Read the bio below and try to give details on fred neil 's: - instrument - death place - years active - birth name - death date - genre - birth date - name - background - image - birth place - occupation Bio: frederick '' fred '' neil -lrb- march 16 , 1936 -- july 7 , 2001 -rrb- was an american folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s . he did not achieve commercial success as a performer , and is mainly known through other people 's recordings of his material -- particularly '' everybody 's talkin ' '' , which became a hit for harry nilsson after being used for the film '' midnight cowboy '' . though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers , he was reluctant to tour -lrb- something he shared with nilsson -rrb- , and mainly spent the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins .
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- instrument is vocals , guitar- death place is summerland key , florida , united states- years active is 1964 & ndash ; 1975- birth name is frederick neil- death date is 7 july 2001- genre is blues , folk- birth date is 16 march 1936- name is fred neil- background is solo_singer- image is fredneil.png- birth place is cleveland , ohio , united states- occupation is singer , songwriter