''Portrait Gallery'' is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1975.

History

An early version of "Someone Keeps Calling My Name", done in a folk-rock vein reminiscent of The Byrds, appeared on the obscure 1966 album Chapin recorded with his brothers, ''Chapin Music!''. The main guitar riff (and entire arrangement) in this version is strikingly similar to

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' equally obscure 1966 track "Doll House." Another version of the song was recorded for the 1972 album Sniper and Other Love Songs under the title of "City Sweet", but didn't make the final cut. It was later released in 2004 on the Heads & Tales / Sniper & Other Love Songs CD compilation. The album artwork was designed and illustrated by Milton Glaser.

Track listing

Personnel

*Harry Chapin - guitar, vocals *Murray Adler - violin *Ron Bacchiocchi -

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, percussion *Ed Bednarski -

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

*Gene Bianco -

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

* George Bohanon - trombone *

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- trumpet *

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- piano,

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, vocals * Tom Chapin - vocals * Rita Coolidge - vocals *Assa Drori - violin *Jesse Ehrlich - cello *Joan Fishman - vocals *

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- vocals *Ronald Folsom - violin *James Getzoff - violin *Jeff Gross - vocals * Jim Horn - saxophone *Paul Hubinon - trumpet *Bill Hymanson - strings *Armand Kaproff - cello * Jackie Kelso - saxophone *David Kondziela - vocals * Kris Kristofferson - vocals * Paul Leka - piano,

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*Jonathan B. Lindle - vocals *Betty MacIver - vocals *Pete MacIver - vocals *Michael Masters - cello *Marti McCall - vocals * Jay Migliori - saxophone,

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

*Tim Moore - keyboards, clavinet *Todd Mulder - vocals *Alexander Neiman - viola *Gareth Nuttycombe - viola *Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals *Geoff Parker - vocals, choir, chorus *Judi Parker - vocals *Don Payne -

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*Donald Peake - synthesizer *Stanley Plummer - violin *Katherine Anne Porter - vocals *Frank Porto -

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

*Kathy Ramos - vocals *Henry Roth - violin * Allan Schwartzberg - drums *Tim Scott - cello *Jack Shulman - violin *Frank Simms - vocals *George Simms - vocals *Ken Smith - flute,

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*Bob Springer - percussion *

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- vocals * John Tropea - guitar *Sheila Turner - vocals *Christopher Von Koschembahr - vocals * John Wallace - bass, vocals *Rob White - whistle *Susan White - vocals *Carolyn Willis - vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control Harry Chapin albums 1975 albums Albums produced by Paul Leka Elektra Records albums Albums with cover art by Milton Glaser