Harry Nilsson's long-awaited breakthrough with the gold-selling Top 5 smash Nilsson Schmilsson had his record label hoping for a sequel. Based on the title, it seemed like he'd delivered one on July ...

It's always a good idea to be careful what you wish for, especially if you're a brilliant singer-songwriter with self-destructive tendencies. Harry Nilsson learned that far too well with Nilsson ...

One of the quirkiest artists of the early 1970s, Nilsson sang in a way that wasn’t quite pretty. He also wrote songs that weren’t quite folk, rock, cabaret or blues – though they borrowed from each of ...

The cover of Harry Nilsson’s most critically acclaimed album, 1971’s Nilsson Schmilsson, shows a disheveled Nilsson wearing a robe, one hand in his pocket and the other holding a hash pipe. The album ...

The name “Harry Nilsson” typically inspires either a blank stare or a beatific smile — very little in between. Despite being worshipped by the Beatles and envied by other singer-songwriters ever since ...

My highest recommendation, however, is reserved for a clutch of CD reissues that I hinted at a few weeks back, when I spotlighted the greatest hits collection of Harry Nilsson. For those of you who ...

You could tell Harry Nilsson was trouble from the start: long before it became apparent that he viewed having talent to burn not as a gift, but an incitement to pyromania. If there's an image of ...