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American vocalist-songwriter

Harry Nilsson
Nilsson in 1974
Background information
Birth name	Harry Edward Nilsson 3
Likewise known every bit	Nilsson
Born	(1941-06-15)June 15, 1941 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	January 15, 1994(1994-01-15) (anile 52) Agoura Hills, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, pop[1]
Occupation(s)	Vocalist-songwriter, anti-handgun activist
Instruments	Vocals keyboards
Years active	1958–1992
Labels	Tower Musicor RCA Mercury/PolyGram
Associated acts	Perry Botkin, Jr. John Lennon The Monkees Van Dyke Parks Richard Perry Phil Spector Ringo Starr George Tipton Klaus Voormann Randy Newman
Website	harrynilsson.com

Musical artist

Harry Edward Nilsson Three (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), known professionally equally Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal overdub experiments, returns to the Great American Songbook, and fusions of Caribbean sounds. A tenor with a iii+ 1⁄2 octave range, Nilsson was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours.^[2] The craft of his songs and the defiant mental attitude he projected remain touchstones for later generations of indie rock musicians.^[3]

Born in Brooklyn, Nilsson moved to Los Angeles every bit a teenager to escape his family'south poor fiscal situation. While working as a estimator programmer at a bank, he grew interested in musical composition and shut-harmony singing, and was successful in having some of his songs recorded by various artists such equally the Monkees. In 1967, he debuted on RCA Victor with the LP Pandemonium Shadow Show, followed by a variety of releases that include a collaboration with Randy Newman (Nilsson Sings Newman, 1970) and the original children'south story The Point! (1971). His most commercially successful album, Nilsson Schmilsson (1971), produced the international top 10 singles "Without You lot" and "Kokosnoot". His other top 10 hit, "Everybody's Talkin'" (1968), was featured prominently in the 1969 movie Midnight Cowboy. A version of Nilsson'south "One", released past Three Dog Night in 1969, besides reached the U.S. summit 10.^[4]

During a 1968 press conference, the Beatles were asked what their favorite American grouping was and answered "Nilsson". Sometimes called "the American Beatle",^[5] he soon formed close friendships with John Lennon and Ringo Starr. In the 1970s, Nilsson, Lennon and Starr were members of the Hollywood Vampires drinking club, embroiling themselves in a number of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled incidents. They produced one collaborative album, Pussy Cats (1974). Later on 1977, Nilsson left RCA, and his record output diminished. In response to Lennon's 1980 murder, he took a hiatus from the music industry to campaign for gun control. For the remainder of his life, he recorded merely sporadically. In 1994, Nilsson died of a middle set on while in the midst of recording what became his concluding album, Losst and Founnd (2019).

Nilsson created the beginning remix album (Aeriform Pandemonium Ballet, 1971) and recorded the first mashup song ("You lot Tin can't Practise That", 1967).^[5] He was voted No. 62 in Rolling Stone 'southward 2015 list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Fourth dimension", where he was described equally "a pioneer of the Los Angeles studio sound, a crucial bridge between the baroque psychedelic popular of the late Sixties and the more personal singer-songwriter era of the Seventies".^[six] The RIAA certified Nilsson Schmilsson and Son of Schmilsson (1972) every bit gold records, indicating over 500,000 units sold each.^[ii] He earned Grammy Awards for 2 of his recordings; Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male in 1970 for "Everybody's Talkin'" and Best Popular Vocal Performance, Male in 1973 for "Without You lot".

Early life [edit]

Nilsson was born in the Bushwick Infirmary in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Urban center, at two:xva.thou. on June 15, 1941.^{[vii] [eight]} His paternal dandy-grandfather, built-in a Swede who would later emigrate to and become naturalized in the United States, created an act known as an "aerial ballet" (which is the championship of 1 of Nilsson'due south albums).^[9] His maternal grandparents were the cornerstone of his immature life. While his grandmother played piano, his grandfather Charlie Martin supported the family in a tiny railroad apartment on Jefferson Artery in Brooklyn.^[10] His male parent, Harry Edward Nilsson Jr., abandoned the family when Harry was three years former. An autobiographical reference to this is plant in the opening to Nilsson'due south vocal "1941":

Well, in 1941, the happy father had a son
And by 1944, the father walked right out the door

Nilsson'due south "Daddy's Song" also refers to this period in Nilsson'southward babyhood.^[11] He grew up with his mother Bette and his younger one-half-sister. His younger brother Drake was left with family or friends during their moves between California and New York, sometimes living with a succession of relatives and stepfathers.^[10] His uncle, a mechanic in San Bernardino, California, helped Nilsson improve his vocal and musical abilities.^[12] In addition to his one-half-brother and a one-half-sis through his mother, he too had three one-half-sisters and 1 half-brother through his begetter.^[11]

Because of the poor fiscal state of affairs of his family, Nilsson worked from an early historic period, including a job at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles. When the theatre closed in 1960, he practical for a chore at a banking concern, falsely claiming he was a high school graduate on his application (he completed only ninth grade).^[12] He had an bent for computers, which were first to be employed by banks at the fourth dimension. He performed and then well the banking concern retained him fifty-fifty afterward they discovered he had deceived them about his education. He worked on bank computers at night, and in the daytime pursued his songwriting and singing career.^[12]

Career [edit]

1962–1966: Musicianship beginnings [edit]

By 1958, Nilsson was intrigued by emerging forms of pop music, especially rhythm and dejection artists like Ray Charles. He had fabricated early attempts at performing while he was working at the Paramount, forming a vocal duo with his friend Jerry Smith and singing close harmonies in the style of the Everly Brothers. The manager of a hangout Nilsson frequented gave him a plastic ukulele, which he learned to play, and he later learned to play the guitar and pianoforte.^[13] In the 2006 documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' Most Him)?, Nilsson recalled that when he could not recollect lyrics or parts of the melodies to popular songs, he created his own, which led to writing original songs.

His uncle'southward singing lessons, forth with Nilsson's natural talent, helped when he got a task singing demos for songwriter Scott Turner in 1962. Turner paid Nilsson v dollars for each track they recorded. (When Nilsson became famous, Turner decided to release these early on recordings, and contacted Nilsson to work out a fair payment. Nilsson replied that he had already been paid – five dollars a rail.).^[11]

In 1963, Nilsson began to take some early on success equally a songwriter, working with John Marascalco on a song for Little Richard. Upon hearing Nilsson sing, Niggling Richard reportedly remarked: "My! Yous sing practiced for a white boy!"^[12] Marascalco also financed some independent singles past Nilsson. I, "Baa Baa Blacksheep", was released under the pseudonym "Bo Pete" to some small local airplay. Another recording, "Donna, I Empathise", convinced Mercury Records to offer Nilsson a contract, and release recordings past him under the proper noun "Johnny Niles."^[12]

By 1964, Nilsson worked with Phil Spector, writing three songs with him. He also established a human relationship with songwriter and publisher Perry Botkin, Jr., who began to find a market for Nilsson'due south songs. Botkin also gave Nilsson a central to his office, providing another identify to write after hours.^[11] Through his association with Botkin, Nilsson met and became friends with musician, composer, and arranger George Tipton, who was at the time working for Botkin equally a music copyist. During 1964 Tipton invested his life savings – $2,500 – to finance the recording of iv Nilsson songs, which he arranged; they were able to sell the completed recordings to the Tower label, a recently established subsidiary of Capitol Records, and the tracks were subsequently included on Nilsson's debut album. The fruitful association between Nilsson and Tipton continued subsequently Nilsson signed with RCA Victor. Tipton went on to create the arrangements for nearly all of Nilsson'due south RCA recordings between 1967 and 1971, but their association concluded in the 1970s when the two vicious out for unknown reasons.

Nilsson's recording contract was picked upwards by Belfry Records, which in 1966 released the commencement singles actually credited to him past proper name, likewise as the debut album Spotlight on Nilsson. None of Nilsson's Belfry releases charted or gained much critical attention, although his songs were being recorded by Glen Campbell, Fred Astaire, The Shangri-Las, The Yardbirds, and others. Despite his growing success, Nilsson remained on the nighttime shift at the bank.^[11]

1967–1968: Signing with RCA Victor [edit]

"Everybody'southward Talkin'" US vinyl 1969.

Nilsson signed with RCA Victor in 1966 and released an album the following year, Pandemonium Shadow Testify, which was a disquisitional (if non commercial) success. Music manufacture insiders were impressed both with the songwriting and with Nilsson's pure-toned, multi-octave vocals. One such insider was Beatles press officer Derek Taylor, who bought an entire box of copies of the album to share this new sound with others. With a major-label release, and continued songwriting success (virtually notably with The Monkees, who recorded Nilsson's "Cuddly Toy"^[14] after meeting him through their producer Chip Douglas), Nilsson finally felt secure enough in the music business to quit his chore with the bank. Monkees fellow member Micky Dolenz maintained a close friendship until Nilsson'due south expiry in 1994.

Some of the albums from Derek Taylor'south box eventually ended upwards with the Beatles themselves,^[15] who quickly became Nilsson fans. This may accept been helped by the track "Y'all Can't Do That", in which Nilsson covered the John Lennon penned tune – and also worked references to 17 other Beatles tunes in the mix, usually past quoting snippets of Beatles lyrics in the multi-layered backing vocals. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a printing conference in 1968 to announce the formation of the Apple Corps, Lennon was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, "Nilsson". McCartney was and so asked to proper name his favorite American group. He replied, "Nilsson".^[11]

"You Can't Do That" was Nilsson's outset hit every bit a performer; though it stalled at No. 122 on the U.s.a. charts, it hit peak 10 in Canada.^[11]

When RCA had asked if there was anything special he wanted as a signing premium, Nilsson asked for his own office at RCA, existence used to working out of ane. In the weeks later the Beatles' Apple press conference, Nilsson's function phone began ringing constantly, with offers and requests for interviews and inquiries nearly his performing schedule. Nilsson usually answered the calls himself, surprising the callers, and answered questions candidly. (He recalled years later the menstruation of a typical conversation: "When did yous play last?" "I didn't." "Where accept you lot played before?" "I haven't." "When will you be playing next?" "I don't.") Nilsson acquired a manager, who steered him into a handful of Idiot box guest appearances, and a brief run of stage performances in Europe prepare up by RCA. He disliked the experiences he had, though, and decided to stick to the recording studio. He later admitted this was a huge mistake on his part.^[11]

John Lennon called and praised Pandemonium Shadow Show, which he had listened to in a 36-hour marathon.^[12] Paul McCartney called the post-obit twenty-four hours, also expressing his admiration. Eventually a message came, inviting him to London to see the Beatles, watch them at work, and possibly sign with Apple.

Pandemonium Shadow Testify was followed in 1968 past Aerial Ballet, an album that included Nilsson's rendition of Fred Neil's song "Everybody'southward Talkin'". A minor US striking at the time of release (and a top 40 hit in Canada), the song would get more popular a year later on when information technology was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy, and information technology would earn Nilsson his first Grammy Laurels.^[14] The song would also become Nilsson's first U.s. peak 10 hitting, reaching No. 6, and his first Canadian #i.^[xvi]

Aerial Ballet also contained Nilsson'due south version of his composition "One", which was after taken to the top 5 of the US charts past Three Dog Night and as well successfully covered in Australia by John Farnham. Nilsson was deputed at this time to write and perform the theme song for the ABC television serial The Courting of Eddie'south Father. The result, "Best Friend", was very pop, only Nilsson never released the song on record; the original version of the song (titled "Girlfriend") was recorded during the making of Aerial Ballet but not included on that LP, and it eventually appeared on the 1995 Personal All-time album, and as a bonus track on a after release of Aerial Ballet. Late in 1968, The Monkees' notorious experimental motion-picture show Head premiered, featuring a memorable vocal-and-trip the light fantastic toe sequence with Davy Jones and Toni Basil performing Nilsson's composition "Daddy's Vocal". (This is followed by Frank Zappa'southward cameo as "The Critic", who dismisses the 1920s-style tune as "pretty white".)^[11]

With the success of Nilsson's RCA recordings, Belfry re-issued or re-packaged many of their early Nilsson recordings in various formats. All of these reissues failed to chart, including a 1969 single "Skilful Times".^[11] This rail, withal, was resurrected as a duet with Micky Dolenz for the 2016 Monkees' album of the same name past adding additional parts to an unused Monkees backing track recorded in 1968.

1969–1972: Nautical chart success [edit]

Nilsson'southward next album, Harry (1969), was his outset to hitting the charts, and likewise provided a Top xl single with "I Gauge the Lord Must Be in New York Metropolis" (written as a contender for the theme to Midnight Cowboy), used in the Sophia Loren movie La Mortadella (1971) (US title: Lady Liberty). While the album all the same presented Nilsson as primarily a songwriter, his astute choice of cover material included, this fourth dimension, a song by then-little-known composer Randy Newman, "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear". Nilsson was so impressed with Newman's talent that he devoted his entire adjacent album to Newman compositions, with Newman himself playing piano behind Nilsson'due south multi-tracked vocals.^[12] The result, Nilsson Sings Newman (1970), was commercially disappointing but was named Record of the Year past Stereo Review magazine and provided momentum to Newman'due south career.^[12] The self-produced Nilsson Sings Newman besides marked the stop of his collaboration with RCA staff producer Rick Jarrard, who recounted in the Nilsson documentary that the partnership was terminated past a telegram from Nilsson, who abruptly informed Jarrard that he wanted to work with other producers, and the two never met or spoke again.^[eleven]

Nilsson'southward side by side project was an blithe moving-picture show, The Point!, created with animation director Fred Wolf, and broadcast on ABC tv on February 2, 1971, as an "ABC Movie of the Week". Nilsson'due south self-produced album of songs from The Point! was well received and it spawned a summit 40 single, "Me and My Pointer".^[17]

Afterwards that year, Nilsson went to England with producer Richard Perry to tape what became the about successful album of his career. Nilsson Schmilsson yielded 3 stylistically different hit singles. The beginning was a encompass of Badfinger'due south song "Without Y'all" (by Welsh songwriters Pete Ham and Tom Evans), featuring a highly emotional arrangement and soaring vocals to match – recorded, co-ordinate to Perry, in a single take.^[11] The performance earned him his second Grammy Laurels.^[14] The second single was "Coconut", a novelty calypso number featuring iv characters (the narrator, the brother, the sister, and the doctor) all sung (at Perry'due south suggestion) in dissimilar voices by Nilsson.^[18] The song is all-time remembered for its chorus lyric ("Put de lime in de kokosnoot, and drinkable 'em both upwards"). Also notable is that the entire vocal is played using i chord, C7.^[xix] The third single, "Jump into the Fire", was raucous rock and whorl, including a drum solo by Derek and the Dominos' Jim Gordon and a detuned bass part by Herbie Flowers.^[19]

Nilsson followed quickly with Son of Schmilsson (1972), released while its predecessor was withal on the charts. As well the trouble of competing with himself, Nilsson was past and then ignoring most of Perry'south product communication,^[eleven] and his decision to give gratuitous rein to his bawdiness and bluntness on this release alienated some of his earlier, more conservative fan base of operations. With lyrics like "I sang my balls off for you, infant", "Roll the world over / And requite her a kiss and a experience", and the notorious "Y'all're breakin' my heart / You're tearin' it apart / So fuck you" (a reference to his ongoing divorce), Nilsson had traveled far afield from his earlier work. The album nevertheless reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200, and the single "Spaceman" was a Top 40 hit in October 1972. The follow-up unmarried "Remember (Christmas)", however, stalled at No. 53. A tertiary unmarried, the tongue-in-cheek C&Due west transport up "Joy", was issued on RCA's country imprint Green and credited to Cadet Earle, just it failed to chart.^[11]

1973–1979: Maverick [edit]

Nilsson's disregard for capitalism in favor of artistic satisfaction showed itself in his next release, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Nighttime (1973). Performing a pick of popular standards by the likes of Berlin, Kalmar, and Ruby, Nilsson sang in front end of an orchestra arranged and conducted by veteran Gordon Jenkins in sessions produced by Derek Taylor. This musical endeavor did not do well commercially. The session was filmed, and circulate as a idiot box special by the BBC in the UK.^[xi]

1973 found Nilsson back in California, and when John Lennon moved there during his separation from Yoko Ono, the two musicians rekindled their earlier friendship. Lennon was intent upon producing Nilsson's next anthology, much to Nilsson'southward delight. Nevertheless, their time together in California became known much more for heavy drinking than it did for musical collaboration. In a widely publicized incident, the 2 with Ringo Starr were ejected from the Troubadour nightclub in W Hollywood for drunken heckling of the Smothers Brothers.^[xx]

To make matters worse, at a belatedly dark party and jam session during the recording of the anthology, attended past Lennon, McCartney, Starr, Danny Kortchmar, and other musicians,^[21] Nilsson ruptured a song cord, simply he hid the injury for fear that Lennon would call a halt to the production. The resulting album was Pussy Cats. In an effort to clean upwardly, Lennon, Nilsson and Ringo Starr starting time rented a house together, then Lennon, Nilsson and Starr left for New York.^[eleven] Afterwards the relative failure of his latest two albums, RCA Records considered dropping Nilsson's contract. In a evidence of friendship, Lennon and Starr accompanied Nilsson to negotiations, and both intimated to RCA that Lennon and Starr might desire to sign with them, once their Apple Records contracts with EMI expired in 1975, but would not be interested if Nilsson were no longer with the label.^[12] RCA took the hint and re-signed Nilsson (adding a bonus clause, to employ to each new anthology completed), but neither Lennon nor Starr signed with RCA.

In 1973 Nilsson performed in a moving picture with Ringo chosen "Son of Dracula", a musical featuring many of his songs and a new cutting, "Daybreak". The subsequent soundtrack produced past Richard Perry was released in 1974.

Nilsson's voice had more often than not recovered past his next release, Duit on Mon Dei (1975), but neither it nor its follow-ups, Sandman and ...That'south the Way It Is (both 1976), were met with chart success. Finally, Nilsson recorded what he later considered to exist his favorite album Knnillssonn (1977). With his vocalisation strong once again, and his songs exploring musical territory reminiscent of Harry or The Point!, Nilsson anticipated Knnillssonn to be a comeback anthology. RCA seemed to concord, and promised Nilsson a substantial marketing entrada for the album. Nevertheless, the death of Elvis Presley caused RCA to ignore everything except meeting demand for Presley's back catalog, and the promised marketing push never happened.^[22] This, combined with RCA releasing a Nilsson Greatest Hits collection without consulting him, prompted Nilsson to leave the label.^[11]

Nilsson'south London flat [edit]

9 Curzon Place, London in 2012; apartment on 4th floor, at acme correct belonged to Nilsson; it was besides the site of the deaths of both Cass Elliot and Keith Moon.

Nilsson's 1970s London residence, at Flat 12, 9 Curzon Identify on the edge of Mayfair, was a two-sleeping accommodation apartment busy by the ROR ("Ringo or Robin") design company endemic by Starr and interior designer Robin Cruikshank. Nilsson cumulatively spent several years at the apartment, which was located near Apple Records, the Playboy Social club, the Tramp nightclub, and the homes of friends and business assembly. Nilsson's work and interests took him to the US for extended periods, and while he was away he lent his place to numerous musician friends. During one of his absences, vocalizer Cass Elliot, formerly of The Mamas & the Papas, and a few members of her tour group stayed at the apartment while she performed solo at the London Palladium, headlining with her torch songs and "Don't Call Me Mama Anymore". Following a strenuous functioning with encores on July 29, 1974, Elliot was discovered in one of the bedrooms, dead of heart failure at historic period 32.^[12]

On September vii, 1978, the Who drummer Keith Moon returned to the same room in the apartment afterward a night out, and died at 32 from an overdose of Clomethiazole, a prescribed anti-alcohol drug.^[12] Nilsson, distraught over another friend's death in his apartment, and having little need for the belongings, sold it to Moon's bandmate Pete Townshend^[23] and consolidated his life in Los Angeles.

1980–1992: Winding down [edit]

Nilsson's 1982 Single, "With A Bullet"

Nilsson's musical output later on leaving RCA Victor was desultory. He wrote a musical, Zapata, with Perry Botkin Jr. and libretto by Allan Katz, which was produced and directed by longtime friend Bert Convy. The testify was mounted at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, but never had another production. He wrote all the songs for Robert Altman'due south motion-picture show-musical Popeye (1980),^[12] the score of which met with unfavorable reviews. Nilsson's Popeye compositions included several songs that were representative of Nilsson'due south acclaimed Point era, such as "Everything Is Food" and "Sweethaven". The song "He Needs Me" was featured years later in the film Punch-Boozer Love. Nilsson recorded one more album, Flash Harry, co-produced by Bruce Robb and Steve Cropper, which was released in the UK but not in the United states. From this betoken onward, Nilsson increasingly began referring to himself as a "retired musician".

Nilsson was profoundly affected by the decease of John Lennon on December viii, 1980. He joined the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and overcame his preference for privacy to make appearances for gun control fundraising. He began to announced at Beatlefest conventions and he would go on phase with the Beatlefest house band "Liverpool" to sing either some of his own songs or "Requite Peace a Take chances".^[xi]

Nilsson in the early 1980s

After a long hiatus from the studio, Nilsson started recording sporadically once over again in the mid to late 1980s. Well-nigh of these recordings were commissioned songs for movies or television set shows. One notable exception was his work on a Yoko Ono Lennon tribute album, Every Man Has a Woman (1984) (Polydor); another was a comprehend of "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" recorded for Hal Willner's 1988 tribute album Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films. Nilsson donated his performance royalties from the song to the Coalition to Terminate Gun Violence.^[xi]

In 1985, Nilsson set a production company, Hawkeye, to oversee various movie, Television, and multimedia projects with which he was involved. He appointed his friend, satirist, and screenwriter Terry Southern, as one of the principals. They collaborated on a number of screenplays including Obits (a Citizen Kane-mode story well-nigh a journalist investigating an obituary observe) and The Telephone, a comedy about an unhinged unemployed histrion.^[11]

The Telephone was nigh the simply Hawkeye project that made it to the screen. It had been written with Robin Williams in mind but he turned it down; comedian-extra Whoopi Goldberg then signed on, with Southern's friend Rip Torn directing, but the projection was troubled. Torn battled with Goldberg, who interfered in the production and constantly digressed from the script during shooting, and Torn was forced to plead with her to perform takes that stuck to the screenplay. Torn, Southern, and Nilsson put together their own version of the film, which screened at the Sundance Motion-picture show Festival in early on 1988, but it was overtaken by the 'official' version from the studio, and this version premiered to poor reviews in late January 1988. The project reportedly had some later success when adapted as a theatre piece in Deutschland.^[24]

In 1990, Hawkeye floundered and Nilsson plant himself in a dire financial situation afterward it was discovered that his financial adviser, Cindy Sims, had embezzled all the funds he had earned as a recording artist. The Nilssons were left with $300 in the bank and a mountain of debt, while Sims served less than two years and was released from prison in 1994 without making restitution.^[25]

In 1991, the Disney album For Our Children, a compilation of children'south music performed by celebrities to do good the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, included Nilsson'south original limerick "Blanket for a Canvass", recorded at the Shandaliza Recording Studio in Los Angeles.^[11] Likewise in 1991, he recorded a comprehend of "How About You?" for the soundtrack of the Terry Gilliam film The Fisher Rex. In 1992, he wrote and recorded the title song for the moving picture Me Myself & I.^[26]

Nilsson made his last concert appearance September 1, 1992, when he joined Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band on stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, to sing "Without You" with Todd Rundgren handling the high notes. Afterward, an emotional Starr embraced Nilsson on stage.^[11] Nilsson's final anthology, tentatively titled Papa's Got a Brownish New Robe (produced by Marker Hudson) was not released, though several demos from the album were later fabricated available on promotional CDs and online.^[eleven]

1993–1994: Eye attack and expiry [edit]

Born with congenital heart issues, Nilsson suffered a eye attack on February 14, 1993.^[27] After surviving that, he began pressing his former label, RCA Records, to release a boxed-set up retrospective of his career, and resumed recording, attempting to complete one terminal anthology. He finished the vocal tracks for the album with producer Mark Hudson, who held onto the tapes of that session.^[28] Nilsson died of heart failure on January xv, 1994, in his Agoura Hills, California, home at the age of 52.^[27] In 1995, the 2-disc CD anthology he worked on with RCA, Personal Best, was released.^[11] The final album was eventually released on November 22, 2019, as Losst and Founnd.^[29] Nilsson is interred in the Valley Oaks Memorial Park at Westlake Hamlet, California.^[xxx]

Personal life [edit]

Nilsson married Sandi McTaggart on October 24, 1964.^[31] They had no children other than his footstep-son, Scott Roberts. They divorced in 1967. Nilsson married Diane Clatworthy on Dec 31, 1969. They had one son, Zak Nine Nilsson, who died of colon cancer on March 4, 2021.^[32] Nilsson and Clatworthy divorced in 1974. Nilsson married Una O'Keeffe on Baronial 12, 1976. The two were Catholics of Irish gaelic descent, with Nilsson inheriting that from his maternal granddaddy,^[33] and they remained married until his death on January 15, 1994. They had vi children.^[34]

Legacy [edit]

Who Is Harry Nilsson? [edit]

Nilsson is the subject of the 2006 documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? Written, directed, and co-produced by John Schienfeld, the movie was screened in 2006 at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Santa Barbara International Motion picture Festival. In August 2006, the movie received its Los Angeles premiere when it was screened at the seventh Annual Mods & Rockers Film Festival, followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and two friends of Nilsson: producer Richard Perry and attorney/executive producer Lee Blackman.^[xi]

The filmmakers re-edited the film with rare found footage of Nilsson, additional interviews, and family unit photographs, and released it on September 17, 2010 at selected theaters in the United States. A DVD, including additional footage not in the theatrical release, was released on October 26, 2010.^[11]

The RCA Albums Collection [edit]

On July 30, 2013, Sony Music released a definitive box-set of his RCA era albums called The RCA Albums Drove.^[35] Each of the albums in the 17-CD set had additional bonus tracks, and three of the 17 discs independent rarities and outtakes spanning his entire career. Several weeks later on Baronial thirteen, Flash Harry was finally issued on CD, which also featured additional material.^[36]

Awards and accolades [edit]

• 2007: The New York Post rated Nilsson's cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talking" No. 51 on their list of the 100 All-time Cover Songs of All Fourth dimension.^[37]
• 2012: Rolling Stone ranked Nilsson as 62nd on its list of "The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".^[6]

Grammy Awards

Discography [edit]

• Spotlight on Nilsson (1966)
• Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
• Aerial Ballet (1968)
• Skidoo (1968) (soundtrack)
• Harry (1969)
• Nilsson Sings Newman (1970)
• The Bespeak! (1971) (studio album and soundtrack)
• Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
• Son of Schmilsson (1972)
• A Lilliputian Touch of Schmilsson in the Nighttime (1973)
• Son of Dracula (1974) (soundtrack)
• Pussy Cats (1974)
• Duit on Mon Dei (1975)
• Sandman (1976)
• ...That'south the Way It Is (1976)
• Knnillssonn (1977)
• Flash Harry (1980)
• Popeye (1980) (soundtrack)
• Losst and Founnd (2019)

Filmography [edit]

Filmography

Championship	Twelvemonth	Notes
I Spy	1966	In episode Sparrowhawk "Untitled Composition", sung by Nilsson in background of a conversation scene
Skidoo	1968	Songs written and performed, soundtrack music composer, actor (bit function)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir	1969	Acted and sang – He appeared in the episode "The Music Maker", and his graphic symbol name was Tim Seagirt. He sang "Without Her" and "If Only I Could Touch Your Manus".
The Courting of Eddie'southward Father	1969–1972	Theme song written and performed, incidental music
Midnight Cowboy	1969	Cover of the Fred Neil song of "Everybody's Talkin'" performed
Jenny	1970	Song "Waiting" written and performed
The Point!	1971	Story, all songs written and performed
Son of Dracula	1974	Actor (atomic number 82 role), all songs performed
In God We Tru$t	1980	New version of "Good for God" performed
Popeye	1980	All songs written, except "I'chiliad Popeye the Sailor Man"
Handgun	1983	Song "Lay Downwards Your Arms" written and performed
Kickoff Impressions	1988	Theme song co-written, performed
The Telephone [38]	1988	Screenplay co-written by Harry Nilsson and only released film of Nilsson's production company, Hawkeye
Camp Candy	1989–1992	Theme song written, and performed with John Processed
Goodfellas	1990	"Jump into the Fire" performed
The Fisher Male monarch	1991	Version of "How About Yous?" performed
Me Myself & I	1992	Vocal "Me Myself & I" written and performed

Tributes and cover versions [edit]

• "1" was covered by Three Dog Night in 1969, amidst many others
• Nilsson by Tipton (1970, Warner Bros. Records), Although it may not be considered a tribute, information technology featured George Tipton conducting instrumental versions of xi Nilsson songs.
• For the Honey of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson (1995, MusicMasters/BMG), featured Nilsson's songs performed by Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Richard Barone, Brian Wilson, Aimee Mann, Fred Schneider, and others, with proceeds benefiting the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
• I'll Never Leave You: A Tribute to Harry Nilsson (2005, Wood Records). A percentage of profits from sales of the CD went to do good Amnesty International
• Ringo Starr wrote "Harry's Song" as a tribute to Nilsson on his 2008 album Liverpool eight.
• "Pussy Cats" Starring The Walkmen (2006, Record Collection) The whole of the Pussy Cats album covered by The Walkmen.
• Billy J. Kramer recorded the song "1941" in 1968 before Nilsson was well known.
• "Without Her" has been covered by Glen Campbell, Claret, Sweat and Tears, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Contumely, Astrud Gilberto, and George Benson.
• This Is the Boondocks: A Tribute to Nilsson, Vol. one (2014, The Royal Murphy / Royal Tater Family Records),^[39] features 20 Nilsson songs performed by various indie artists.
• Sean Nelson released Nelson Sings Nilsson, a whole anthology of Nilsson'southward songs, in 2019.
• Ty Segall released a fix of covers of six Nilsson Schmilsson tracks, Segall Smeagol, on Bandcamp in March 2020.^[40]

Bibliography [edit]

• Shipton, Alyn (2013). Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-933069-0.

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40. ^ "Segall Smeagol, by Ty Segall". Tysegall.bandcamp.com . Retrieved June 17, 2021.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• The Harry Nilsson Web Pages: A Little Bear on of Schmilsson on the Net
• Harry Nilsson at IMDb
• Harry Nilsson at Find a Grave

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