Verities & Balderdash is the fourth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1974. “Cat’s in the Cradle” was Chapin’s highest-charting single, finishing at number 38 for the year on the 1974 Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart. The follow-up single, “I Wanna Learn a Love Song,” charted on the Billboard Hot 100 […]
Heads & Tales is the first studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album contains Chapin’s first hit, “Taxi.” The album and single both charted successfully for over six months, with both selling over 1 million copies each. Early LP pressings of Heads & Tales featured a die-cut front cover with […]
“Taxi” is a song written by Harry Chapin, released as a single in early 1972 to coincide with the release of his album Heads & Tales. It is an autobiographical ballad using first-person narrative to tell the story of a taxi cab driver meeting an old flame from his youth when he picks her up […]
Sniper And Other Love Songs is the second studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1972. The album’s title song is a vaguely fictionalised account of Charles Whitman’s shootings from the clocktower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin in August 1966. In 2004 it was released as […]
“Sunday Morning Sunshine” is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1972 album, Sniper and Other Love Songs. The song was released as a single the same year as his top 20 hit, “Taxi” and debut album, Heads & Tales. Cash Box described it as a “realistic look […]
Dance Band on the Titanic is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1977. Its vinyl release is a double album. It was later released as a single CD. Tracks 1 Dance Band On The Titanic (Harry Chapin) 5:03 2 Why Should People Stay The Same (Harry Chapin) 4:32 3 […]