Amoeba Music

By J Poet

Harry Nilsson was infamous for his drunken binges with John Lennon in 1973, but the singer with the multi-octave voice was a songwriter and musician of rare talent. He went largely underapprecated in his life, despite two Grammys - Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male for Fred Neil’s “Everybody's Talkin’” on his album Aerial Ballet (1969 RCA) and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Badfinger’s “Without You” from Nilsson Schmilsson (1972 RCA) – and awards of gold (Son of Schmilsson (1972 RCA), Nilsson Schmilsson) and platinum (Nilsson Schmilsson) records. He refused to perform in public, maintained an almost paranoid control... Read More

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Rock