This 70s #1 Hit Is A WAKE UP CALL To Everyone Who DARES Listen... | Professor of Rock

The story of Harry Chapin’s beautiful and poignant masterpiece, Cat’s in the Cradle. You think you know the story but you really don’t. How Harry’s wife Sandy woke him up to the damage he was inflicting on his family as he let the rock star life overtake him, The cautionary tale that we’ve all benefited from hit #1 in 1974 and changed not only our lives but the life of the singer/songwriter…

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Hey music junkies and vinyl junkies Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest 70s rock songs of all time for the music community and vinyl community with music history video essay's including today's Harry Chapin's Story of Cat's In The Cradle. If you’ve ever owned records, cassettes and CD’s at different times in you life or still do this is your place Subscribe below right now to be a part of our daily celebration of the rock era with exclusive stories from straight from the artists and click on our patreon link in the description to become an Honorary Producer.

So it’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show goes deep into songs that transcend genre, decade, and fads - songs that really are monumental touchstones in our culture and society. On previous episodes we have covered Something by The Beatles, A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum, Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper. Today we are breaking down the story behind Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin.

Harry Chapin wasn’t at the hospital the day his son Josh was born. In fact, he was out of state performing a concert. Although to give him credit, he didn’t miss his son’s birth on purpose. Earlier that day Harry’s wife Sandy drove him to the airport to catch a flight for Atlanta and a one-week tour. However, after dropping him off, she began having premature labor pains and went straight to the hospital to have their baby.

Josh was born on November 15, 1972, two months early and in need of special care. Later that day, Sandy called Harry at his Atlanta hotel to deliver the news. Sadly, it wouldn’t be the last time Harry missed a milestone moment in his son’s life, or in the lives of his four other children. Musically, Harry Chapin’s star started rising in 1972 with the success of his debut album ‘Heads & Tails.’ It featured the single Taxi which went to #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. When Chapin played the song on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, the performance was so well received, viewers flooded the phone lines requesting Chapin return to the show.

It was the first time Carson brought a performer back the next night for an encore performance. That same year Chapin released his follow-up album, ‘Sniper and Other Love Songs.’ Though less commercially successful, its tracs ‘Circle’ would later be called Chapin’s anthem. In 1973, Harry released his third record, ‘Short Stories’, which sold over a million copies and produced the international hit, W.O.L.D. The song was about an aging DJ who gave up his life and family for his career.

By this point Chapin’s professional future was looking bright. However, his homelife was deteriorating. Harry was on the road for long periods of time. And when he was home, he wasn’t really there. Harry had checked out from his family for some time. To vent her frustrations, Sandy wrote poetry in a personal notebook she called “F*** You, Harry.” To all of you husbands out there, if your wife is keeping a book like this, I’d say it’s probably time to make some changes in your life.

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