Solomon Quasha, 69 Wrote the song `Chain Gang'

From: The Boston Globe | Date: March 26, 1993 | Copyright information

Services will be held today for Solomon Quasha, 69, of South Dennis, who wrote the song "Chain Gang." He died Wednesday in Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.

Mr. Quasha was born in Boston. He graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School and attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.

He lived in Larchmont, N.Y., from 1960 to 1979, when he moved to Cape Cod.

Mr. Quasha served during World War II in the 5th Marine Division, which fought at Iwo Jima.

From 1960 to 1979...

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