Of all the unlikely songs to top the pop charts, right up through Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Harry Chapin’s 1974 hit “Cat’s in the Cradle” remains singular, and singularly ...

Topping the charts when it was first released—and Chapin’s sole No. 1 hit— the opening track of his 1974 album Verities & Balderdash, “Cats in the Cradle,” has remained a folk-rock classic, reemerging ...

Father/son dynamics are complicated things. When you're a father, you feel this ingrained pressure to provide for your family. That's probably an outmoded idea now, but it's still out there, even for ...