| One Last Touch of Nilsson |
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This article is from Goldmine Magazine (Vol. 20 No. 9 Issue 359 dated April 29, 1994). Bruce Ansley contacted Krause Publications Group, Inc. and Dawn Eden and they were kind enough to grant him permission to place the article online. Once he had ... |
| In Concert {The Music of NIlsson} |
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"The Music of Nilsson " is a 1971 episode (Season 4, Episode 8) of the BBC TV series "In Concert." It actually aired on January 1, 1972. Nilsson performs the following songs in front of a non-existent studio audience: Mr Richland’s Favourite Song ... |
| Notes on Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter by Alyn Shipton |
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by Roger Smith Drawing on extensive research and access to Nilsson's personal archives, Alyn Shipton's Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter is an exhaustive and award-winning biography of Harry Nilsson . Published in 2013, the biography is ... |
| Harry Nilsson Tribute Concert |
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A note from Roger Smith : Many of the photographs used in this article were taken with an early digital camera and are, therefore, not very good. The better quality photographs were scanned from film prints. I have additional print photographs from Harryfest ... |
| Album Reviews: Harry |
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Harry Nilsson , who usually goes by just his last name, is a musician's musician. Like Randy Newman , Van Dyke Parks and a few others, all of whom seem to reside in southern California, he writes incredibly wonderful songs and remains obscure. Nilsson's ... |
| 1941 {Les Vérités de la Police} |
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"The Truths of the Police" is a French song sung to the tune of "1941 " with lyrics by Richard Dewitte . The lyrics, unrelated to the original, tell the story of a man becoming a police officer to impress a woman. The song was recorded by Les Jelly Roll .
I passed the exam and my ... |
| 1941 (performed by Billy J. Kramer) |
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Billy J. Kramer's recording of "1941 " was released as a single (CBS 3396) in the UK in 1968.
"1941" by Billy J. Kramer
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| Covering Harry |
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This article originally appeared in Everybody's Talkin' (Number 15) published in 1998. by Chris Hahn Bring up the subject of Harry Nilsson's singing and you'll get little argument. In his early years, Nilsson had one of the sweetest, purest voices ever to engage a ... |
| Harry Nilsson in the Netherlands |
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This 1997 article is based on one of Sue Schnelzer's contributions to the Everybody's Talkin' newsletter. By Sue Schnelzer "If only I could find a place where smiling strangers knew our faces; I would take you there. A place with constant melody, where you and I could wander ... |
| Interview with Zak Nilsson |
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Roger Smith interviewed Zak Nilsson for this article which was originally published in the July, 1996, issue of Everybody's Talkin' . ET caught up with Zak Nilsson somewhere in Cyberspace where this interview was conducted over a period of a few weeks. Many of the questions were ... |
| 1941 (performed by Tom Northcott) |
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Northcott's recording of 1941 is available on CD in a various artists collection called Buried Treasure: Lost Gems From Deep in the '60s Vaults .
"1941" by Tom Northcott
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| Ray Connolly |
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Producer David Puttnam was impressed by Harry Nilsson's song "1941 " and asked writer Ray Connolly to create a screenplay based on it. [1]
[1] Enigma: David Puttnam, the story so far , Andrew Yule . Sphere (1989)
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| Enigma: David Puttnam, the story so far |
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Enigma is Andrew Yule's biography of film producer David Puttnam . The book decribes how David Puttnam was impressed by Harry Nilsson's song "1941 ." Puttnam asked writer Ray Connolly to create a screenplay based on it which resulted in the film That'll Be the Day . |
| That'll Be the Day |
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Directed by Claude Whatham with a screenplay by Ray Connolly , the 1973 film That'll Be the Day is loosely based on Harry Nilsson's song "1941 ." One day in the early-Seventies I had a huge stroke of beginners’ luck. Going over to a friend’s house ... |
| 1941 (performed by John Randolph Marr) |
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John Randolph Marr recorded 1941 for his 1970 album John Randolph Marr . The album is a "Nilsson House " production. |
| 1941 (performed by George Burns) |
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George Burns sings 1941 on his 1968 album George Burns Sings . |