" Nilsson was so impressed with Newman's talent that he devoted his entire next album to Newman compositions, with Newman himself playing piano behind Nilsson's multi-tracked vocals.

Nilsson's next project was an animated film, The Point !, created with animation director Fred Wolf, and broadcast on ABC television on February 2, 1971, as an " ABC Movie of the Week ".

Nilsson's disregard for commercialism in favor of artistic satisfaction showed itself in his next release, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night ( 1973 ).

Lennon was intent upon producing Nilsson's next album, much to Nilsson's delight.

Nilsson's voice had mostly recovered by his next release, Duit on Mon Dei ( 1975 ), but neither it nor its follow-ups, Sandman and ... That's the Way It Is ( both 1976 ) met with chart success.

Nilsson's next recording project was the soundtrack for a children's fantasy film he conceived, titled The Point !, finished in 1971.

In 1974, Moon played drums on Harry Nilsson's album " Pussy Cats ", which was produced by John Lennon.

During 1964 Tipton invested his life savings-$ 2500-to finance the recording of four Nilsson songs, which he arranged ; they were able to sell the completed recordings to the Tower label, a recently-established subsidiary of Capitol Records, and the tracks were subsequently included on Nilsson's debut album.

Nilsson's recording contract was picked up by Tower Records, which in 1966 released the first singles actually credited to him by name, as well as the debut album Spotlight on Nilsson.

Pandemonium Shadow Show was followed in 1968 by Aerial Ballet, an album that included Nilsson's rendition of Fred Neil's song " Everybody's Talkin '".

Nilsson's self-produced album of songs from The Point!

, Nilsson's final album, tentatively titled Papa's Got a Brown New Robe ( produced by Mark Hudson ) has not been released, though several demos from the album are available on promotional CDs and online.

Starr and he were longtime friends, and the ex-Beatle had recently played drums on Nilsson's 1972 album Son of Schmilsson, which had spoofed horror movie motifs.

Outside of his band, George played guitar on John Cale's 1973 album Paris 1919, Harry Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson album ( Take 54 ) and ( uncredited but verified by Leo Nocentelli ) The Meters ' Just Kissed My Baby in 1974.

In March 1974, Lennon began producing Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats album, thus named to counter the " bad boy " image the pair had earned in the media with two drinking incidents at The Troubadour: the first when Lennon placed a Kotex on his forehead and scuffled with a waitress and, two weeks later, when Lennon and Nilsson were ejected from the same club after heckling the Smothers Brothers.

That same year he played on Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson album, contributing the drum solo to the track " Jump into the Fire ".

Aerial Ballet was Nilsson's second album for RCA Victor, and was titled after the highwire circus act of his grandparents.

When Nilsson visited the Beatles in London during 1968, John Lennon played Nilsson " Revolution " and selections from the ( then-upcoming ) ' White Album ', and Nilsson in turn played to Lennon ( who had spent thirty-six hours listening to Nilsson's first album ) a demo cut of this record.

Aimee Mann and Jon Brion covered it again in 1994 as an homage to Nilsson's original and the Three Dog Night version for the tribute album " Everyone Sings Harry ".

Lennon was producing Harry Nilsson's latest album, Pussy Cats, when Paul and Linda McCartney dropped in on the first night of the session, aka " the Jim Keltner Fan Club Hour ", at Burbank Studios on 28 March 1974.

Recorded over six weeks in 1969, the album showcases Nilsson's voice multi-tracked in layers of tone and harmony.

In 1969, Nilsson's album Harry ended with one of Newman's songs: " Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear ".

This album marks the first of two of Nilsson's albums produced by Richard Perry.

The album features Nilsson's own recording of " Old Dirt Road ", co-written and performed with John Lennon on Lennon's album Walls and Bridges ( 1974 ), Lennon's last album of original songs before his six year hiatus.

as Fagin, and also co-starred with Micky Dolenz in Harry Nilsson's play The Point at the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1978.

In need of material for the show, Webb approached Seven newsroom staffer Russell Mulcahy and asked him to shoot film footage to accompany popular songs for which there were no purpose-made clips ( e. g. Harry Nilsson's " Everybody's Talking ").

* For The Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson ( 1995, MusicMasters / BMG ), featured Nilsson's songs performed by Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Richard Barone, Brian Wilson, Aimee Mann, Fred Schneider, and others, with proceeds benefitting the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

Harry Nilsson's hit " Everybody's Talkin '", which became the theme song for Midnight Cowboy, similarly used " Wall of Sound "- style production techniques.

Notable hit covers include Randy Newman " Mama Told Me Not to Come " ( US # 1 ), Laura Nyro " Eli's Coming " ( US # 10 ), Russ Ballard of Argent " Liar " ( US # 7 ), Hoyt Axton (" Joy to the World " ( US # 1 ) and " Never Been To Spain " ( US # 5 )), Elton John and Bernie Taupin (" Lady Samantha " & " Your Song "), John Hiatt " Sure As I'm Sittin ' Here " ( US # 16 ), Bush " I Can Hear You Callin '", Leo Sayer " The Show Must Go On " ( US # 4 ) and Harry Nilsson's " One " ( US # 5 ).

And a video for Harry Nilsson's novelty song " Coconut " features three gorillas playing as a trio.

In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an expert on Nilsson's work.

Harry Nilsson's soundtrack for the musical received mostly positive reviews.

Mastodon contributed a cover version of Harry Nilsson's " One " to the video game Army of Two's advertisement campaign.

After Nilsson's death in January 1994, the intended homage became a memorial, titled For The Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson.

Furthermore he co-wrote songs with Fats Domino (" Be My Guest "), Scott Turner and Harry Nilsson, and helped to finance Nilsson's early recording efforts.

Dan Aykroyd said he developed the idea for the Coneheads based on the Moai, the mysterious and ancient stone statues of Easter Island, which have similarly conical heads, and the people of the land of Points from Harry Nilsson's The Point !.

Richard " Swinging Dick " Mutton, Station Manager, introduced the first music track, Harry Nilsson's Everybody's Talking.

* Harry Nilsson's 1968 album Aerial Ballet features a song called " Mr. Tinker " which opens with the line " Mr. Tinker was a tailor ".

The ad uses Harry Nilsson's hit-song " Coconut " in an edited and slightly altered form with the mondegreen " You put the lime in the Coke, you nut.

Carey's cover of Harry Nilsson's " Without You ", from her 1993 Music Box album, became her highest charting single throughout Europe, topping the charts in The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and earned Carey her first number one in Germany and the United Kingdom.

However, the song was subsequently selected for use in the Oscar-winning film Midnight Cowboy and became one of Nilsson's biggest hits as a performer, hitting the US top ten in 1969.