| Down To The Valley |
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| Pain |
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"Pain" is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| One |
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"One " was a hit for Three Dog Night . Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night names "One " as his favorite of the group's recordings. Harry Nilsson said that he was inspired to create the song when he heard a busy signal on the telephone. "Donkey" ( Eddie Murphy ) sings a line from "One" ... |
| Gotta Get Up |
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In his book, , Jimmy Webb says that Harry Nilsson asked permission from Webb to use the phrase "Up, Up, and Away " in Nilsson's "Gotta Get Up ."
"Gotta Get Up" by Harry Nilsson
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| Sleep Late, My Lady Friend |
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Harry Nilsson's "Sleep Late, My Lady Friend" includes the line "And dream a dream of Cielito Lindo." "Cielito Lindo" means "Beautiful Sky" and that's probably the reference Nilsson intended. "Cielito Lindo" is also the name of a Mexican folk song (with its familiar chorus of "Ay, ay, ay, ay"). |
| Marchin' Down Broadway |
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Marchin' Down Broadway is based on a song's mother, Bette Nilsson wrote. |
| Little Cowboy |
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Harry Nilsson based Little Cowboy on a song his mother, Bette Nilsson , wrote and sang to him. |
| Dayton, Ohio 1903 |
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| The Wailing Of The Willow |
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"This came out of my bossa nova period." -- Harry Nilsson . [1]
Wailing of the WIllow
Astrud Gilberto , the girl from Ipanema, recorded a cover of "The ... |
| Det Kan Val Va Sa Har |
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The Wailing of the Willow in Swedish. |
| Good Old Desk |
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| Dismember Of The Wedding |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Cast And Crew |
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"Cast and Crew " is Harry Nilsson singing the credits for the film Skidoo . Harry also sang the song during an appearance on the TV show "Playboy After Dark .": That was live. It just happens that in writing that particular thing it was really a lot of work so it stayed with me longer ... |
| Best Friend |
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Best Friend is the theme song Harry Nilsson wrote and recorded for the television series "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." The song has been used in scenes in a number of TV shows such as "The Nanny " and was parodied in "South Park ." In 2002, the song was used in a public-service ... |
| Me And My Arrow |
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Me and My Arrow is featured in Harry Nilsson's musical adventure The Point! . It was also used as the music for a series of car commercials in the 1970s.
Plymouth Arrow Commercial
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| Down {Son of Dracula} |
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| I'll Be Home {Demo} |
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Demo version of I'll Be Home . |
| Save the Last Dance for Me {Quadraphonic Mix} |
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| I Will Take You There {Alternate Version} |
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| 26 Plunks |
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| American Flu |
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| Anybody Home |
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| Buffalo Boogaloo |
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| Celeste Alone |
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| Courtship of Eddie's Father - Background Cues |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Driving Along {Demo} |
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| Gotta Get Up {Demo} |
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| Down {Demo} |
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Demo version of the Nilsson Schmilsson song. |
| Rainmaker {Single Version} |
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Single version. |
| Gotta Get Up {Quadraphonic Mix} |
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In his book, , Jimmy Webb says that Harry Nilsson wrote Gotta Get Up as a spoof of Webb's "Up, Up, and Away ." |
| Driving Along {Quadraphonic Mix} |
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| Love Story {Demo} |
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| Down {Quadraphonic Mix} |
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| The Tree |
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| Venter |
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"Waiting" translated to Norwegian. |
| Vi Tva |
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| Who Pulled The Blues Right Out of the Horn |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Yo Y Mi Flecha |
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"Me and My Arrow" in Spanish. |
| Save the Last Dance for Me |
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| Think About Your Troubles |
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Harry Nilsson conceived the story of The Point! while writing Think About Your Troubles . According to Allen Zentz , Harry said that songs often came to him as visions - as if they were movies or cartoons.
Peggy Lee and Sam Brown each covered Think About Your Troubles . More recent ... |
| Murder In The Car Wash |
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| P.O.V. Waltz |
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| Poli High |
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| Make Believe |
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| Man Wasn't Meant To Fly |
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| Miss Butter's Lament |
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As Joseph Segarini , Bob Segarini co-wrote and recorded Miss Butter's Lament . Harry Nilsson's version of the song remained unreleased until it appeared on the Personal Best - The Harry Nilsson Anthology album. |
| Mrs. Livingston I Presume |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| La Cancion Del Cachorro |
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The Puppy Song translated into Spanish. |
| The Library Card |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Littlest Kidnapper |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Lyckan Ar En Valp |
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"Happiness is a Puppy" ... The Puppy Song translated to Swedish? |
| Gemeinsam |
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"Gemeinsam" is Harry Nilsson's Together translated into German. |
| Gentlemen Friend |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Goeie Ouwe Plee |
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Willem Nijholt is a humorist in the Netherlands. The title of this song (when translated from Dutch) is something like "Good Old Toilet", so it is probably a take-off of Harry Nilsson's Good Old Desk . |
| Green Bay Packers March |
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| Guess Who's Coming To Lunch |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| I Will Take You There |
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| Garbarge Can Ballet |
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| Buy My Album |
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| Computer |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Crois Tu Vraiment |
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Crois Tu Vraiment is (literally) "Really Believe You" in French - which song of Harry Nilsson's it is, is unclear. |
| Diez Indios |
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Ten Little Indians translated into Spanish |
| Eddie Makes Three |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Episode |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Escape Impossible |
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| Escape Possible |
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| Everything's Got 'Em |
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| The Family |
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Recorded for the Pandemonium Shadow Show album, this is one of one a few Nilsson originals to be recorded then completely abandoned.
In the song, Harry tells the story of suggested abuse within a family using tape loops underneath the song. It is quite remarkable for it's time. One tape ... |
| Bully For You |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Angie's Suite |
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| Are You Sleeping? |
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| Background Music |
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This is an example of the incidental music that Harry Nilsson wrote (and sang!) for the first season of the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father ." |
| Yellow Man |
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| Together |
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| The Puppy Song |
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| So Long Dad |
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Randy Newman's version of So Long Dad is on his self-titled debut album. Nilsson recorded the song for Nilsson Sings Newman . |
| Rainmaker |
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| Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore |
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| Mr. Tinker |
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| Mr. Richland's Favorite Song |
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"Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" is named for Tony Richland , a record promoter who, hearing a demo of Aerial Ballet , picked this song as his favorite track. |
| Mournin' Glory Story |
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Harry Nilsson's sympathetic song about a homeless person seems more poignaint when you think that it was written back in 1968 at a time when few people considered homelessness to be a problem. In fact, many people considered the homeless to be the problem. |
| Maybe |
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| Love Story |
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| I'll Be Home |
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A brief bit of I'll Be Home appears in Buy My Album . |
| I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City |
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While making the film Midnight Cowboy , director John Schlesinger had been using Harry Nilsson's recording of Everybody's Talkin' as an example of the type of song he wanted for the finished film. Harry wrote I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City as his candidate for the final ... |
| Daddy's Song {Aerial Pandemonium Ballet} |
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Remixed for Aerial Pandemonium Ballet .
Harry added new vocals and mixed the guitar and piano out Of sync. |
| Cowboy |
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The theme from Midnight Cowboy can be heard during the fade out of Cowboy . |
| Bath |
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| Bath {Aerial Pandemonium Ballet} |
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Remixed for Aerial Pandemonium Ballet . |
| Ten Little Indians |
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| It's Been So Long |
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