Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Harry Nilsson

Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 January 15, 1994) was an American songwriter, singer, pianist, and guitarist who achieved the height of his fame during the 1960s and 1970s. For most of his recordings, he did not use his first name, and was credited only as Nilsson.

Despite some significant critical and commercial successes, including two Grammy Awards and two Top 10 singles, Nilsson's tendency to make broad stylistic jumps from one record to the next - coupled with his generally iconoclastic decision-making - kept him from capitalizing on his career. Among Nilsson's best-known recordings are "Without You", "Jump Into the Fire", "Everybody's Talkin'" (theme from the movie Midnight Cowboy) and "Coconut".


Without you
(I think it's a movie version, but it's not the vid)



Coconut song (1971)



Everybody's talkin at me (Cover vers. by Karen Eng)
"I posted her because she's very good. Her playlist is [here] and next song she sings on it is Tammy Wynette"



Everybody's Talkin' (Original version - 1969)



Spaceman



Jump into the fire...
(I always save my favorite one for last, this is the motorcycle song)

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