Classic Rock

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Harry Nilsson

A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night RCA, 1973

When Nilsson announced his intention to make this album, his and . He got Sinatra’s arranger Gordon Jenkins to construct the album’s intertwining song cycle. In a companion live concert special for the BBC, after Nilsson’s breathtaking version of , Jenkins glanced at him and said: “I do believe.” A well-earned benediction from the man who worked with ‘The Voice’.

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