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Cotton Patch Gospel is a musical by Tom Key and Russell Treyz with music and lyrics written by Harry Chapin and produced by Philip M. Getter just after Chapin's death in 1981. It ran off-Broadway at the Lamb's Theatre for 193 performances beginning on October 21, 1981. [ 1 ]
Michael Mark is an American musician, composer, and actor. He won a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the Broadway Musical, I Love My Wife and he was also part of the original cast of Harry Chapin's Cotton Patch Gospel, which he also played for the televised version of the show.
Harry Forster Chapin (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ p ɪ n /; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs.
The Night That Made America Famous is a 1975 musical revue featuring the songs of Harry Chapin.The music consists of a combination of songs written for the musical and songs from Chapin's four previous albums, the latter including "What Made America Famous?", a song about a plumber who rescues a group of hippies from a fire.
"Could You Put Your Light On, Please" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin.The song was included on his 1972 album, Heads & Tales.It has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums.
The song tells the story of Martin Tanner, a local launderer from Dayton, Ohio, who has a gift for singing.His friends try to talk him into becoming a singer because of his beautiful voice, until he finally agrees and uses most of his savings to travel to New York City and sing in a show.
The song, sung in first person, tells of John Joseph, an old man who lives out in the railroad yards. The Narrator tells how he likes to visit him in the evenings to listen to the old man's stories of the "glories of his past" and how he always ends the night with story of the arrival of his Corey, who he describes like an apparent love interest coming for him.
Clarence Jordan (1912–1969, US), pastor and author of The Cotton Patch Gospel [108] William Kiffin (1616–1701, E), London minister, politician and wool merchant [109] [110] Grantham Killingworth (1699–1778, E), controversialist; Isaac Kimber (1692–1955, E), preacher and biographer