Cats In The Cradle Song Author

Cat stevens is the former stage name of steven demetre georgiou born in london on 21 july 1948.

Cats in the cradle song author. Harry based the song off a poem written by his wife sandy chapin. The song cat s in the cradle was written by harry chapin and his wife sandy chapin. Jim davidson the british comedian closing one of his tv shows in 1993 with harry chapin s famous cats in the cradle song. Sandy wrote the verses while harry wrote the chorus and the music.

The lyrics however are sombre and problematic. Harry chapin is also the performer of the song. As chapin s only number one song it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. Credit for cat s in the cradle is sometimes mistakenly given to cat stevens due to an incorrectly titled mp3 circulating the web.

Cats in the cradle from the album verities and baldersah is one of those songs with a catchy melody and familiar words that hooks the listener and encourages them to sing along by drawing on images from childhood. The single topped the us billboard hot 100 in december 1974. It is a first person narrative where an absentee father seems to have convinced himself and vainly tries to convince the. In december 1977 stevens converted to islam and adopted the name yusuf islam the following year.

In 1992 american rock band ugly kid joe covered the song and released i. Harry chapin was the co writer and singer of cat s in the cradle. Chapin s recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 grammy award for best male pop vocal performance and was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 2011. He is a british singer songwriter multi instrumentalist humanitarian and education philanthropist.