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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, whose song catalog is among the latest to be acquired. (Michael Putland / Getty Images) ...

Imagine that you’re an up-and-coming artist who has released a couple of albums and a handful of singles that have done little to nothing in terms of sales or airplay. And then suddenly you hear your ...

The name “Harry Nilsson” typically inspires either a blank stare or a beatific smile — very little in between. Despite being worshipped by the Beatles and envied by other singer-songwriters ever since ...

Legendary producer Richard Perry passed away on Tuesday, December 24, at age 82 after suffering a heart attack. Perry had an impressively successful and prolific career that spanned from the late ...

The late singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson is best known for his late-1960s, early-’70s hits “Everybody’s Talkin’,” “Coconut” and “One” and the 1971 animated film The Point!. What is not remembered ...

Songwriters are often labeled quirky for no good reason other than they dare to write songs about topics other than love. Harry Nilsson was often saddled with the “quirky” label for some of the ...

Harry Nilsson's melodic pop music endeared him to the Beatles and won him the admiration of everyone from Monty Python's Terry Gilliam to Carly Rae Jepsen. But ask someone on the street if they ...