True happy One birthday

A True happy One birthday to you, Harry !

Nilsson is hear Bday postcard

Nilsson is hear
and a Bday bubble postcard

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me !

Harry's day June 15

Harry's day

June 15, 1941 is the day Harry Edward Nilsson III was born in Brooklyn, New York City at Bushwick Hospital.

Well in 1941 a happy father had a son

And by 1944 the father walked right out the door

And in '45, the mom and son were still alive

But who could tell in '46 if the two were to survive

Well the years were passing quickly

But not fast enough for him

So he closed his eyes through '55

And then he opened them up again

When he looked around he saw a clown

And the clown seemed very gay

And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away

Well he followed every railroad track

And every highway sign

And he had a girl in each new town

And the towns he left behind

And the open road

Was the only road he knew

But the color of his dreams

Was slowly turning into blue

Then he met a girl, the kind of girl

He wanted all his life

She was soft and kind and good to him

So he took her for his wife

And they got a house not far from town

And in a little while

The girl had seen the doctor

And she came home with a smile

Disc and Music Echo Jan. 72

The truth about Harry...

Lennon calls him his favorite American performer 

(as he proclaimed at the Apple press conference on May 14, 1968)

yet many people still know little about this ex bank employee...

This paper (Disc and Music Echo - January 8, 1972) shows Harry's 

new beard look and comes back in full details to Harry's early work. 
A great featuring in British music-press for this American artist 
who is in the spotlight since Nilsson Schmilsson has come 
to record stores two months earlier. 

Harry speaks also of the forthcoming LP
that would come out at the end of that year... 

without knowing it will be called Son Of Schmilsson.

For this British music-paper issue at the beginning of year 72, 

Harry has the honor of a double page featuring his success on British TV 

broadcast of both "In Concert" documentary (with no audience) 

and "The Point" cartoon film on the same day, 

on New Year’s Day, 1972.

Aerial Ballet promo photo session

Aerial Ballet promo photo session

photos from Dec, 1968 by Baron Wolman

One of these photographs was used for Eye Magazine in Dec, 1968 
about Harry and his house in LA among other pop stars 
living in the same area.

At Home With Los Angeles' Pop Stars

"Harry Nilsson spends most of his time at the piano 
in his Laurel Canyon home, composing the songs that recently 
have gained him so much attention. A modern, dark-paneled place, 
his home perches on stills overlooking the canyon. 
On the piano sits his favorite possession, a hand-crank 1905 Victor 
Talking Machine with a laminated oak bell".

Later used by MOJO magazine for a great 7 page article issue 
of April 2008 titled Little Boy Lost.

Notice that those photos are reversed from the original shooting.

Harry & Nipper Shadow Show

Harry & Nipper Shadow Show

Early 1967, Harry signed a three-year contract with RCA.
Since then, Nipper, the iconic little fox terrier of the label,
has always been on his side.

During 10 years, from Pandemonium Shadow Show to Knnillssonn, 

you can find Nipper listening intently to a wind-upan
early gramophone on each of his record label. 

From an original painting of Francis Barraud in 1898
called His Master’s Voice, this picture quickly become the most famous
trademark in the world, and Nipper the most famous dog in the world.

And like Harry used to say:

If only I could have a puppy, I'd call myself so very lucky

Just to have some company to share a cup of tea with me.

I'd take my puppy everywhere, la la la la I wouldn't care

Then we'll stay away from crowds with signs that say no dogs allowed.

Oh wee... I know he'd never bite me, wee... I know he'd never bite me.

Oh wee...we'd be so happy to be... wee...we'd be so happy to be together.

Pictures behind the 1967 promo box called "Nilsson: the true one"

Nilsson: the true one

A mix around the picture used on the deluxe promotional 
box set version for the 'Pandemonium Shadow Show' album. 

The box, commonly referred to as “The True One”, was sent by RCA 
to radio DJ's and music press in fall 1967.

It appeared in a thick black box with just that picture of the mysterious 

and very psychedelic Harry peering through the coloured haze.

Later, the picture was used for the sleeve 
of the Spanish pressing of Aerial Ballet album issued in 1968 
and the Portuguese mono EP with a mix of songs from Aerial Ballet 
and The Point! (Together/Good Old Desk/Me And My Arrow/Are You Sleeping) issued in 1970.