“Awful”: Why did Harry Nilsson hate his hit song ‘Without You’?
Harry Nilsson hated 'Without You' from the moment he heard it, a sentiment he carried into the studio, causing friction between him and his producer.
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4 Chart-Topping Hits Produced by the Late Richard Perry, Including Classics by Harry Nilsson, Carly Simon, & Ringo Starr
Harry won a Grammy in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Without You.” The song also was nominated for Record of the Year, while Nilsson Schmilsson received a nod for Album of the Year.
The Harry Nilsson song John Lennon insisted on changing
John Lennon produced Harry Nilsson's album 'Pussy Cats'. But one of the standout tracks experienced many changes before its release.
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Richard Perry, Grammy-winning producer of Nilsson’s Without You and Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain
Harry Nilsson, then associated primarily with his version of Everybody’s Talkin’ for Midnight Cowboy (1969), won a Grammy for the album’s power ballad, Without You. It reached No 1 in both t ...