''The Gold Medal Collection'' is a 1988 two-CD compilation album featuring various songs and interviews by singer-songwriter

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 A ...

. It was released by Elektra Records to commemorate Chapin for being posthumously awarded the

Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress. It is Congress's highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions by individuals or institutions. The congressional pract ...

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 Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

by the RIAA and has sold over 1 million copies.

Track listing

Disc 1 (1:08:22): #"

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" - 6:44 #" Sunday Morning Sunshine" - 3:30 #"Old College Avenue" - 4:25 #"Dirty Old Man" - 1:25 #"

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. Ba ...

" - 4:19 #"

Cat's in the Cradle "Cat's in the Cradle" is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album '' Verities & Balderdash''. The single topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became the best known of his work a ...

" - 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 ''Story of a Life'' is the third posthumous compilation album released featuring Harry Chapin, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). It was released as a box set containing 3 CDs and a 76-page booklet. Track listing Disc 1 (1:16:59): # "Taxi (Har ...

" - 5:15 #"Commitment and Pete Seeger" - 1:47 #"There Only Was One Choice" - 14:00 Disc 2 (1:11:51): #"

A Better Place to Be "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 ...

" - 7:35 #"Mail Order Annie" - 4:52 #"Performing" - 0:30 #"

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 disco ...

(Live)" - 4:46 #"

Mr. Tanner "Mr. Tanner" is a song by Harry Chapin from his 1973 album, ''Short Stories''. Big John Wallace plays Mr. Tanner by singing the chorus to "O Holy Night" in the background to the song's chorus. Story The song tells the story of Martin Tanner, a loc ...

(Live)" - 4:45 #" Corey's Coming" - 5:38 #"A Child Is Born" - 0:30 #" Sniper" - 9:50 #"Calluses" - 0:41 #"The Rock" - 4:15 #"

Dance Band on the Titanic ''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. Reception Reviewed at the time of release, ''S ...

" - 5:11 #"I Wonder What Would Happen to This World" - 3:28 #"

Sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...

" - 6:35 #"My Grandfather" - 1:45 #" Remember When the Music (Reprise)" - 3:50 #"Circle (Live)" - 7:30

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gold Medal Collection, The 1988 compilation albums Harry Chapin albums Compilation albums published posthumously Elektra Records compilation albums