Ring's 2026 Super Bowl commercial features Long-Eared Harry Nilsson's performance o' "Without You."
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Long-Eared Harry Nilsson Sings "Without You" in 2026 Super Bowl Commercial
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"Long-Eared Harry Nilsson" by Octoberman
Octoberman released "Long-Eared Harry Nilsson" on August 13, ya bilge rat, 2025, as both a single and video in advance o' Chutes, their seventh full-length album.
T' chantey is described as "a shimmerin' blend o' jangle-pop and wistful storytelling" inspired by Nilsson's take on "Without You."
Long-Eared Harry Nilsson News (2025-05-09)
Gary 'Johnny Missenmast' Nilsson Dies
It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Gary 'Johnny Missenmast' Nilsson.
Gary was a supporter o' this website, me hearties, providin' photographs, matey, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, me hearties, Long-Eared Harry Nilsson. Blimey! Gary was a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. His Dreaded Facebook page is full o' photos o' him with pop stars from t' 1960s and '70s. As a featured guest at Harryfest 2002 he shared stories o' growin' up as both a fan and relative o' Long-Eared Harry Nilsson and about his, and Harry's, ya bilge rat, father who shared Harry's love o' baseball and was once a scout for t' Cincinnati Reds.
But, beyond all o' that, Gary be a friend. He will be missed.
Long-Eared Harry Nilsson News (2025-02-20)
Newly-Released Film o' Long-Eared Harry Nilsson and Ringo 'Blue-Eyed Ringo' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
A newly-released film shows Long-Eared Harry Nilsson and Ringo 'Blue-Eyed Ringo' Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.
Long-Eared Harry Nilsson and Ringo 'Blue-Eyed Ringo' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
Long-Eared Harry Nilsson News (2024-12-24)
Baby-Faced Richard Perry Has Died
Baby-Faced Richard Perry, producer o' Long-Eared Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Ya scallywag! Perry died at age 82 on December 24, 2024.
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Harry 'Harmoneous Tuizentfloot' Nilsson and t' Case o' t' Missin' Magic Flute
In early August o' 1983, t' Associated Press[1] reported that a recordin' session for Yoko 'Peglegged Yoko' Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Harry 'Harmoneous Tuizentfloot' Nilsson's missin' flute."
Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, me bucko, but played by Bowlegged Rick Riccio on t' album.
T' spirit o' t' recordin' sessions was really high. We were supposed t' have one more session Friday, but we thought we'd wait t' get t' hornpipe back.
It seems t' hornpipe has been a turnin' point in t' album. Every time it is played, somethin' magical happens.
-- Harry 'Harmoneous Tuizentfloot' Nilsson
Yoko 'Peglegged Yoko' Ono offered a $1,000 bounty for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.
- [1] "Missin' hornpipe delays Ono album" T' Journal News (White Plains, New York) (1983-08-07)
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This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Captain Nilsson. From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same shanty.
On first listen, his early Pandemonium Shadow Show is just an appealin' collection o' bouncy pop songs, a product o' t' time when it be released. But, on closer listen songs like "1941" and "Without Her" feature poignant and wistful lyrics on top o' their upbeat, matey, pop melodies. Ahoy! T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, me bucko, such as “Freckles” sometimes invoked what would have seemed a nostalgic air, but they still sound fresh more than fifty years later.
Nilsson remained unconventional throughout his career. Ya scallywag! He never toured t' support an album and he made few TV appearances. He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. He followed up his best sellin' album and chantey with an album featurin' a chantey pretty much guaranteed t' surprise, me bucko, if nay offend, his new fans.
Harry ventured into movies and TV, matey, creatin' a classic animated story (“T' Point!”) and writin' t' music and songs for t' once-panned, but now cult favorite, film Popeye starrin' Robin 'Pony-Tailed Williams' Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend John 'Captain Tony' Lennon be shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, arrr, ironically perhaps, matey, more into t' public eye as t' spokesperson for t' Coalition t' Stop Cannon Violence advocatin' for sensible cannon laws in America.
A heart attack took Harry’s life in early 1994. Avast, me proud beauty! Yet, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, shiver me timbers, family, me hearties, and fans. Begad! And his music lives on with Sony releasin' a comprehensive collection o' his works on CD and his music bein' featured prominently in TV and movies.