Happy Birthday to the late, (absolutely) great Harry Chapin...son of Brooklyn, NY....brilliant singer/songwriter, visionary, Chapin was born into a middle-class family in New York City, the second of four children who also included future musicians Tom and Steve. His parents were Jeanne Elspeth (née Burke) and Jim Chapin, a legendary percussionist. He had English ancestry, his great-grandparents having immigrated in the late 19th century. Chapins first formal introduction to music was while singing in the Brooklyn Boys Choir, where Chapin met Big John Wallace, a tenor with a five-octave range, who later became his bassist, backing vocalist, and his straight man onstage. Chapin began performing with his brothers while a teenager, with their father occasionally joining them on drums. Chapin graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 60 and was among the five inductees in the schools Alumni Hall Of Fame for the year 2000. He briefly attended the United States Air Force Academy and was then an intermittent student at Cornell University but did not complete a degree. He originally intended to be a documentary film-maker and directed Legendary Champions in 1968, which was nominated for a documentary Academy Award. In 1971, he decided to focus on music. With John Wallace, Tim Scott and Ron Palmer, Chapin started playing in various local nightclubs in New York City. This song always makes me cry... https://youtube/watch?v=1yjxWfyxpqY
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 23:04:40 +0000
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