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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Harry Nilsson; Harry Nilsson; Harry Nilsson |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alyn Shipton |
ISBN: | 9780199756575 0199756570 |
OCLC Number: | 819136175 |
Description: | xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | Alyn Shipton. |
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He was once described by his producer Richard Perry as the finest white male singer on the planet. Drawing on exclusive access to Nilsson's papers, Alyn Shipton's biography offers readers an intimate portrait of a man who has seemed both famous and unknowable-until now. * Goodreads * [Shipton] gives us the definitive take on an American original * Jeremy Shatan, An Earful * [This] detailed biography doesn't miss a single fact from the birth of Harry Nilsson in 1941 to his death, aged 52 ... Shipton chronicles the fascinating and equally heart-breaking life of this maverick musician. It's all here, warts and all ... [It] catches the very essence of Nilsson * Jon 'Mojo' Mills, Shindig * Shipton, a U.K. academic, balances Nilsson's tragic story with exacting analysis of his talents and similarly detailed accounts of bacchanalian exploits with ex-Beatles and other bons vivants. * Barry Walters, Rolling Stone * Bravo to Shipton for not only giving us the first Nilsson biography but, really, the only one we ever may need. * PopMatters * Despite the sadness at the heart of Shipton's biography, it rarely feels like a lament... Impressive and meticulously researched. * The Lady * Read more...

