| 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 Courtship of Eddie's Father
The song has been used in ... |
| Marchin' Down Broadway |
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Marchin' Down Broadway is based on a song's mother, Bette Nilsson wrote. |
| 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. |
| Gemeinsam |
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"Gemeinsam" is Harry Nilsson's "Together " translated into German. Liesbeth List recorded the song for her 1970 self-titled album. |
| Garbage Can Ballet |
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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 ." ... |
| So Long Dad |
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| 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"). |
| 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 Wailing 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 ... |
| 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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| 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 ." |
| 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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| 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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| 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. |
| 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. |
| The Tree |
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| Venter |
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"Waiting" translated to Norwegian. |
| Vi Tva |
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| Save the Last Dance for Me |
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| Make Believe |
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| Man Wasn't Meant To Fly |
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| 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 ." |
| Murder In The Car Wash |
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| P.O.V. Waltz |
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| Poli High |
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| 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? |
| 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 ." |
| 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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| 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 ... |
| 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 |
| 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 ." |
| 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 ." |
| Yellow Man |
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| Together |
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| The Puppy Song |
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| 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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