harry chapin did the original cats in the cradle.
harry chapin did the original cats in the cradle.
who did the original cats in the cradle?
harry chapin
the album was a commercial success, charting three singles on the mainstream rock tracks ("neighbor", "busy bee" and "cats in the cradle"). "everything about you" peaked at no. 3 in the uk singles chart and at no. 9 in the "billboard" hot 100. "cats in the cradle" (a 1974 folk rock song by harry chapin), also made the billboard hot 100, peaking at number six, earning the album two top 10 billboard hit singles. the latter song also made it to no. 11 on the top 40 mainstream. as of 1995, the album has been certified double platinum.









































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america's least wanted
michael perryman









































michael perryman is a british astronomer, known for his work leading the hipparcos and gaia space astrometric projects.









































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michael perryman studied theoretical physics at cambridge university and received his doctorate from the cavendish laboratory, cambridge university, in 1979.









































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he joined the esa in 1980, where he headed the hipparcos astrometric project as project scientist from 1981 till 1997. after the satellite failed to reach its target geostationary orbit, he also took over the mission management, the project eventually recovering all and more of its original scientific objectives.









































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michael perryman