The Puppy Song
"The Puppy Song" is a Harry Nilsson song that appeared on his album "Harry" released in August 1969.
Nilsson originally wrote this song at Paul McCartney's request for Mary Hopkin, an 18-year-old singer that McCartney had signed to Apple Records and whose first album, "Post Card" would feature her version of Nilsson's song.
Nora Ephron would use Harry's own version for the opening credits of her 1998 film, "You've Got Mail" and at the end of the first episode of the FX series "Wilfred".
Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), known mononymously as 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 3½ octave range
, Nilsson was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists of his era to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours.
The craft of his songs and the defiant attitude he projected remains a touchstone for later generations of indie rock musicians.
Born in Brooklyn, Nilsson moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to escape his family's poor financial situation.
While working as a computer programmer at a bank, he grew interested in musical composition and close-harmony singing, and was successful in having some of his songs recorded by various artists such as 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's story "The Point!"
(1971).
His most commercially successful album, "Nilsson Schmilsson" (1971), produced the international top 10 singles "Without You" and "Coconut".
His other top 10 hit, "Everybody's Talkin'" (1968), was a prominent song in the 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy".
A version of Nilsson's "One", released by Three Dog Night in 1969, also reached the U.S. top 10.
During a 1968 press conference, the Beatles were asked what their favorite American group was and answered "Nilsson".
He soon formed close friendships with John Lennon and Ringo Starr.
In the 1970s, Nilsson and Lennon joined Starr as members of the Hollywood Vampires drinking club, embroiling themselves in a number of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled incidents.
At the same time, they produced one collaborative album, "Pussy Cats" (1974).
After 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 rest of his life, he recorded only sporadically.
Nilsson created the first remix album ("Aerial Pandemonium Ballet", 1971) and recorded the first mashup song ("You Can't Do That", 1967).
He was voted
No. 62 in "Rolling Stone"s 2015 list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time", where he was described as "a pioneer of the Los Angeles studio sound, a crucial bridge between the baroque psychedelic pop of the late Sixties and the more personal singer-songwriter era of the Seventies".
The RIAA certified "Nilsson Schmilsson" and "Son of Schmilsson" as gold records, indicating over 500,000 units sold each.
His honors include Grammy Awards for two of his recordings; Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male in 1970 for "Everybody's Talkin'" and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male in 1973 for "Without You".
In 1994, Nilsson died of a heart attack while in the midst of recording what became his last album, "Losst and Founnd" (2019).
Lamman Rucker
Lamman Rucker( born October 6, 1971) is an American actor.
Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
Daydreamer (David Cassidy song)
"Daydreamer" is a song by the American singer David Cassidy.
Written by Terry Dempsey and produced by Rick Jarrard, "Daydreamer" was Cassidy's second and final No.1 single in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in October and November 1973.
The song was a double-A side with a cover version of Harry Nilsson's "The Puppy Song" on the B-side.
The single was the 10th best selling single in the UK in 1973.
The song also appears on David Cassidy's 1973 UK No.1 album "Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes".
Cilla Black recorded a version of this song in 1974.
The French singer Claude François also recorded a version of this song called "Le mal aimé" which was a hit in France.
The song's only chart appearance in the US was by Gino Cunico in 1976 on Arista Records.
This cover, which hit No. 43 on the "Billboard" Easy Listening Chart, added a bridge repeating the phrase "ain't that a shame", echoing the lyrical variation introduced by Cilla Black in her 1974 treatment of the song.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones( born January 16, 1972) is an American actor.
Jones is best known for his portrayals of Laveinio in the dramatic film" The Wood"( 1999) and Mike of the dramatic films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007) and" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010).
He is also well known for his role as Bruce Van Exel, court services officer on the CBS television series" Judging Amy" that aired from 1999 to 2005.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
No More Drama (song)
" No More Drama" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, taken from her fifth studio album of the same name( 2001).
It was released as the album's second single worldwide( third single in some European markets).
The Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced track became another hit for Blige, peaking at number 15 on the" Billboard" Hot 100 and number 9 in the UK.
The single was released on the day of the September 11 attacks.
The song famously samples" Nadia's Theme", currently used as the theme music for the American soap opera" The Young and the Restless".
In the song, Blige calls herself" young and restless" in a further nod to the music sample.
The video for the song won Blige her first MTV Video Music Award for Best R &B Video.
The song was also used as a background theme for both Tyler Perry's" Why Did I Get Married?" and" Why Did I Get Married Too?".
Send a Little Love My Way
" Send a Little Love My Way" is a song written by Henry Mancini and Hal David and performed by Anne Murray.
The song reached# 6 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and# 10 on both the Canadian country chart the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1973.
The song appeared on her 1974 album," Love Song".
The song was produced by Brian Ahern.
In 1973 the song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
The song was featured in" Oklahoma Crude".

Question: Why did the performer of song The Puppy Song die?
Answer: heart attack