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Harry Nilsson

An enigmatic American singer-songwriter, Harry Nilsson - who tended to use only his surname - built a big following in the 1970s despite his dislike of appearing live and hit the big time when his song Everybody's Talkin' was used as the theme for the hit movie Midnight Cowboy. Descended from a Swedish circus family, he was brought up in Brooklyn, New York and, mostly raised by his single parent mother, had a tough upbringing and left school early. He found an empathy with music, however, first expressing his talent in a close harmony duo with Jerry Smith, learning to play ukulel...