Any Old Kind of Day in Memory of Harry Chapin

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Harry also produced many boxing film shorts in the late 1960's.

Commercially Released Appearances

Release
Date
Performance Harry's Role VHS DVD Laser
Disk 
CDG
1968 Legendary Champions Writer and Director Yes - - -
1975 VHS
1998 DVD
Book of Chapin Live Performance at the studios of public TV station WTTW in Chicago.  The DVD Release is known as "Sound Stage Series: An evening with Harry Chapin. Yes Yes Yes -
1980 Mother and Daughter: The Loving War Harry composed 4 songs for this Made for TV Movie. Yes - - -
1983 Cotton Patch Gospel Composer the music for this play. Both video and cast albums of this play were released. Yes - - -
1983 The Final Concert/You are the Only Song Live Performance from Hamilton Ontario. Yes - - Yes
1987 Hands Across America Harry's music was played in this documentary hosted by Daniel J. Travanti.  Yes - - -
2002 Rockplast Live Performance in Germany - Yes - -

Other Notable TV/Film Work and Appearances

These performances are not commercially available. 

 Date Performance Harry's Role
1971 Blue Water, White Death This documentary was released theatrically includes Tom Chapin singing the refrain of an early version of Harry's Someone Keeps Calling My Name.  Harry receives is noted for songwriting in the credits
19 August 1972 American Bandstand Harry appeared singing Taxi. Connie Stevens also appeared. Source: tvtome.com
19 August 1972 The Midnight Special The pilot episode featured Harry singing Taxi. The show was hosted by John Denver. Source: tvtome.com
23 February 1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Other guest this night were Carol Lynley, McLean Stevenson, and Joseph Wambaugh Source: tvtome.com
23 February 1973 The Midnight Special Harry hosted this show and performed Taxi, Sniper, and Sunday Morning Sunshine. Source: tvtome.com
20 September 1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Other guest this night were Orson Bean, Carol Lynley, Monti Rock III and Ricky Segall. Harry performed They call her Easy. Source: tvtome.com
19 December  1980 The Midnight Special Harry performed Sequel on this show. Source: tvtome.com
9 January 1981 The Midnight Special Harry hosted this show and performed Sequel,  Remember When the Music, Taxi, and Story of a Life. Source: tvtome.com
1987 Harry Chapin: Tribute Concert in Honor of Harry Chapin in celebration of his posthumously receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. This was rebroadcast on PBS stations for a number of years as a fundraiser.
1997 Behind the Music: Harry Chapin Biography of Harry Chapin on VH1. This show can occasionally be seen on reruns. 

 

 

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