{"name":"Harry Chapin","title":"Harry Chapin","id":830,"slug":"harry-chapin","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/830/?format=json","bio_short":"Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter.  Chapin's debut album, <a title=\"Harry Chapin - Heads and Tales\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Chapin/Heads+and+Tales\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Heads and Tales</a> (1972), was a success thanks to the single &quot;Taxi&quot;. His follow-up album, <a title=\"Harry Chapin - Sniper and Other Love Songs\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Chapin/Sniper+and+Other+Love+Songs\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Sniper and Other Love Songs</a>, was less successful; but his third, <a title=\"Harry Chapin - Short Stories\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Chapin/Short+Stories\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Short Stories</a>, was a major success. <a title=\"Harry Chapin - Verities &amp; Balderdash\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Chapin/Verities%2B%2526%2BBalderdash\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Verities &amp; Balderdash</a>, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single &quot;Cat's in the Cradle&quot;. He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/HarryChapin.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1346,"title":"Cats In The Cradle","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/cats-in-the-cradle/"},{"id":1653,"title":"Einshljóðfærissinfóníuhljómsveitin","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/einshljodfaerissinfoniuhljomsveitin/"}]}