Harry Nilsson facts
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Alice Cooper formed a celebrity "drinking club" in the 1970's called the Hollywood Vampires. You could only join the club if you could out-drink all members, which included Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Micky Dolenz, Harry Nilsson, John Belushi, and John Lennon.
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Harry Nilsson was worried about renting Flat 12 to the Who's drummer, Keith Moon, believing it was cursed because singer Cass Elliot had died there at age 32. Moon took the flat saying "lightning wouldn't strike twice." He died in the flat age 32, having taken an overdose of 32 pills
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Both Mama Cass (from the Mamas & the Papas) and Keith Moon (from The Who) died in the same apartment owned by singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson.
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The song "(Put the Lime in the) Coconut" by Harry Nilsson has only 1 chord...and is the only song of this nature to appear on the Billboard 100
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Coconut by Harry Nilsson is the only song with out a single chord change to be in the billboard top 100
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Keith Moon from The Who and Cass Elliot from The Mamas & The Papas died in the same apartment belonging to Harry Nilsson four years apart.
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Harry Nilsson, and others recorded "A Toot and a Snore in '74," a jam session on which Lennon sounds to be on cocaine and is heard offering Wonder a snort
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The 1969 Three Dog Night hit "One" was written by Harry Nilsson and released on his 3rd album Aeriel Ballet in 1968. The distinctive and repetitive "beep beep beep beep" that make up the 1st four notes of the song were inspired when Harry Nilsson called someone and got a busy signal
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The Monkees released 'Good Times' an album to commemorate their 50th anniversary which includes songs written by Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson, Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard,and Noel Gallagher, and was produced by Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne
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Mama Cass and Keith Moon died in the same apartment owned by Harry Nilsson.
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The song "One" ( is the lonliest number) was created after Harry Nilsson got a busy signal when calling someone
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Mama" Cass Elliott and Keith Moon both died at age 32 in the same London apartment bedroom. It belonged to singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, who never returned to it after Keith's death.
On the cover of Harry Nilsson's album Pussy Cats is a table with "D" and "S" letter blocks separated by a rug under it. It's a code for the phrase "drugs under the table". - source
The Hollywood Vampires, a celebritydrinking club formed by Alice Cooper in the 1970s. Members included Keith Moon, Ringo Star, Harry Nilsson, John Belushi, John Lennon. The hazing to get into the club was to outdrink all the members. - source
John Lennon and Harry Nilsson were once kicked out of the Troubadour nightclub for heckling the Smothers Brothers.
Keith Moon and Mama Cass both died in the same room of a flat owned by Harry Nilsson. - source
