Harry Nilsson – $7 million
Greatest Hits: Without You, Coconut
As one of the few popular rock stars of his generation, Harry Nilsson made history, never performing a major concert or traveling, yet still achieving substantial commercial success. Popular for his Great American Songbook form, blended with Caribbean sounds, he is a musician. As a tenor, he had a three-and-a-half-octave range. He has an enduring effect on Indie music. He composed music for bands such as The Monkees. Nilsson Schmilsson is his most critically popular release. He was also a Hollywood Vampires drinking party founder and a childhood buddy of John Lennon’s.
Harry Nilsson
Curtis Mayfield – $10 million
Greatest Hits: People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield was a member of the big band The Impressions of the 1950s and 1960s, famous for its civil rights movement and music. Born in Chicago, as part of a gospel group, he began performing. As he encountered Jerry Butler, a fellow musician, he joined the Impressions. He wrote songs which, because of their social conscience, became part of the civil rights movement. His album “People Get Ready,” on Rolling Stone’s Greatest All-Time Tracks, was classified as #24. He also directed Super Fly.
Curtis Mayfield
