Trivia / Harry Chapin

• Country Cousin: He was fifth-cousins with country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter.
• Reality Subtext: Harry Chapin admitted that he wrote "Cat's in the Cradle", which was based on a poem by his wife, after his son was born while he was out on the road.
• Short-Lived, Big Impact: Chapin's career was mainly centered in the seventies. However, he was a big inspiration on musical activism including USA For Africa, Hands Across America, and even Live AID.

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