It's been hailed as one of the first ever power ballads and unlike many vocal belters unleashed in the last half century, its soaring bombast is more than matched by an achingly beautiful and ...

There's a certain breed of pop-culture obsessive that regards Harry Nilsson as some sort of lost patron saint of a wild '70s era that we will never recover. Nilsson was a fascinating creature: a ...

Harry Nilsson’s “Without You” remains one of the most powerful heartbreak songs decades after its 1971 release. The emotional ballad, originally written by Badfinger members Peter Ham and Tom Evans, ...

Today (Feb. 19) in 1972, pop-soft rock icon Harry Nilsson kicked off a 4-week run at the top of the Billboard U.S. Singles chart with his remake of a Badfinger tune—a moment that cemented his place in ...

While many of the most enduring ballads of our time tell heartbreaking tales, one chart-topping, genre-crossing classic is tragic on a variety of levels that have nothing to do with the subject matter ...

Originally written and released in 1970 by the British rock band Badfinger, American singer-songwriter Harry Nilssonfirst heard the song"Without You" at a party. Nilsson was immediately taken with the ...

Fifty-four years ago today, a powerful ballad about heartbreak ruled the American music charts. On March 6, 1972, "Without You" by Harry Nilsson stood as the No. 1 song in the United States, marking ...

There is a reason why records need producers, not just the artists making the record. Case in point, of the great records of all time, “Without You,” by Harry Nilsson. Fifty years ago today, “Without ...

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Each generation has its own gateway into the works of Harry Nilsson. For millennials, it might be Russian Doll. For Gen Xers, it was Goodfellas, or maybe Reservoir Dogs. Boomers had Midnight Cowboy—or ...