Harry Nilsson's long-awaited breakthrough with the gold-selling Top 5 smash Nilsson Schmilsson had his record label hoping for a sequel. Based on the title, it seemed like he'd delivered one on July ...

Gladys Nilsson was beaming. On a recent afternoon the artist—a member of the Chicago group the Hairy Who, a once-fringe movement that’s increasingly beloved—was strolling through the galleries at ...

Harry Nilsson once gave The Monkees a number of songs. One of the songs became the title track of one of the Prefab Four’s albums. Subsequently, Peter Tork said the song made more sense in the context ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While attention has doubled back onto the late singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson thanks to the integral use of his 1971 tune “Gotta ...

Popular music lost one if its most original and criminally unheralded voices on Jan. 15, 1994. But really, Harry Nilsson was long gone before he died of heart failure at the young age of 52. It had ...

Ringo Starr called him “his best friend.” John Lennon said he was “my favorite group.” He was Harry Nilsson and although he was one of the greatest singers and songwriters of the ’60s and ’70s, he’s ...

Two of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century were born in Sweden a century ago, within a few weeks of each other. The first to arrive was Astrid Varnay, on April 25, 1918; after her, ...

Britt Nilsson wore a strapless gown and long veil for their outdoor ceremony in southern California She didn’t get a TV romance, but Bachelor alum Britt Nilsson found her real-life Prince Charming.

Birgit Nilsson, considered the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation, has died. She was 87. Nilsson died Dec. 25, the Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported. The cause of death was not ...

Vance Nilsson was in disbelief during the Division I state track and field meet on Saturday, May 6 when he crossed the finish line during the 300-meter hurdles. His time flashed on the scoreboard: ...