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"Cat's in the Cradle" is a folk rock song by American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, from his fourth studio album, Verities & Balderdash (1974). The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became his signature song and a staple for folk rock music.
Chapin recorded a total of 11 albums from 1972 until his death in 1981. All 14 singles that he released became hits on at least one national music chart. Chapin's best-known songs include "Taxi" and "Cat's in the Cradle." As a dedicated humanitarian, Chapin fought to end world hunger.
Carl Dean Radle (June 18, 1942 [1] – May 30, 1980) [2] was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s.
[7] [8] Beatles author Ian MacDonald speculates that the guitar arpeggios at the end of the track were influenced by "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and the middle section of "Here Comes the Sun", and that the overall structure was inspired by Lennon's "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" from the previous year's album The Beatles, which also joined ...
The guitar had only been in Armstrong's shop for a few days when it was purchased by Eric Clapton. [3] Clapton did not play this instrument much, his principal guitars in 1966–1968 being his psychedelic 1964 SG called " The Fool ", a 1964 ES-335 , a 1964 Gibson Reverse Firebird I, and a sunburst 1960 Les Paul he bought from Andy Summers .
The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre.
This seems like a more likely source of "cat's in the cradle" than the story about cats sucking the breath out of infants. As to "silver spoon", it was once common even in families of modest means for some relative (generally a grandparent) to award a new infant with a silver spoon engraved with the name and birth date of the child.
[33] [nb 4] Harrison's adoption of the pedal typified his search for new sounds for the Beatles, and for colouring that was empathetic with the group's material. [35] [36] He played the part on his Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar [37] and soon used the effect again on "Yes It Is", a similarly emotive Lennon composition. [38]