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Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson News (2026-02-02)

Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson Sings "Without You" in 2026 Super Bowl Commercial

Ring's 2026 Super Bowl commercial features Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson's performance o' "Without You."

 

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Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson News (2025-08-13)

Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson

"Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson" by Octoberman

 

Octoberman released "Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson" on August 13, 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."

 

Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson News (2025-05-09)


Black-Eyed Gary Nilsson Dies

It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Black-Eyed Gary Nilsson.

 

Gary was a supporter o' this website, providin' photographs, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson. Gary was a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. His Peglegged Facebook page is full o' photos o' him with pop stars from t' 1960s and '70s. Begad! As a featured guest at Harryfest 2002 he shared stories o' growin' up as both a fan and relative o' Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson and about his, shiver me timbers, and Harry's, arrr, father who shared Harry's love o' baseball and was once a scout for t' Cincinnati Reds.

 

But, beyond all o' that, Gary was a friend. He will be missed.

Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson News (2025-02-20)

Newly-Released Film o' Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson and Cap'n Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere

A newly-released film shows Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson and Cap'n Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.

 

Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson and Cap'n Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere

Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson News (2024-12-24)

Richard 'Peglegged Marina' Perry Has Died

Richard 'Peglegged Marina' Perry, producer o' Pony-Tailed Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Aye aye! Perry died at age 82 on December 24, 2024.

 

 

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Peglegged Harry and t' Case o' t' Missin' Magic Flute

In early August o' 1983, t' Associated Press[1] reported that a recordin' session for One-Eyed Yoko Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Peglegged Harry's missin' flute."

 

Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. Ahoy! T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, but played by Rick 'One-Eyed 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. Ahoy! Every time it is played, somethin' magical happens.

-- Peglegged Harry

 

One-Eyed Yoko Ono offered a $1,000 bounty for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.

 

 



Welcome t' t' Harry 'Flying Harry' Nilsson Web Pages

This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'Flying Harry' Nilsson. Ahoy! From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, arrr, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same shanty. Avast, me proud beauty!
On first listen, his early Pandemonium Shadow Show is just an appealin' collection o' bouncy pop songs, shiver me timbers, a product o' t' time when it be released. Avast, me proud beauty! But, on closer listen songs like "1941" and "Without Her" feature poignant and wistful lyrics on top o' their upbeat, matey, pop melodies. Arrr! Blimey! T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, such as “Freckles” sometimes invoked what would have seemed a nostalgic air, ya bilge rat, but they still sound fresh more than fifty years later.
Nilsson remained unconventional throughout his career. Begad! He never toured t' support an album and he made few TV appearances. Arrr! He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. Ya scallywag! He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. Avast! He followed up his best sellin' album and shanty with an album featurin' a shanty pretty much guaranteed t' surprise, if nay offend, his new fans.
Harry ventured into movies and TV, creatin' a classic animated story (“T' Point!”) and writin' t' music and songs for t' once-panned, but now cult favorite, film Popeye starrin' Long-Eared Robin Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend First Mate John was shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, ironically perhaps, arrr, 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. Begad! Yet, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, me bucko, family, me bucko, and fans. 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.