Harry Nilsson : Rolling Stone

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Even before Harry Nilsson scored a hit, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, in 1968, proclaimed the Brooklyn-born, L.A.-based songwriter as their favorite American singer. This was shortly after the Monkees recorded his cute and cleverly nasty "Cuddly Toy" but before Three Dog Night reached the Top Ten ...

1971 RS: 5of 5 Stars

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Nilsson added his voice -- slight, yet very distinctive -- to the outer fringes of the singer/songwriter movement. His early writing and singing hinted of a close familiarity with the work of Burt Bacharach and Hal David as well as Bob Dylan. "Everbody's Talkin' " (used in the film Midnight Cowboy) and "One" (a hit for Three Dog Night) are the catchiest examples of his orchestrated folk rock; both...

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