Harry Chapin

For his campaigning for social issues, in particular his highlighting of hunger around the world and in the US, including being widely recognised as being the key player in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977, Chapin was posthumusly awarded the Special Congressional Gold Medal in 1987.
. His epitaph is taken from his song "I Wonder What Would Happen to this World." It is :.
. Harry Chapin died on July 16, 1981 in a car accident at the age of only 38 and was interred in the Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, New York. The band has not played together since then although there are plans to rehearse, in early 2005, for several shows at the Royal Albert Hall. He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977. After breaking up in November 1968 the three members of Cream didn't play together until 1993, when Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and played at the induction ceremony.

In the mid 1970s, Chapin focused on his social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States and co-founding the organization World Hunger Year, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. The late Felix Pappalardi, producer (and later member of Mountain), sometimes called the 'fourth member' of Cream, is featured heavily on the Disraeli Gears album. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the single "Cat's in the Cradle.". Both these live tracks feature on the Wheels of Fire - Live at the Fillmore, essentially a completely different album to the In the Studio album, but with the cover differing only in the title, the colour, and the details of the tracks. Chapin's debut album was Heads and Tales (1972), which was a success thanks to the single "Taxi." His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful, but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Cream epitomised the high energy sound of the time, anchored in a familiar blues style; from the traditional classics such as "Crossroads" and "Born Under a Bad Sign", through more eccentric imagery found in "Strange Brew" and "Tales of Brave Ulysses", and culminating in the protracted eccentricities of "Spoonful" and "Toad". With John Wallace, Tim Scott and Ron Palmer, Chapin started playing in various local nightclubs in New York City. The drug-addled imagery and ambience of the time abounds.

In 1971, he decided to focus on music. Celebrated as the first of the great power trios of rock, their sound was characterised by a melange of blues and psychedelia, combining Clapton's mastery of the genre with the airy voice of Jack Bruce and, at times, manic rhythms of Ginger Baker. He originally intended to be a documentary film-maker, and directed Legendary Champions in 1968. Cream were a seminal 1960s rock band which featured the guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 - July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. This article is about the 1960s rockband, Cream is also the name of a British nightclub.. Story of a Life (1999, Elektra). Live Cream Volume 2.

The Bottom Line Encore Collection (1998, Bottom Line / Koch). Live Cream. The Last Protest Singer (1988, Dunhill Compact Disc Classics). Goodbye Cream. The Gold Medal Collection (1988, Elektra). Wheels of Fire - Live at the Fillmore (the tracks on this album were actually recorded live at "Winterland" in San Francisco). Remember When the Music (1987, Dunhill Compact Disc Classics). Wheels of Fire - In the Studio.

Anthology of Harry Chapin (1985, Elektra). Disraeli Gears. Sequel (1980, Boardwalk Records). Fresh Cream. Legends of the Lost and Found (Double Album, 1979, Elektra). Living Room Suite (1978, Elektra).

Dance Band on the Titanic (Double Album, 1977, Elektra). On the Road to Kingdom Come (1976, Elektra). Greatest Stories Live (Double Album, 1976, Elektra). Portrait Gallery (1975, Elektra).

Verities & Balderdash (1974, Elektra). Short Stories (1973, Elektra). Sniper and Other Love Songs (1972, Elektra). Heads and Tales (1972, Elektra).

Chapin Music (1966, Rock-Land Records).