Tragically, Nilsson would suffer a heart attack only a few months later. He died in January 1994, making this performance the singer’s first, last, and only concert rendition of “Without You ...

In 1971, Nilsson released his seventh album, Nilsson Schmilsson, his most commercial long player by far and Without You was an undoubted highlight. But for all his songwriting prowess, he did not ...

Sometime in the early ’90s, Harry Nilsson walked into Warner Bros. with a new batch of demos. This is the man who hit No. 1 with the operatic pop of “Without You,” scored a Grammy with his ...

F ew singer-songwriters have tackled loneliness and loss like Harry Nilsson. His best-known four minutes is a lofty cover of the morbid “Without You”, one of the biggest hits of the Seventies ...

Without You and the album Nilsson Schmilsson catapulted Harry Nilsson into the mainstream and yielded a Grammy for best pop male vocal performance. But despite his prolific output and his clear ...

When Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger penned 1970’s “Without You,” they almost certainly had no idea it would one day become an international hit. In fact, neither man thought the song ...

To mark what would have been his 75th birthday, here’s a playlist of Nilsson’s best songs, as chosen by one fan. And opinions may vary. But whether you’d go with the songs on this playlist ...

While Nilsson’s and Carey’s versions are, by far, the best-known, “Without You” has been covered by more than 200 artists from all genres. Nilsson’s rendition was the first to hit it big.

Producer Richard Perry’s 20 biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100, a ranking based on actual chart performance, with commentary on each song.

Like his first hit, "Everybody's Talkin'," "Without You" wasn't written by Nilsson. And like his 1969 Top 10, "Without You" was a hit - but this time he went to No. 1 for four weeks.

After 10 weeks on the charts, on February 19, 1972, Nilsson’s version of “Without You” went to No. 1 in the UK and on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for four weeks.