Browsing: this day in music december 7

‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ may have been Harry Chapin’s biggest hit, but ‘Taxi’ resonated with listeners, perhaps due to its real-life connection.

Several months after the death of Keith Emerson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s singer/bassist succumbed to cancer. Lake, a veteran of several bands, was 69

Compounding a bad decision, a 1968 spoken word album featuring TV’s Captain Kirk reading poetry set to contemporary hit songs, was re-released On This Day in 2004