b. Harry Edward Nelson III, 15 June 1941, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, d. 15 January 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA. Nelson moved to Los Angeles as an adolescent and later undertook a range of different jobs before accepting a supervisor's position at the Security First National Bank. He nonetheless pursued a concurrent interest in music, recording demos of his early compositions which were then touted around the city's publishing houses. Producer Phil Spector drew on this cache of material, recording "Paradise" and "Here I Sit" with the Ronettes and "This Could Be The Night" with the Modern Folk Quartet. None of these songs was released contemporaneously, but such interest inspired the artist's own releases for the Tower label. These singles - credited to "Nilsson" - included "You Can't Take Your Love Away From Me" and "Good Times" (both 1966). The following year the Yardbirds recorded his "Ten Little Indians", and Nilsson finally gave up his bank job upon hearing the Monkees' version of another composition, "Cuddly Toy", on the radio. He secured a contract with RCA Records and made his album debut with the impressive Pandemonium Shadow Show. The selection was not only notable for Nilsson's remarkable three-octave voice, it also featured "You Can't Do That", an enthralling montage of Beatles songs that drew considerable praise from John Lennon and inspired their subsequent friendship.

Listen to Nilsson at Finetune.

• (1997)  Harry
• (1984)  Nilsson Schmilsson

• Without You
• Coconut
• Everbody's Talkin'
• The Puppy Song
• Over the Rainbow

• Cat Stevens
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• The Cranberries
• Radiohead
• The Verve
• T. Rex
• Jeff Buckley
• Tracy Chapman
• Texas
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• David Essex
• Elton John
• Simon & Garfunkel
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• Queen
• Harry Nilsson
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• tomq on 2009-01-16 21:01:29.183:
  like mozart
• tomq on 2009-01-01 20:41:35.500:
  skipping over the ocean like a stone
• tomq on 2008-11-07 21:31:04.440:
  Long Ago Far away I heard of Harry Nilson when I was a Boy. THE POINT was my entrance to imagination and Truth. OBLIO was what everyone should be. "MY HERO " We dont all have points, even conservatives.