Covering Harry |
... importantly, teen sensation the Monkees had settled on "Cuddly Toy " as their first Nilsson song, presenting it in their highly-popular television series. "Cuddy Toy" by The Monkees While Nilsson's first two albums for RCA , Pandemonium Shadow Show and Aerial Ballet , were ignored by the ... |
One Last Touch of Nilsson |
... guys?' He said, 'These are the Monkees .' I had heard all the publicity about them, but I didn't know what they looked like. I said, 'Oh, fantastic!' They were doing their first or second album. Chip said to the Monkees, "Harry is a fantastic writer. I would like to take him into the studio and ... |
Remembering Harry |
... When their hot property The Monkees recorded his "Daddy's Song " for their movie Head , RCA yanked Harry's version off Aerial Ballet without a word to him. He had to fight and threaten to get them to use the old Victor label for Son of Schmilsson . But this probably hurt Harry more than ... |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees {Stereophonic LP} [1968] |
... release. An album by The Monkees . Nilsson sings backing vocals for the song "Auntie's Municipal Court " and plays keyboards for "Zor and Zam ." |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees {Rhino LP Reissue} [1994] |
An album by The Monkees . Nilsson sings backing vocals for the song "Auntie's Municipal Court " and plays keyboards for "Zor and Zam ." |
Martoni's |
... guys?' He said, 'These are the Monkees .' I had heard all the publicity about them, but I didn't know what they looked like. I said, 'Oh, fantastic!' They were doing their first or second album. Chip said to the Monkees, "Harry is a fantastic writer. I would like to take him into the studio and ... |
Tribute: A Rockumentary |
... including The Missing Links , a Monkees tribute band. In one scene, Danny Lopez , of The Missing Links, points out a photograph of himself with Harry Nilsson . |
Daddy's Song |
Harry Nilsson included "Daddy's Song " on his Aerial Ballet album, but RCA quickly pulled the first release of the album and reissued it without "Daddy's Song." RCA feared that Harry's version of the song would compete with the Monkee's recording included on the soundtrack album for their movie ... |
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. {Monophonic LP} [1967] |
... Door Into Summer ." | Artist: Monkees |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees {Monophonic LP} [1968] |
... release. An album by The Monkees . Nilsson sings backing vocals for the song "Auntie's Municipal Court " and plays keyboards for "Zor and Zam ." |
The Monkees {Monkees On The Wheel} |
"Monkees On The Wheel," an episode of the Monkees's TV series, features Davy Jones singing Harry Nilsson's "Cuddly Toy ." The episode aired during the second season of the TV show. The version of "Cuddly Toy " in this episode is an alternate mix of the version heard earlier in the episode titled ... |
Signs |
... he auditioned songs for the Monkees . Harry Nilsson Monkees Demos |
The Point! |
... Jones (both formerly of The Monkees ) starred in a play based on The Point! at the Mermaid Theatre in London, England . Colin Bennett directed the play and a cast album of the songs was released. In 1991 Esquire Jauchem's play was revived at the Chapel Court Theater of the Hollywood United ... |
Cuddly Toy |
... selling "Cuddly Toy" to The Monkees and receiving a $40,000 guarantee Harry Nilsson felt secure enough to quit his job at the bank . He called his boss who chided Nilsson "for making jokes over the phone," But when he sensed I was serious he told me he couldn't be happier and I would have my ... |
Bill Martin |
... " which was recorded by The Monkees . Ray Stevens recorded his song "Surfin' U.S.S.R. " and The Dillards recorded his "Forget Me Not ." Martin voiced the Rock Man in The Point! and wrote the screenplay for the feature film Harry and the Hendersons . |
Cuddly Toy (performed by Monkees) |
The Monkees recorded a version of "Cuddly Toy " in April of 1967. It appeared in November 1967 on their Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. album. Pandemonium Shadow Show which contains Nilsson's version of the song was released a month later. The Monkees version was performed twice ... |
Bobby Hart |
... Gum - Boyce & Hart, The Monkees, and Turning Mayhem Into Miracles , Bobby Hart recalls moving into a new home and discovering that Harry Nilsson is his neighbor. [...] I traded in my bachelor pad and we moved up to a much larger home on Pyramid Drive, only blocks away in the Hollywood ... |
Head |
The Monkees performed "Daddy's Song " for their 1968 film Head . It appears on the soundtrack album. "Daddy's Song" by The Monkees |
Bruce Ansley's Top Ten Signs You're a Harryhead |
... , Buckminster Fuller , The Monkees , and Yoko Ono . 7. You believe that sometimes, in the course of human events, there's just no better expletive to use than a well-placed "Fuck You!" 6. You put the lime in the coconut . 5. And you drink them both up. 4. You go on a bar-hopping ... |
The Door Into Summer |
... Douglas has stated that the Monkees's "The Door Into Summer " was actually written solely by Bill Martin . [1] The title of the song is a reference to the Robert Heinlein novel of the same name. [2] The title was based on the Robert Heinlein’s book The Door Into Summer , which was about ... |
Daddy's Song (performed by Monkees) |
... that it would compete with The Monkees's cover version. Nilsson's version later reappeared on his Aerial Pandemonium Ballet album. The Monkees performed "Daddy's Song " for their 1968 film Head . It appears on the soundtrack album. |
Missing Links Volume Three [1996] |
... "Zor and Zam ." | Artist: Monkees |
Zor and Zam {Studio Version} |
... Nilsson played keyboard on the Monkees's recording of "Zor and Zam ." |
Chip Douglas |
... introduced Harry Nilsson to the Monkees . Chip Douglas was a member of the Modern Folk Quartet which recorded Harry's "This Could Be the Night ." |
The Monkees {Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik} |
... Sheik, Sheik" episode of The Monkees . |
Chuck Harter |
... Harter wrote Hey, Hey We're The Monkees , a documentary about The Monkees . Alan Boyd directed the film which aired on the Disney Channel . Harter is interviewed in the documentary Tribute about his experiences as a member of a Monkees tribute band, The Missing Links . |
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. {Stereophonic LP} [1967] |
... Door Into Summer . | Artist: Monkees |
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. {US CD Reissue} [1995] |
... Door Into Summer ." | Artist: Monkees |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees {Sundazed LP Reissue} [1996] |
An album by The Monkees . Nilsson sings backing vocals for the song Auntie's Municipal Court and plays keyboards for Zor and Zam . |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees {Japanese LP Reissue} [1980] |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees is an album by The Monkees . Harry Nilsson sings backing vocals for the song Auntie's Municipal Court and plays keyboards for Zor and Zam . |
Aerial Ballet {Monophonic LP} [1968] |
... version would compete with The Monkees's cover of the song. Aerial Ballet is named for a vaudeville act performed by Nilsson's grandparents. The album's name was the inspiration for the name of the rock group Aerosmith . [1] [1] "Steven Tyler Interview" AeroNewsDaily ( https:/ / ... |
Aerial Ballet {Monophonic LP Second Release} [1968] |
... version would compete with The Monkees's cover of the song. |
The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees {US CD Reissue} [1994] |
An album by The Monkees . Harry Nilsson sings backing vocals for the song "Auntie's Municipal Court " and plays keyboards for "Zor and Zam ." |
Thinking About Tomorrow |
... Tomorrow as a demo for the Monkees . |
Countin' |
... Countin' as a demo for the Monkees . Harry described it as "cute" and made several false starts before finishing the song. |
Mickey Dolenz Releases 'Dolenz Sings Nesmith' |
... songs written by his former Monkees band-mate, Mike Nesmith . The recordings were produced by Mike's son, Christian Nesmith . "I first mentioned it to Nez years ago. I don’t know where the idea came from, maybe from my friend Harry Nilsson and his Nilsson Sings Newman album. I thought to ... |