Behind The Music: The Harry Chapin Collection
(1998) The Bottom Line Encore Collection (CD1)
(1998) The Bottom Line Encore Collection (CD2)
(1993) Portrait Gallery
(1993) Living Room Suite
(1993) On The Road To Kingdom Come
(1993) Dance Band On The Titanic
(1993) Living Room Suite
(1990) Verities And Balderdash
(1988) The Gold Metal Collection
(1988) The Gold Medal Collection - CD2
(1988) The Gold Metal Collection
(1987) Heads & Tales
(1976) Greatest Stories - Live

Cat's In The Cradle
Taxi
W*O*L*D*
Circle
A Better Place to Be