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Sniper And Other Love Songs (Album) by Harry Chapin

Artist Biography For Harry Chapin

Harry Chapin December 7 1942 – July 16 1981 Was An American Singer And Songwriter. Chapin's Debut Album Heads And Tales 1972 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. Verities & Balderdash Released Soon After Was Even More Successful Bolstered By The Chart-Topping Hit Single "Cat's In The Cradle". He Also Wrote And Performed A Broadway Musical The Night That Made America Famous. In The Mid 1970s Chapin Focused On 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. He Also Released A Book Of Poetry Looking...Seeing In 1977. His Fellow Long Islanders Loved Him For His Support Of Local Artists As Well. He And His Wife Sandy Raised Funds For The Performing Arts Foundation A Now-Defunct Local Theatre Group. They Also Supported The Long Island Ballet. The Band Shell At Huntington's Hecksher Park Is Named For Harry Chapin. Chapin Died On July 16 1981 In An Automobile Accident On The Long Island Expressway At The Age Of 38. He Was Headed West From Huntington Bay Where He Lived With His Wife And Three Children To Perform A Concert In Eisenhower Park In Nassau County When His Car Was Struck By A Truck. An Autopsy Showed That He Had Suffered A Heart Attack But It Could Not Be Determined Whether That Occurred Before Or After The Collision. Supermarkets General The Owner Of The Truck Paid $12 Million In The Ensuing Litigation.

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Sniper And Other Love Songs Is The Second Studio Album By The American Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin Released In 1972. The Album's Title Song Is A Vaguely Fictionalised Account Of Charles Whitman's Shootings From The Clocktower Of The Main Building Of The University Of Texas At Austin In August 1966. In 2004 It Was Released As A Double CD Package With Heads & Tales Featuring Several Previously Unreleased Out-Takes. The Song "Circle" Was A Major Hit For The New Seekers Released As "Circles" And Became Known As The Chapin Anthem. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" Cracked The Billboard Hot 100. A Live Version Of "A Better Place To Be" Charted In 1976.

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