Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Harry Nilsson's birthday!

Harry Nilsson was born June 15, 1941... 75 years ago today.  He was amazingly talented, with a 3 1/2 octave range.  When Paul McCartney was asked who his favorite American group was, he replied Nilsson.  An interesting trivia fact about Nilsson... both Keith Moon of the Who and Cass Elliot of the Mamas and Papas died in Harry's London apartment.  Harry chose personal satisfaction over commercial success throughout his career, and he suffered from heart disease from excessive drug and alsohol abuse, but he had some monster hits.  From 1971 I bring you a top ten hit in honor of Harry's birthday... and a forgotten oldie as well, "Coconut".
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