Covered in Folk: Harry Nilsson (Covers from Marc Cohn, Steve Forbert, Glen Phillips and more!)
My interest in Harry Nilsson came through coversong, most specifically 1995 covers album For The Love Of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson , which I picked up when it was new in order to gain access to otherwise-unavailable rarities from Marc Cohn, Aimee Mann, and a solid roster of other perfectly tuned oddities (like, say, Fred Schneider of the B-52s doing a pitch-perfect version of Coconut , or the infamous nasal harmonies of The Roches applied to a space-age Spaceman ). Purchasing the album was a revelation: here was a set of tunes that [...]
- Asylum Street Spankers - Think About Your Troubles (Harry Nilsson cover)
- Harry Nilsson - Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
- Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
- Harry Nilsson - Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Harry Nilsson - You Can't Do That
- Marc Cohn - Turn On Your Radio (Harry Nilsson cover)
- Mary Hopkin - The Puppy Song (Harry Nilsson cover)
- Mutual Admiration Society - Think About Your Troubles (Harry Nilsson cover)
- Reid Jamieson - Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore (Harry Nilsson cover)
- Steve Forbert - The Moonbeam Song (Harry Nilsson cover)
- The Format - The Lottery Song (Harry Nilsson cover)
- Victoria Williams - The Puppy Song (Harry Nilsson cover)




















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