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Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh studio album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records on November 11, 1971. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the number 1 hit "Without You", written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the group Badfinger.
- January–June 1971
- Richard Perry
- November 11, 1971
Nilsson Schmilsson è il settimo album in studio di Harry Nilsson, uscito nel 1971 per la RCA Records . Il singolo Without You si è aggiudicato, nel 1973, il Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione vocale maschile . Indice. 1 Storia. 2 Accoglienza. 3 Tracce. 4 Formazione. 5 Note. 6 Collegamenti esterni. Storia.
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Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh album by Nilsson. It was Nilsson’s most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the number 1 hit “Without...
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Nilsson was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, on June 15, 1941. His paternal great-grandfather, a Swedewho later immigrated to and became naturalized in the United States, created an act known as an "aerial ballet" (which is the title of one of Nilsson's albums). His mother, Elizabeth (née Martin) Nilsson, was known as "Bette" to...
1962–1966: Musicianship beginnings
By 1958, Nilsson was intrigued by emerging forms of popular music, especially rhythm and blues artists like Ray Charles. He had made early attempts at performing while he was working at the Paramount, forming a vocal duo with his friend Jerry Smith and singing close harmonies in the style of the Everly Brothers. The manager of a hangout Nilsson frequented gave him a plastic ukulele, which he learned to play, and he later learned to play the guitar and piano. In the 2006 documentary Who Is Har...
1967–1968: Signing with RCA Victor
Nilsson signed with RCA Victor in 1966 and released an album the following year, Pandemonium Shadow Show, which was a critical success. Music industry insiders were impressed both with the songwriting and with Nilsson's pure-toned, multi-octave vocals. One such insider was Beatles press officer Derek Taylor, who bought an entire box of copies of the album to share this new sound with others. With a major-label release, and continued songwriting success (most notably with The Monkees, who reco...
1969–1972: Chart success
Nilsson's next album, Harry (1969), was his first to hit the charts, and also provided a Top 40 single with "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" (written as a contender for the theme to Midnight Cowboy), used in the Sophia Loren movie La Mortadella (1971) (US title: Lady Liberty). While the album still presented Nilsson as primarily a songwriter, his astute choice of cover material included, this time, a song by then-little-known composer Randy Newman, "Simon Smith and the Amazing Danc...
Nilsson married Sandi McTaggart on October 24, 1964.They had no children other than his stepson, Scott Roberts. They divorced in 1967. Nilsson married Diane Clatworthy on December 31, 1969. They had one son, Zak Nine Nilsson, who died of colon cancer on March 4, 2021. Nilsson and Clatworthy divorced in 1974. Nilsson married Una O'Keeffe on August 1...
Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Nilsson is the subject of the 2006 documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? written, directed, and co-produced by John Schienfeld, the film was screened in 2006 at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In August 2006, the film received its Los Angeles premiere when it was screened at the 7th Annual Mods & Rockers Film Festival, followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and two friends of Nilss...
The RCA Albums Collection
On July 30, 2013, Sony Music released a definitive box-set of his RCA era albums called The RCA Albums Collection. Each of the albums in the 17-CD set had additional bonus tracks, and three of the 17 discs contained rarities and outtakes spanning his entire career. Several weeks later on August 13, Flash Harrywas finally issued on CD, which also featured additional material.
Awards and accolades
1. 2007: The New York Post rated Nilsson's cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" No. 51 on their list of the 100 Best Cover Songs of All Time 2. 2012: Rolling Stoneranked Nilsson as 62nd on its list of "The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" Grammy Awards
"One" was covered by Three Dog Nightin 1969, among many others"Perfect Day" was covered by Dresage and Slow Shiver, featured in the intro of the Better Call Saul episode "Fun and Games."Nilsson by Tipton(1970, Warner Bros. Records), Although it may not be considered a tribute, it featured George Tipton conducting instrumental versions of 11 Nilsson songs.For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson (1995, MusicMasters/BMG), featured Nilsson's songs performed by Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Richard Barone, Brian Wilson, Aimee Mann, Fred Schneider, a...Shipton, Alyn (2013). Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-933069-0.
Harry Nilsson at AllMusicHarry Nilsson at IMDb11 feb 2004 · Aiming for the heart and the top of the pops, though, Nilsson's Schmilsson, in its shuffling, slightly askew, and idiosyncratic way, hit it all perfectly, and this ridiculously overdue...
Nilsson Schmilsson. BUY NOW. Following the moderate success of Nilsson Sings Newman and The Point!, Harry enlisted the production help of Richard Perry, booked London’s Trident Studio and set out to make the most rock n’ roll album of his career.
