Harry Chapin

**Harry Forster Chapin** () adalah seorang penyanyi-penulis lagu, kemanusiaan, dan produser berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat yang terkenal karena lagu-lagu folk rock dan pop rock, yang mencapai kesuksesan dunia pada tahun 1970-an dan menjadi salah satu penyanyi dengan bayaran tertinggi pada masanya. Chapin, artis pemenang Grammy Award dan menjadi bagian dari Grammy Hall of Fame, telah menjual lebih dari 16 juta rekaman di seluruh dunia dan telah digambarkan sebagai salah satu pemain yang paling dicintai dalam sejarah musik.

Chapin merekam 11 album dari tahun 1972 hingga kematiannya pada tahun 1981. Semua 14 singel yang dirilis masuk di salah satu tangga lagu nasional.

Sebagai seorang humanis yang berdedikasi, Chapin berjuang untuk mengakhiri kelaparan dunia. Chapin menjadi peserta kunci dalam pembentukan Komisi Kepresidenan tentang Kelaparan Dunia pada tahun 1977. Chapin dikenal sebagai orang Amerika yang paling aktif secara politik dan sosial pada tahun 1970-an. Pada tahun 1987, Chapin secara anumerta dianugerahi Medali Emas Kongres untuk aktivitas kemanusiaannya.

## Penghargaan
**[[Penghargaan Grammy]]**

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|1972 || "Taxi" || Best New Artist of the Year || 
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|1975 || "Cat's in the Cradle" || Best Pop Male Vocal Performance || 
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|1986 || Harry Chapin || President's Merit Award || 
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|2011 || Harry Chapin || Hall of Fame Award || 

**Penghargaan Musik Rock**


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|1976 || Harry Chapin ||Public Service Award|| 

**[[Billboard (majalah)|Billboard]]**

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|1973 || Harry Chapin ||Trendsetter Award|| 

**Rockies**

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|1976 || Harry Chapin ||Public Service Award|| 
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|1977 || Harry Chapin ||Public Service Award|| 

### Penghargaan lainnya

* Harry Chapin ASCAP Award
* Congressional Gold Medal of Honor
* Long Island Music Hall of Fame
* Ten Outstanding Young Americans, 1977

## Diskografi

### Album studio

* *[[Heads & Tales]]* (1972, Elektra)
* *[[Sniper and Other Love Songs]]* (1972, Elektra)
* *[[Short Stories (Harry Chapin album)|Short Stories]]* (1973, Elektra)
* *[[Verities & Balderdash]]* (1974, Elektra)
* *[[Portrait Gallery (Harry Chapin Album)|Portrait Gallery]]* (1975, Elektra)
* *[[Greatest Stories Live]]* (Double Album, 1976, Elektra)
* *[[On the Road to Kingdom Come]]* (1976, Elektra)
* *[[Dance Band on the Titanic]]* (Double Album, 1977, Elektra)
* *[[Living Room Suite]]* (1978, Elektra)
* *[[Legends of the Lost and Found]]* (Double Live Album, 1979, Elektra)
* *[[Sequel (album)|Sequel]]* (1980, Boardwalk Records)

### Album anumerta

* *[[Anthology of Harry Chapin]]* (1985, Elektra)
* *[[Remember When the Music]]* (1987, Dunhill Compact Classics)
* *[[The Gold Medal Collection]]* (1988, Elektra)
* *[[The Last Protest Singer]]* (1988, Dunhill Compact Classics)
* *[[Harry Chapin Tribute]]* (1990, Relativity Records)
* *[[The Bottom Line Encore Collection (Harry Chapin album)|The Bottom Line Encore Collection]]* (1998, Bottom Line / Koch)
* *[[Story of a Life]]* (1999, Elektra)
* *[[Sequel (album)|Storyteller]]* (1999, BOA Records, a re-release of *Sequel*)
* *[[Onwards and Upwards]]* (2000, Harry Chapin Foundation)
* *[[VH1 Behind the Music: The Harry Chapin Collection]]* (2001, Elektra)
* *Songwriter* (2002, Harry Chapin Foundation)
* *[[The Essentials (Harry Chapin album)|The Essentials]]* (2002, Elektra)
* *[[Classic Hits of Harry Chapin]]* (2003, Warner Special Products)
* *[[Heads & Tales]] / [[Sniper and Other Love Songs]]* (2004, Elektra. Double CD re-release of first two albums with bonus tracks)
* *[[Introducing ... Harry Chapin]]* (2006, Rhino Records)
* *[[Bottom Line Archive Series: Live 1981]]* (2015, The Bottom Line Record Company)
* *[[The Singles A's & B's]]* (2019, Wounded Bird Records)

### Singel

* "Taxi"
* "Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
* "Sunday Morning Sunshine"
* "A Better Place to Be"
* "W·O·L·D"
* "Cat's in the Cradle"
* "What Made America Famous?"
* "I Wanna Learn a Love Song"
* "Dreams Go By"
* "A Better Place to Be (Live)"
* "Flowers Are Red"
* "Sequel"
* "Remember When the Music"
* "Story of a Life"

## Rilis video/DVD

* *An Evening With ... Harry Chapin (also known as "The Book of Chapin")* (1998)
* ''Rockpalast Live'' (2002)
* *[[Remember When: The Anthology]]* (2005)
* *You Are the Only Song (also known as "The Final Concert")* (2006)

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

*  – run by Chapin family
* Harry Chapin Foundation 
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* Harry Chapin (founder) page on Long Island Cares/Harry Chapin Food Bank website 
* HarryChapin.com  — a fan site
* Harry Chapin at classicbands.com  — Contains many details about the accident that took his life
* World Hunger Year website 
* Harry Chapin: The Howie Fields years  — Chapin drummer's archival site for the years 1975 to 1981