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Episode: 1971 - November: Harry Nilsson “Nilsson Schmilson”
Description: Sometimes called "the American Beatle," Harry Nilsson was cited by the Beatles as their favorite American group during a 1968 press conference. Nilsson Schmilsson was Harry Nilsson's (known professionally as Nilsson) seventh and most commercially successful album.
Nilsson grew up without a father and was poor. He began working early in life, and worked on computers in a bank by night, pursuing songwriting by day. Nilsson would come to work for Phil Spector and would write for a number of artists including the Monkees and Little Richard before going out on his own. He established a solid reputation as a...