Mavis Staples was born; the Stones had their first No. 1 hit in the U.S.; Starland Vocal Band had their only No. 1 hit with ...

Including works by the likes of The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks and more, was 1971 the greatest year in music history? Read more about it here.

Upon a glance, one might assume the follow-up was just that, a quick attempt to replicate Nilsson Schmilsson ’s success — the title certainly implies as much.

“Without You” – Harry Nilsson (1971) Perry produced Harry Nilsson ’s classic seventh studio album, Nilsson Schmilsson, which was released in November 1971.

Perry also famously passed on working with Nilsson on his A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night, one of the very first such projects. But the timing of the Stewart albums, which began rolling ...

Music producer Richard Perry died on Christmas Eve. He was 82. Perry produced ‘You’re so Vain’ for Carly Simon and Nilsson Schmilsson for Harry Nilsson.

His other nominations, not already mentioned, were album of the year for Nilsson Schmilsson (the album that housed “Without You” and its quirky follow-up hit, “Coconut”), best pop ...

It was pivotal in fuelling the chart ascent of the album Nilsson Schmilsson, released exactly a month later. For all its creative and commercial success, Without You has a dark legacy.

In 1971, Nilsson released his seventh album, Nilsson Schmilsson, his most commercial long player by far and Without You was an undoubted highlight. But for all his songwriting prowess, he did not ...

Award shows are bound to get stuff wrong, but a shocking number of masterpieces were ignored by the Grammys in the album of the year category.

More than 25 years after its release, we spoke with the cast and crew of 'Practical Magic' for an oral history of the "midnight magaritas" scene.

A celebrated session musician who appeared on a host of classic rock albums, he made his most lasting mark with his contribution to Lou Reed’s most famous song.