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Without You: Rolling Stones #496 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2021)

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Without You By: Harry Nilsson Album:  Nilsson Scmilsson Released: November 9, 1970 Songwriters: Pete Ham, Tom Evans Pete Ham and Tom Evans of  Badfinger  wrote "Without You," and their band recorded it for the 1970 album,  No Dice . It wasn't released as a single.  Harry Nilsson covered the song for his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson . His version reached Number 1 in the US and the UK.   Billboard ranked Nilsson's track the  Number 4 single  of 1972. It won him the 1973 Grammy  for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. "Without You" was nominated for Record of the Year and Nilsson Schmilsson for Album of the Year. In 2021, this track was ranked 496 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Wallpaper: Enrique Iglesias

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Wallpaper: Grace Slick

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Wallpaper: Stevie in Black

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The Man Who Sold the World: Rolling Stones Readers Poll 10th Greatest Bowie Album (2013)

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The Man Who Sold the World By: David Bowie Album: The Man Who Sold the World Released: November 4, 1970 Songwriter: David Bowie David Bowie shifted on his third album,  The Man Who Sold the World ,   from the " acoustic/folk rock " of 1969's  self-titled album  towards " hard rock/blues rock "...with dark lyrics. Guitarist  Mick Ronson  and drummer  Mick Woodmansey  made their first appearance on a Bowie record. They became Ziggy Stardust's backing band,  Spiders from Mars . In a 2013 readers' poll for Rolling Stone, The Man Who Sold the World was voted Bowie's tenth greatest album. Most critics consider this a transitional album. There's no hit like the last LP's " Space Oddity  " or the following record's " Changes ."  Album review at  Ultimate Classic Rock David Bowie The title track, "A Man Who Sold the World," tells of a man who no longer recognizes himself. Some of the lyrics are based on a poem by Hu...

Wallpaper: Lennon in Black

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