Harry Nilsson - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer Harry Nilsson was born on June 15, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA as Harry Edward Nilsson III. He was married to Una M. O'Keeffe, Diane Clatworthy and Sandra McTaggart. He died on January 15, 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, USA. See full bio » Born: a list of 806 people created 19 Oct 2010 a list of 100 people created 17 Aug 2011 a list of 97 people created 28 Feb 2013 a list of 35 people created 8 months ago a list of 20 people created 3 days ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Harry Nilsson's work have you seen? User Polls 2016 Goliath (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Line of Fire (2016) ...

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(writer: "The Battle of the Bands", "The Story of Rock & Roll" - uncredited) 1967 The Monkees (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes) Harry Nilsson — Everybody's Talkin' — Listen, watch, download and discover music for free at Last.fm soundtrack "Everybody's Talkin'" is a folk-rock song written by Fred Neil in 1966 that became a global success for Harry Nilsson in 1969, reaching #6 on the US Billboard Singles chart, and winning a Grammy after it was featured on the soundtrack for the film Midnight Cowboy. The song, which describes the speaker's desire to retreat from other people to the ocean, is among the most famous works of both artists. It has become a standard, covered by many other artists. Similar Tracks Everybody's Talkin' by Nilsson Songfacts Songfacts This was featured in Midnight Cowboy, a 1969 movie about a male prostitute in New York City starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight (Angelina Jolie's dad).

Although it is the most memorable and popular song from the film, the film's actual title song is "Midnight Cowboy Theme," which is a haunting instrumental written by prolific song writer John Barry, who has done numerous soundtracks. You will recognize the theme by the lonely harmonica which serves as the main instrument. There are lyrics, though the song has rarely been recorded as a vocal. Midnight Cowboy is the only movie rated X or NC-17 to win an Oscar for Best Picture. >> Suggestion credit: Bobby G - Boston, MA Bob Dylan's " Lay Lady Lay " was written for Midnight Cowboy, but this was used instead. The folk singer Fred Neil wrote this song and released it on his 1967 self-titled album, which was the first one where he used electric instruments. Neil was a very influential singer who made a name for himself playing Greenwich Village clubs with people like John Sebastian, David Crosby, and Stephen Stills. He pretty much disappeared around 1971, resurfacing every now and then for various events. He had a small, but dedicated group of fans and looked like he was on his way to stardom, but apparently that was never his goal.

Neil died in his Florida home in 2001. This song won Nilsson the Grammy award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male. Nilsson originally issued this song as a single in 1968, but it was pulled and released a year later when the movie came out. Fred Neil released his version of the song as a single in 1968, but it didn't do very well. Shortly after Midnight Cowboy came out, Neil's version was re-released along with the album. In the 1994 movie Forrest Gump, when Lt. Dan says, "I'm walking here!" to the cab that almost hits him, this song is playing in the background. It's a nod to a similar scene in Midnight Cowboy. >> Suggestion credit: Bertrand - Paris, France Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on the TV series Star Trek, did a very interesting cover version for his 1970 album The New World Of Leonard Nimoy. This was one of the first songs Phil Ramone engineered at the 7th Avenue studio in New York City that he purchased from Columbia Records. He would later record Billy Joel, Dionne Warwick, Paul Simon and many others there.

The album title was inspired by the aerial ballet act performed by Nilsson's Swedish grandparents, who were circus performers and dancers. This was featured in the 2006 comedy Borat, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, and in the 2013 comedy The Hangover Part III, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis. Dustin Hoffman would go on to narrate Nilsson's animated film The Point!, featuring the hit " Me And My Arrow ," in its original telecast on ABC in 1971. Harry Nilsson - News, Photos, Videos, Bio. Free music downloads at MP3.com Harry Nilsson Genres: singer-songwriter , classic rock , rock , folk , pop Biography Harry Edward Nilsson III (born June 15, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York - died January 15, 1994), usually credited as simply Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter with a three octave vocal range. He won Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Male Vocal Performance for "Everybody's Talkin'" (1970) and "Without You" (1973), also his two biggest hits.

Although both the aforementioned songs were composed by others, he was a talented songwriter in his own right, having written "One", a hit single for Three Dog Night. His early offerings are oft compared to The Beatles' psychedelic period; indeed, The Beatles were themselves outspoken fans of Nilsson, helping him early on in his career. Read More... Nilsson's work has seen much use in film; notably, "Everybody's Talking" (originally written by Fred Neil) featured prominently in Midnight Cowboy. "Without You" (originally written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger) also appeared in The Rules of Attraction. Nilsson wrote and performed the music for the 1971 animated television film The Point!; some versions of the film features narration by Ringo Starr, one of Nilsson's closest friends. Other films that have utilized Nilsson songs include GoodFellas, Reservoir Dogs, and You've Got Mail. Nilsson died unexpectedly of heart failure in 1994, after a night of recording for what was intended to be his first studio album in over a decade, provisionally titled Papa's Got a Brown New Robe.

Nilsson remains a beloved artist amongst songwriters themselves, being the subject of a tribute cover album featuring such luminaries as Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, and Ringo Starr. 2010 saw the domestic release of the biographical documentary, Who Is Harry Nilsson? (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?), featuring interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, such as Micky Dolenz, Eric Idle, and Paul Williams. Read more on Last.fm . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. Top Songs Fred Neil’s ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ ’ - Report - The New York Times The New York Times Music |The Echoes of His Mind Just Keep Reverberating Search The Echoes of His Mind Just Keep Reverberating By DAVID BROWNE Continue reading the main story Photo Fred Neil's song Everybodys Talkin  has been recorded by, from left, Julio Iglesias, Madeleine Peyroux and Stevie Wonder, among others.

Credit From left, Fethi Belaid/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; Rafa Rivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; Carlos Barria/Reuters Correction Appended FORTY years ago a standard was born, although completely by accident. In the fall of 1966 Fred Neil was recording a folk-blues album in Los Angeles. But he hadn’t written enough songs to complete it, and he was getting anxious to return home to Miami. His manager at the time, Herb Cohen, quickly made a deal: Write one more tune and record it immediately, then you can go. With that, Mr. Neil retreated to a bathroom at the studio and, five minutes later, emerged with the new composition: a lanky, concise ballad — just two verses and a chorus, with one verse and the chorus repeated — that expressed his desire to go home, “where the sun keeps shining in the pouring rain.” The song was cut fast, in one take, and Mr. Cohen made good on his promise. “He sang it once,” he recalled, “and then we packed up, and I took him to the airport.” Mr.

Neil (who died in 2001) may have considered the number a throwaway, but in a case study of the unpredictable ways in which pop can work, the song, “Everybody’s Talkin’,” has quietly become a landmark of the classic-rock era. Most people know it from Harry Nilsson’s orchestral-pop rendition, which hit No. 6 after being prominently used in the 1969 movie “Midnight Cowboy,” but it has been recorded by nearly 100 artists, including Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond and Liza Minnelli. Continue reading the main story This year five new or unearthed renditions have been released. The band Luna included a straightforward version on “Lunafied,” (Rhino) its collection of covers. The jazz-pop singer Madeleine Peyroux turned it into a sultry saunter on her new album, “Half the Perfect World” (Rounder). Last week Julio Iglesias transformed it into a suave adult-contemporary love song on “Romantic Classics” (Columbia). Advertisement Continue reading the main story Three older recordings popped up this year as well. The famous version was repackaged on a Harry Nilsson anthology.

A previously unreleased take by Crosby, Stills & Nash was included on an expanded reissue of the trio’s 1969 debut. And Mr. Neil’s original recording, the one cut in a flash, re-emerged when Water Music reissued his 1967 album “Fred Neil.” “Everybody loves that song,” said Dean Wareham, leader of Luna, which recently broke up. The band first cut the song in the mid-1990’s and went on to perform it on numerous occasions, including its farewell concert last year. Mr. Wareham said he was initially exposed to the song by his parents, who were Nilsson fans. “It’s perfectly constructed,” he said. “I can hum every guitar line and string part.” Theo Cateforis, a music-history professor at Syracuse University, said, “Harmonically it’s a very simple song, and it’s easy to get a handle on the melody.” But, he said, the lyrics also account for the song’s appeal. “It’s one of the great open-road songs, along with ‘Born to Be Wild.’ It taps into a sense of freedom and taking a journey.

The narrator wants to separate himself from the problems around him, which is a universal feeling that can apply to any era. It works as well now as it did in the 60’s.” According to BMI, the organization that tracks broadcast play and collects song royalties, “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” has been played on radio and television a total of 6.7 million times, including 160,000 times in 2005. In another possible sign of its ubiquity, it was even the basis for a plagiarism charge this year. Six Palms Music, the song’s publisher, claimed that “I Don’t Care What Your Friends Say,” a new song used on “The O.C.,” bore a melodic resemblance to it. The matter was settled out of court, and Third Story emerged with ownership of the disputed song. Photo Fred Neil in the 60s. Credit Michael Ochs Archive The many versions — and lives — of “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” began soon after it was written.

In the 60’s and 70’s Lena Horne used it as the basis for frisky jazz vocalese; Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes turned it into pleading Philly soul; Bill Withers transformed it into a soul-funk stomp; Tony Bennett made it a big-band showcase; and Leonard Nimoy talk-sang his way through it. The oddest version, though, may be a disco makeover featuring Louis Armstrong. In the decades that followed, the song was rediscovered by alternative and indie rock types. Two British bands, the Beautiful South and the Jazz Butcher, resurrected it. In 2002 the techno producer Paul Oakenfold sampled the Nilsson version on his club hit “Starry Eyed Surprise.” Two years later the Go! Team, an electronica collective from Britain, also used a sample of it in “Everyone’s a V.I.P. to Someone.” “I didn’t know the song was covered or revered that much,” Mr. Oakenfold wrote in an e-mail interview. He said he knew the song exclusively from “Midnight Cowboy” and “really liked the guitar line.” Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter.

You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy It’s not uncommon to encounter someone who knows “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” but doesn’t know much about Fred Neil, since he went out of his way to avoid anything approaching the spotlight. With a deep, resonant voice and hangdog face, he made his name in the mid-60’s in Greenwich Village, where he wrote coffeehouse standards like “The Dolphins,” “The Other Side of This Life” and “Little Bit of Rain.” He was so revered that Bob Dylan once opened a show for him. By the end of the 60’s, though, Mr. Neil had retreated to Florida, rarely performing or writing new material. His cut of the royalties of “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” — estimated by Mr. Cohen to be in the millions of dollars over the years — allowed him to live a reclusive, comfortable life. Advertisement Continue reading the main story “He was a very sensitive person,” said Robert Steinberg, Mr. Neil’s lawyer. “He couldn’t handle the music business.” Mr.

Steinberg said his client had been vehemently opposed to the placement of his most famous song in “Forrest Gump,” saying he was “afraid they’d exploit it.” Thanks to the particularities of Mr. Neil’s publishing contract, however, the song was used in the film nonetheless. Mr. Neil’s death was as low key as his life. On July 7, 2001, the police in Summerland Key, Fla., responded to an emergency call at his house. They found Mr. Neil, 65, unconscious on the floor. He had $13 in his wallet and a last will and testament on a nightstand by his bed. He had been battling skin cancer (chemotherapy treatments were set to begin nine days later) and was pronounced dead of natural causes. Until the end he remained a mystery even to those who knew and worked with him. Mr. Steinberg said he was still confounded by Mr. Neil’s creative withdrawal. “Was it that he didn’t want to be part of the business, or was he afraid of not living up to what he had done before?” he said. “I could never figure it out.” But everyone agreed on one matter: Mr.

Neil never thought much of “Everybody’s Talkin’,” despite its continued popularity and the lifelong revenue it provided. “He never gave the song much credence at all,” Mr. Cohen recalled. “It was just a way to get out of the studio. He hated L.A.” Correction: Oct. 1, 2006 Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about cover versions of the 1966 song “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” misstated the name of the company that now owns a new song, “I Don’t Care What Your Friends Say,” after claiming it bore a resemblance to the earlier tune. It is Six Palms Music, publisher of “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” — not Third Story, which is the parent company of Six Palms. A version of this article appears in print on , on Page AR10 of the New York edition with the headline: The Echoes of His Mind Just Keep Reverberating. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe Harry Nilsson (Music) - TV Tropes Harry Nilsson You need to login to do this.

Get Known if you don't have an account Share Well in 1941 a happy father had a son and by 1944 the father walked right out the door And in '45 the mom and son were still alive but who could tell in '46 if the two were to survive Well the years were passing quickly but not fast enough for him So he closed his eyes through '55 and he opened them up again When he looked around he saw a clown and the clown seemed very gay And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away — "1941" Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 ï¿½ January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as simply Nilsson, was an American singer/songwriter with a versatile voice that boasted multiple octaves in its prime. An idiosyncratic, savvy composer with a unique flair for Cloud Cuckooland -ishness, his career saw him going from clean-cut baroque pop prodigy to scruffy, carousing pop-rocker.

Rather uniquely for the period, he was a Reclusive Artist who seldom, if ever, performed live, his career sustained by little else than his recorded output. When a relative newcomer during the late 1960s , Nilsson earned the admiration of The Beatles ( Ringo Starr eventually became his heterosexual life partner ), which needless to say did wonders for Nilsson's own notability . His big commercial break came when his cover of "Everybody's Talkin'" (originally written by Fred Neil) was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy , earning him a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in the process. He would win the same award again a few years later for his performance of what has now become a pop standard; "Without You" (written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger). His fame reached a peak in the early 1970s ; as time went on, Nilsson's continuing drug and alcohol abuse took a toll on both his voice and career; his career as a recording artist ended with the release of his last album in 1980. His untimely death of heart failure in 1994 occurred just as he was aiming for a musical comeback.

Discography: A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (1973) Son of Dracula (1974) Pussy Cats [with John Lennon ] (1974) Duit on Mon Dei (1975) Sandman (1976) ...That's the Way It Is (1976) Early Tymes (1977) Age Progression Song : "1941". Album Intro Track : Pandemonium Shadow Show opens with Nilsson attempting a circus ringmaster-type introduction. Aerial Ballet has him doing a tap-dancing routine. Duit on Mon Dei starts off with a rough demo version of "Jesus Christ You're Tall", which he recorded a finished version of on the next album, Sandman. Flash Harry opens with a song about Nilsson, written and performed by Eric Idle . Anti-Love Song : "You're Breaking My Heart" Badass Beard : His pride and joy since the early '70s.

The Beatles : A presence in Nilsson's career dating all the way back to 1964, when he wrote and recorded a tribute song to them called "Stand Up and Holler" (credited to the non-existent Foto-Fi Four when it was released). Pandemonium Shadow Show featured his version of "You Can't Do That" that skillfully wove in lines from other Beatles songs, plus a cover of "She's Leaving Home". This attracted attention from The Beatles themselves, most famously when Lennon and McCartney cited Nilsson as their "favorite band" in the press conference announcing the formation of Apple Records. He covered "Mother Nature's Son" on Harry (the original may well have been influenced by Nilsson in the first place), and did a version of "Blackbird" around the same time that wouldn't be released for several decades. He hung out with Ringo and John constantly in the early 1970s. Ringo played drums on a few Nilsson sessions. John produced Pussy Cats. Harry starred in the Apple Films production Son of Dracula. He covered George's "That Is All".

John's murder led Harry to become a gun control advocate, and he made a few appearances at Beatles fan conventions in the 1980s. Big Applesauce : "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City". Bookends : A Little Touch of Schmilsson in The Night opens with a snippet of "As Time Goes By" and closes with the whole song. ...That's The Way It Is goes the opposite direction, opening with the full version of "That Is All" and closing with a short reprise. Breakup Song : Oh, so many... "Without You" being the most obvious example. It was a cover of a song by Badfinger, but their version doesn't have a fraction of Nilsson's emotional oomph. There's also "Don't Forget Me", a tender post-divorce song from Pussy Cats. Christmas Songs : "Remember (Christmas)" is a perennial selection on Christmas compilations... despite having no Christmas connotations whatsoever in its lyrics (there are some sleigh bells in the instrumental bridge, though). He wrote and recorded an original Christmas song called "Give, Love, Joy" for the Ziggy's Gift TV special in 1982.

Six years later he contributed a few brief cover versions of holiday standards to an audiobook anthology of various stories called The Presence of Christmas . It's ultra-rare and those who've heard it don't have much good to say about it. One Amazon.com review calls it "so bad it's almost embarrassing". Cover Album : Nilsson Sings Newman, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night....That's The Way It Is (all but two songs are covers), Pussy Cats (five of ten) and Pandemonium Shadow Show (six of twelve) come close. And on the receiving end too, with the tribute album For The Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson, and The Walkmen did a track-for-track version of Pussy Cats. His two biggest hits were covers. And pretty obviously, Nilsson Sings Newman is nothing covers of Randy Newman songs. The Beatles uniformly agreed that his cover of "Mother Nature's Son" is their favourite Beatles cover song. Out of 18 albums, only 4 (Skidoo, The Point!, Duit on Mon Dei, Knnillssonn) contain all original songs, and Knnillssonn is the only one with all the songs solely written by Nilsson.

Cloud Cuckoolander : Part of his brand of humor. "Coconut" is pretty much one of the all-time party tunes of Cloud Cuckooland . "Days of the Week" Song : "(Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today" Dead Artists Are Better : Nilsson's death didn't get much notice beyond the standard celebrity obituaries in 1994note It didn't help that a 6.7 earthquake hit the LA area two days later, dominating news coverage. The joke among his friends was that it was actually Harry throwing a fit after learning there were no bars in Heaven.. Understandable, since he hadn't released an album in over 13 years. At that point he was mainly remembered for a handful of hits and as John Lennon 's "Lost Weekend" drinking buddy.

Since then a confluence of factors helped rejuvenate his reputation: several Nilsson songs featured prominently in movies, a small but enthusiastic fandom, websites devoted to his work, a well-executed remaster and reissue campaign by RCA Records , the acclaimed documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) and biography Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter by Alyn Shipton, plus the enduring popularity of The Point . Denser and Wackier : His evolution from the clean-cut, angelic-voiced orchestral pop prodigy of the late 60s to the bearded, throaty, often profane barfly of the 70s. Disappeared Dad : Messed him up, but good. He attributes his own self-admitted flaws as a father to this. This also becomes the subject of at least two of his songs. Even worse, his mother tried to protect his feelings by telling him that his father died heroically in World War II . After gaining notice as a singer, he learned that his dad was alive and well and was remarried with children.

Early Installment Weirdness : Nilsson's first releases, under the name "Bo-Pete", were rockabilly songs. Epic Instrumental Opener : The intro for "Salmon Falls" clocks in at a full 1:40 (the entire song is a little over four minutes). Even more unusually, the main instrument in that intro is a steel drum. Epic Rocking : "Jump Into the Fire". That is, the album version. Exactly What It Says on the Tin : "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" was exactly that; the favorite Nilsson song of one Mr. Richland, a music publisher. Aerial Ballet: "I Said Goodbye to Me" into the reprise of "Little Cowboy". Duit on Mon Dei: "Kojak Columbo" into "Easier For Me". Fake Shemp : The cover photo of RCA's 1978 Greatest Hits album appears to show Nilsson looking at himself in a handheld mirror, but the back of the head that we see is actually a delivery man who showed up at RCA one day while they were working on the cover.

They didn't have Nilsson pose for it because they didn't want him to know they were releasing the album (and he left the label after he found out). Falling Bass : The detuning bass solo in the breakdown section of "Jump Into the Fire". Long Title : "Nobody Cares About the Railroads Anymore", "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City", "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"... all on the same album, even! "Pretty Soon There'll Be Nothing Left for Everybody" from Sandman. Looped Lyrics : "Jump Into The Fire" Lyrical Cold Open : Most of the songs on The Point!, "Remember (Christmas)", "(Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today". Lyrical Dissonance : "Marchin' Down Broadway" is a super-cheery number about... celebrating America's victory over Japan in World War II . The bouncy and wholesome-sounding "Cuddly Toy" was an obvious choice for Davy Jones to sing when The Monkees covered it. As for the lyrics, they're vague enough to be interpreted in different ways (some quite sinister), but they're plainly about some sort of unwholesome sexual encounter.

Meaningful Name : Aerial Ballet was named after the highwire circus act of his Swedish grandparents. Nilsson Schmilsson added extensive rock elements to his music for the first time, culminating with the Epic Rocking of "Jump Into The Fire". A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night. Standards and traditional pop. Non-Actor Vehicle : Son of Dracula. Nilsson was the second choice after David Bowie turned it down. Most fans think he acquits himself fairly well as an actor and is the only worthwhile thing in the whole movie. Non-Standard Prescription : In the song "Coconut" a woman puts lime in the coconut and drinks them both up, and gets a bellyache. She calls her doctor (wakes him up) and the doctor prescribes... lime in the coconut, drink them both together. Then she'll feel better. Only One Name : On many of his albums, he was credited as "Nilsson". (Which would make Harry a Pun-Based Title .) The Power of Friendship : "Me and My Arrow". Precision F-Strike : "You're breakin' my heart... you're tearin' it apart...

so FUCK YOU!" Possibly the most commercial song on the album, and the least likely to see airplay! There's some swearing in "The Flying Saucer Song", which gets Lampshaded . Pun-Based Title : Duit on Mon Dei is a riff on the motto of the British Monarchy, "Dieu et mon droit" . Apparently this began as an inside joke among The Beatles during the Apple Corps era, then Ringo put it on the cover of his Ringo album. Repurposed Pop Song : "Coconut" was nothing less than a shoe-in for ads for Coke Lime. Statuesque Stunner : "Jesus Christ You're Tall" Studio Chatter : Featured on a few albums. Ten Little Murder Victims : "Who Done It?" is a quirky take on this. Also "Ten Little Indians", where each Indian dies after violating one of the Ten Commandments. Tenor Boy : His persona on his early albums. Theme Naming : Notice all the albums with variations of "Nilsson" up there?

Train Song : "Nobody Cares About the Railroads Anymore" Uncommon Time : "There Will Never Be" on Pandemonium Shadow Show starts off in 5/4 and toggles between that and 3/4 for the rest of the song. Values Dissonance : Invoked for parody with several songs on Harry... a kind of super-sanitized chipper '50s worldview in the face of war, social changes, and more. Vocal Evolution : Unfortunately, not the positive kind. We Used to Be Friends : George Aliceson Tipton was Nilsson's arranger up until Nilsson Schmilsson, when he abruptly quit after recordng just one song. More than just an arranger, though, Tipton was a musical mentor and cohort for Nilsson (more than one person has compared the Nilsson/Tipton partnership to George Martin and The Beatles ). Up to his death in 2016 Tipton steadfastly refused to discuss his work with Nilsson or why they split up. The best guess is that there was some dispute over credits and money, plus Nilsson's dissolute lifestyle making him harder to work with. Welcome to the Caribbean, Mon!

: A surprising number of his songs have a Caribbean feel, even if the lyrics don't reflect it. "Coconut" is the most famous, but the albums Duit on Mon Dei and Sandman prominently feature steel drums and marimbas in their instrumental mixes. He also later covered the calypso standard "Zombie Jamboree". White-Dwarf Starlet : The subject of "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song". Word Schmord : This should be pretty obvious by now... :: Indexes :: Harry Nilsson MP3 download Video Harry Nilsson biography Harry Edward Nilsson III (born June 15, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York - died January 15, 1994), usually credited as simply Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter with a three octave vocal range. He won Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Male Vocal Performance for "Everybody's Talkin'" (1970) and "Without You" (1973), also his two biggest hits. Although both the aforementioned songs were composed by others, he was a talented songwriter in his own right, having written "One", a hit single for Three Dog Night.

His early offerings are oft compared to The Beatles' psychedelic period; indeed, The Beatles were themselves outspoken fans of Nilsson, helping him early on in his career. Nilsson's work has seen much use in film; notably, "Everybody's Talking" (originally written by Fred Neil) featured prominently in Midnight Cowboy. "Without You" (originally written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger) also appeared in The Rules of Attraction. Nilsson wrote and performed the music for the 1971 animated television film The Point!; some versions of the film features narration by Ringo Starr, one of Nilsson's closest friends. Other films that have utilized Nilsson songs include GoodFellas, Reservoir Dogs, and You've Got Mail. Nilsson died unexpectedly of heart failure in 1994, after a night of recording for what was intended to be his first studio album in over a decade, provisionally titled Papa's Got a Brown New Robe. Nilsson remains a beloved artist amongst songwriters themselves, being the subject of a tribute cover album featuring such luminaries as Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, and Ringo Starr.

2010 saw the domestic release of the biographical documentary, Who Is Harry Nilsson? (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?), featuring interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, such as Micky Dolenz, Eric Idle, and Paul Williams. Please write a few words Post comment

Question: ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ featured prominently in the music for which 1969 film?
Answer: MIDNIGHT COWBOY