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==Legacy== ===''Who Is Harry Nilsson''?=== Nilsson is the subject of the 2006 documentary ''[[Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?]]'' written, directed, and co-produced by John Schienfeld, the film was screened in 2006 at the [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and the [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]. In August 2006, the film received its Los Angeles premiere when it was screened at the 7th Annual [[Mods & Rockers Film Festival]], followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and two friends of Nilsson: producer [[Richard Perry]] and attorney/executive producer Lee Blackman.<ref name="Who is" /> The filmmakers re-edited the film with rare found footage of Nilsson, additional interviews, and family photographs, and released it on September 17, 2010, at selected theaters in the United States. A DVD, including additional footage not in the theatrical release, was released on October 26, 2010.<ref name="Who is" /> ===''The RCA Albums Collection''=== On July 30, 2013, Sony Music released a definitive box-set of his RCA era albums called ''[[The RCA Albums Collection (Harry Nilsson box set)|The RCA Albums Collection]]''.<ref>Label: Sony Legacy ASIN: B00CJCHJ8S</ref> Each of the albums in the 17-CD set had additional bonus tracks, and three of the 17 discs contained rarities and outtakes spanning his entire career. Several weeks later on August 13, ''Flash Harry'' was finally issued on CD, which also featured additional material.<ref>Label: Varèse Sarabande Records ASIN: B00DJYK3X8</ref> ===Awards and accolades=== * 2007: The ''[[New York Post]]'' rated Nilsson's cover of [[Fred Neil]]'s "Everybody's Talkin{{'"}} No. 51 on their list of the 100 Best Cover Songs of All Time<ref>Huhn, Mary and Maxine Shen. {{cite web |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/item_yboCIOlWEPWFQXIdYrqo6N/3 |title=THEY'VE GOT IT COVERED - NYPOST.com |access-date=May 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420022341/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/item_yboCIOlWEPWFQXIdYrqo6N/3 |archive-date=April 20, 2010 }} "They've Got It Covered: The 100 Best Cover Songs of All Time". ''New York Post''. July 18, 2007</ref> * 2012: ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Nilsson as 62nd on its list of "The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"<ref name="rollingstone.com"/> '''Grammy Awards''' {{Awards table}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | [[1970 Grammy Awards|1970]] | "[[Everybody's Talkin']]{{-"}} | [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male]] | {{won}} |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| [[1973 Grammy Awards|1973]] |rowspan="2"| "[[Without You (Badfinger song)#Harry Nilsson version|Without You]]" ||[[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]] | {{won}} |- ||[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] | {{nominated}} |- |''[[Nilsson Schmilsson]]'' ||[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] | {{nom}} |- |''[[Son of Schmilsson]]'' ||[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical]] | {{nom}} {{end}}
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