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While most pop songs fit a template, Harry Nilsson wrote and recorded outside of the box

Harry Nilsson was a singer and songwriter, who played guitar and keyboards. He was a double Grammy award winner with two singles that made the top ten.

His songs were used as movie and television themes and other artists had hits with covers of his songs, but people who were looking for consistency of style were disappointed, because Harry was always changing and refused to conform to an image. It was a measure of just how talented, creative and innovative he was, but in the long run it may have hindered the advancement of his career.

Truth be told, Harry was ahead of his time and, as is the case with many artists who lead the way, the average listener wasn't up to completely grasping the genius of what he did while it was fresh.

Among the severe tragedies he endured were the murder of his close friend John Lennon, both Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon died while staying in a London flat he owned and his financial adviser, Cindy Sims, embezzled from him all the money he ever made as a recording artist and never paid restitution.

Harry passed away of heart failure on January 15, 1994, exactly five months short of his fifty third birthday.

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Harry Nilsson... Never Forget
Harry Nilsson was an extraordinary singer/songwriter/musician whose musical endeavors included 16 published albums, four movie soundtracks and many songs written for movies and TV shows (The Courtship of Eddie's Father), from 1966 through 1991.
The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser Soars at Sasquatch
There's a rarified club of white male singers -- think the Righteous Brothers, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Everly Brothers, Elvis. Guys who don't only have a virtuosic voice, but the ability to use it on the heartstrings and the desire to push it to ...
The Porchistas give birth to 'The Baby Album'
Harry is named for George Harrison and Harry Nilsson, said Falzer. Those disparate-sounding influences are par for the course for The Porchistas. Falzer described the band's sound as "punk-infused country folk pop," before simplifying it to just "hippy ...
Leighton Meester –'I love it here, the weather reminds me of Florida!
I love Harry Nilsson. I love that album, ?Raising Sand,? with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin; I think that's a really beautiful album. I love Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Carole King. It's bittersweet. It's sad because I'll be leaving ...

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Harry Nilsson... Never Forget
Harry Nilsson was an extraordinary singer/songwriter/musician whose musical endeavors included 16 published albums, four movie soundtracks and many songs written for movies and TV shows (The Courtship of Eddie's Father), from 1966 through 1991.
The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser Soars at Sasquatch
There's a rarified club of white male singers -- think the Righteous Brothers, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Everly Brothers, Elvis. Guys who don't only have a virtuosic voice, but the ability to use it on the heartstrings and the desire to push it to ...
The Porchistas give birth to 'The Baby Album'
Harry is named for George Harrison and Harry Nilsson, said Falzer. Those disparate-sounding influences are par for the course for The Porchistas. Falzer described the band's sound as "punk-infused country folk pop," before simplifying it to just "hippy ...
Leighton Meester –'I love it here, the weather reminds me of Florida!
I love Harry Nilsson. I love that album, ?Raising Sand,? with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin; I think that's a really beautiful album. I love Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Carole King. It's bittersweet. It's sad because I'll be leaving ...

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  • LaraineRose Dec 20, 2008 @ 4:15 am | delete
    A great tribute to Harry Nilsson. My favorite is 'Everybodys Talkin'. 5*s, fan, favorite and lensrolled.

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