While Nilsson RECORDED the song, he didn’t write it… he also made it famous. One of his GREATEST frustrations was that the two songs he was best known for, this one and Without You, were songs he didn’t write. Oddly enough, one of his better known songs was ‘One’ a song well known as a Three Dog Night hit in the 70s. His songs were either pure genius or pure crap… nothing in between.
Yeah... It was written by Fred Neil a couple of years before Nilsson recorded his version for Midnight Cowboy, which wasn't supposed to be the main theme. I always find it interesting how these tunes get public awareness. I did mention it was written by Fred at the end of the video because I had to delete a comment the other week on the 'How To Play Jolene by Miley Cyrus' video who thought I was disrespecting Dolly Parton... If you want to go down that route you've got a lot of mis-credited videos to go through! Cheers, Dex :)
While Nilsson RECORDED the song, he didn’t write it… he also made it famous. One of his GREATEST frustrations was that the two songs he was best known for, this one and Without You, were songs he didn’t write. Oddly enough, one of his better known songs was ‘One’ a song well known as a Three Dog Night hit in the 70s. His songs were either pure genius or pure crap… nothing in between.
Yeah... It was written by Fred Neil a couple of years before Nilsson recorded his version for Midnight Cowboy, which wasn't supposed to be the main theme. I always find it interesting how these tunes get public awareness. I did mention it was written by Fred at the end of the video because I had to delete a comment the other week on the 'How To Play Jolene by Miley Cyrus' video who thought I was disrespecting Dolly Parton... If you want to go down that route you've got a lot of mis-credited videos to go through! Cheers, Dex :)