Harry Chapin: Chapin Up!
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 22 March 1975
HARRY CHAPIN, the singer who tells stories rather than sings songs, has recently moved his craft a giant leap forward with the opening of The Night That Made America Famous, an off-Broadway musical named after one of his songs, and featuring around 25 of his compositions.
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