Harry Chapin

Harry Forster Chapin was an American singersongwriter best known for his folk rock songs including Taxi, WOLD, Sniper, Flowers Are Red, and the No.hit Cats in the Cradle. Chapin was also a dedicated humanitarian who fought to end world hunger he was a key participant in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977. In 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work.

Chapin was born into a middleclass family in New York City, the second of four children who also included future musicians Tom and Steve. His parents were Jeanne Elspeth and Jim Chapin, a legendary percussionist. He had English ancestry, his greatgrandparents having immigrated in the late 19th century. His parents divorced in 1950, with Elspeth retaining custody of their four sons, as Jim spent much of his time on the road as a drummer for Big band era acts such as Woody Herman. She married Films in Review magazine editor Henry Hart a few years later. Chapins maternal grandfather was literary critic Kenneth Burke.

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