TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/16/1981
Harry Chapin was killed in an accident on the Long Island Expressway. Chapin’s blue 1975 VW Rabbit burst into flames when it was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer truck. The 38 year old Chapin is best remembered for his top 20 hit “Taxi” in 1972 and “Cat’s in the Cradle”, a number-one in 1974
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