While on a press tour to promote the founding of Apple Corps in 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were asked to name their favorite singer. “Nilsson,” they replied. When next queried as to their ...

In their final American press conference as Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were asked who their favorite group was. Lennon answered, “Harry Nilsson.” Harry Nilsson’s rise from poverty in ...

His autobiographical “1941” sets up the (initially sad) story perfectly. Harry Nilsson was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was told his father died in World War II; he found out only much later his ...

“Sit beside the breakfast table (and) think about your troubles.” The opening line to Harry Nilsson’s song “Think About Your Troubles” paints a picture that people around the world can resonate with ...

Harry Nilsson was both one of the most famous singer-songwriters of the nineteen-seventies and one of the most obscure. He had three top-ten hits (“Everybody’s Talkin,” “Without You,” and “Coconut”), ...