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200 1. $a Nilsson $b Texte imprimé $e the life of a singer-songwriter $f Alyn Shipton
210 .. $a New York $c Oxford University Press $d 2013
215 .. $a xv, 345 pages $c illustrations $d 25 cm
300 .. $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index
327 1. $a 1941 ; Good old desk ; Mr. Richland's favorite song ; Open your window ; Gotta
get up ; It had to be you ; Don't forget me ; Turn out the light ; Perfect day
; It's so easy ; Lay down your arms ; Epilogue.
330 .. $a "He won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular
music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever
full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood
to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter.
With interviews from friends, family, and associates, and material drawn from an unfinished
autobiography, Shipton probes beneath the enigma to discover the real Harry Nilsson.
Nilsson shunned live performance--his venue was the recording studio. He was a gifted
composer of songs for a wide variety of performers, including the Ronettes, the Yardbirds,
and the Monkees, yet Nilsson's own biggest hits were almost all written by other songwriters.
He won two Grammy awards, had two top ten singles, numerous album successes, and wrote
a number of songs that still sound remarkably fresh and original today. Near the end
of his life, Nilsson's career was marked by voice-damaging substance abuse and the
infamous deaths of both Keith Moon and Mama Cass in his London flat. Alyn Shipton's
biography offers readers an intimate portrait of a man who has seemed both famous
and unknowable--until now." -- From publisher description
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