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Harry Nilsson (pictured in 1972) covered Badfinger's song "Without You".. Harry Nilsson, at the time best known for his hit "Everybody's Talkin'" and for composing "One", recorded by Three Dog Night, heard Badfinger's recording of "Without You" at a party, [16] and mistook it for a Beatles song.
Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh studio album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records on November 11, 1971. It was Nilsson's most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the number 1 hit "Without You", written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the group Badfinger.
This Is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson, Vol. 1 and This Is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson, Vol. 2 (2014, 2019, The Royal Potato / Royal Potato Family Records), [46] [47] feature Nilsson songs performed by various indie artists. Sean Nelson released Nelson Sings Nilsson, a whole album of Nilsson's songs, in 2019.
"Without You" (Badfinger song), 1970, covered by Harry Nilsson, Shirley Bassey, Air Supply, T. G. Sheppard, and other artists "Without You" (Mariah Carey recording) , Mariah Carey's rendition of the song, 1993
"Gotta Get Up" is about the transition from carefree youth to adult responsibility. The song was originally attempted in March 1968 as a potential track for Nilsson's Aerial Ballet (1968) or Harry (1969). This earlier version of the song is cheerier and more uptempo than the recording that was released on Nilsson Schmilsson.
The song is often regarded as an early offering in the power pop genre. [5] The album also contains the original version of "Without You". Although Badfinger did not release the song as a single in Europe or North America, it was taken to number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 by Harry Nilsson, and became a hit for Mariah Carey in 1994.
Their song "Without You" (1970) has been recorded many times, and became a US and UK number-one hit for Harry Nilsson in 1972 and a UK number-one for Mariah Carey in 1994. After Apple Records folded in 1973, Badfinger struggled with a host of legal, managerial, and financial problems mostly due to their fraudulent manager Stan Polley , leading ...
"Without You" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, remaining in the top 40 for 21 weeks and on the chart for 23. It reached number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Radio & Records pop charts (ending Carey's streak of consecutive number ones on the latter chart; all ten of her previous singles had gone to the top), and number three on the Hot 100 Singles ...