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The Gold Medal Collection
''The Gold Medal Collection'' is a 1988 two-CD compilation album featuring various songs and interviews by singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. It was released by Elektra Records to commemorate Chapin for being posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work and campaigns to end hunger.Harry Chapin: The Gold Medal Collection, album notes, Elektra/Asylum Records, 1988. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1 million copies. Track listing Disc 1 (1:08:22): #"Taxi" - 6:44 #" Sunday Morning Sunshine" - 3:30 #"Old College Avenue" - 4:25 #"Dirty Old Man" - 1:25 #"I Wanna Learn a Love Song" - 4:19 #"Cat's in the Cradle" - 3:44 #"Tangled Up Puppet" - 3:42 #"Dancing Boy" - 3:40 #"Thanksgiving Hunger Drives" - 0:47 #" Flowers Are Red (Live)" - 5:01 #"She Sings Songs Without Words" - 3:31 #"Shooting Star" - 4:02 #"Winter Song" - 2:30 #"Story of a Life" - 5:15 #"Commitment and Pete Seeger" - 1:47 #"There Only Was One Choice" - 14:00 Disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Chapin
Harold Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy Award-winning artist and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee, has sold over 16 million records worldwide. Chapin recorded a total of 11 albums from 1972 until his death in 1981. All 14 singles that he released became hits on at least one national music chart. As a dedicated humanitarian, Chapin 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. Biography Harry Forster Chapin was born on December 7, 1942 in New York City, the second of four children of legendary percussionist Jim Chapin and Jeanne Elspeth, daughter of the literary critic Kenneth Burke. His brothers, Tom and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Wanna Learn A Love Song
"I Wanna Learn a Love Song" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1974 album, Verities & Balderdash. The song is about a guitar teacher who gives guitar lessons to a woman who is falling in love with him. Background The song is a true story about how Chapin met his wife Sandra Chapin. The song starts out showing a guitar teacher who only has his guitar to "Keep his belly still". For each lesson, he got a "crisp ten dollar bill". The woman in the song says that she wants to play the guitar and hear her children sing with her. As the song goes on, he tried to teach her some chords, but she only wants to listen to him and his guitar. He can hear her husband In his den, "playing stud poker with the boys". Finally, she met him at the door when the "den was dark" suggesting her husband had left. Towards the end of the song, it is implied that he and the woman had sex. There was a significant change to the first verse when Harry performed live - the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Chapin Albums
Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters *Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name *Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname *Dirty Harry (musician) (born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry *Harry Potter (character), the main protagonist in a Harry Potter fictional series by J. K. Rowling Other uses *Harry (derogatory term), derogatory term used in Norway * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *The tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape ("The Great Escape") of World War II * ''Harry'' (newspaper), an underground newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland See also *Harrying (laying waste), may refer to the following historical events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Compilation Albums
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Remember When The Music (song)
"Remember When the Music" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin, from the album ''Sequel''. The song is the next chronological single from his hit single, "Sequel" from the same album. It reached the top 50 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart and spent five weeks on the chart. Background The song was written as a tribute to Allard K. Lowenstein, a former New York congressman who was shot and killed in 1980. Chapin stated that the song became more apparent when John Lennon was killed the same year. Chart performance Different versions The song has three different versions. It consists of a reprise, which is an acoustic take on the song. The second version is the regular song, that was released as a single. The third version is very similar to the second version, with only minor differences. Other uses *Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Band On The Titanic (song)
"Dance Band on the Titanic" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on the album of the same name in 1977. Released as a single, the song became a hit on the Australian Charts. It has been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums. Background When describing the song, Chapin says that the entertainment industry acts like the ''Titanic'''s actual band; creating diversions so no one focuses on the iceberg. ''Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with '' Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 under the name ''Music Vendor'', but in 1964 it was changed to ''Record Wo ...'' said that the song "incorporates bits of music hall, jazz and boogie-woogie, all underlying a bizarre tale of a famous sinking, icebergs and all." Chart performance Other uses *It was included on the ''Lies and Legends'' cast recording in 1984. References {{authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sniper (song)
"Sniper" is a ballad written by Harry Chapin and first released on the album ''Sniper and Other Love Songs'' in 1972. Overview The song, nearly 10 minutes long, is based on the shootings at the University of Texas tower shooting in 1966, with some fictional elements. The song does not name the actual sniper, Charles Whitman, or the location. The victims' names have also been changed. Harry wrote this piece using three distinct "voices" for dramatic effect. Chapin sings all three voices. The first is the narrator, telling the story. The second is a variety of people reacting to the event, as if in response to news media questions. And the third voice is that of the Sniper himself, stating his fears, his motives, and his raw emotions. Throughout the song, the time signature changes several times, with variations in tempo, identifying and supporting the three different voices. The narrator begins by describing the Sniper climbing the stairs of the tower, "two bulky suitcases han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey's Coming
"Corey's Coming" is a song written and sung by Harry Chapin. It was released on his 1976 album '' On the Road to Kingdom Come''. Story The song, sung in first person, tells of John Joseph, an old man who lives out in the railroad yards. The Narrator tells how he likes to visit him in the evenings to listen to the old man's stories of the "glories of his past" and how he always ends the night with story of the arrival of his Corey, who he describes like an apparent love interest coming for him. :''My Corey's coming, no more sad stories coming'' :''My midnight-moonlight-morning-glory's coming aren't you girl?'' :''And like I told you, when she holds you'' :''She enfolds you in her world.'' The Narrator finds the old man's stories surprising and asks the town's folk about them to which they respond that "Old John was born here / he's lived here all his life / he's never had a woman let alone a wife" and that "no one named Corey's ever lived in this town". The Narrator questions John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W*O*L*D
"W.O.L.D." is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song is about an aging disc jockey 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, only hearing what he has to say to her. The lyrics go on to reveal that perhaps we can never change who we really are, and that what he had really wanted was the love and companionship that had eluded him in a previous failed relationship. The song is said to have helped to inspire Hugh Wilson to conceive of the premise of the TV series ''WKRP in Cincinnati,'' including the lyrics of the theme song in which a DJ seems to speak to a former lover about his travels in his occupation—now he's "living on the air in Cincinnati...got kind of tired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Better Place To Be (Harry Chapin Song)
"A Better Place to Be" is a song by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album, '' Sniper and Other Love Songs''. The song is about a midnight watchman confiding in a waitress, while drinking gin, about a woman that he met a week before and had a one-night stand with. Released as a single, the song reached No. 18 on the '' Billboard'' Bubbling Under chart. A live version, from the 1976 album '' Greatest Stories Live'', reached No. 86 on the Hot 100 chart. '' Record World'' called it a "distinctive Chapin narrative, this time a downbeat tale about two lonely people." According to Chapin, it was his favorite song that he wrote. Story The song begins with "a little man" sitting at a bar, looking glum. The waitress, who is described as a "big ol' friendly girl", notices this in him and asks him what his problem is. The little man ignores the waitress at first, but after "a couple of sips" of gin, he begins to tell her his story. The song then takes the little man's point of view as he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of A Life (song)
"Story of a Life" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin, from the album ''Sequel''. The song is the final single released from the album, and Chapin's final single before his death in July 1981. When released, it became a hit on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100. Peaking at 105, it stayed on the chart for five weeks making all three singles from the album hits. It has been included on numerous anthology releases. Background When talking about the song, Chapin says that he wrote it in a romantic mood. He explains that he came up with the song when he was flying home in a jet when there was a storm and his life flashed before his eyes. Chart performance Different versions The song has an alternate version that was previously unreleased. The alternate version was released on the Onwards and Upwards album. Other uses *Harry's brother, Tom Chapin Tom Chapin (born March 13, 1945) is an American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and storyteller. Chapin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers Are Red
"Flowers Are Red" is a folk song written and sung by Harry Chapin, and recorded for his 1978 album '' Living Room Suite''. It was released a single, and became a top 20 Irish hit. Content The song tells the story of a little boy who on the first day of school started drawing pictures of flowers using many different colors. The teacher (sung by Chapin in a falsetto voice) is angry, so she tells him that he should not be coloring because it is not time for art, and in any case, the boy is coloring the flowers all wrong and that he should paint them red and green, " the way they always have been seen." The boy disagrees and continues to color them from his imagination until the teacher punishes him by standing him in a corner. Finally, the now terrified little boy gives in and tells the teacher that "flowers are red, and green leaves are green." Years later, the little boy moves towns and attends a different school, a new teacher encourages her students to use all sorts of colors, onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
