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- “He was a hero to me,” David Crosby said of singer-songwriter Fred Neil. But when Neil died of cancer on July 7th at the age of sixty-four, hardly anyone took notice. That’s understandable, in a way.
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Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) [1] was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer [ 2 ] and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly " Everybody's Talkin ' ", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969.
Jul 20, 2001 · “He was a hero to me,” David Crosby said of singer-songwriter Fred Neil. But when Neil died of cancer on July 7th at the age of sixty-four, hardly anyone took notice.
May 23, 2016 · Fred Neil was a magnificent songwriter with a voice of extraordinary beauty who entranced and permanently influenced the early 60s generation of singer-songwriters who congregated in the artistic crucible/enclave of Greenwich Village in New York City.
Apr 20, 2002 · CULT HERO: Revered and highly romanticised, Fred Neil was a cross between a rumour and a legend.
Jul 10, 2001 · Fred Neil, the influential folk musician whose song “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” became the theme of the film “Midnight Cowboy” but who turned his back on the fame that seemed to be his for the...
Jan 22, 1999 · Some admirers feel the reclusive singer-songwriter was born to be a cult hero--someone who, like Tim Hardin and Gram Parsons, ranks high on any list of America’s most underappreciated pop...
Sep 13, 2019 · Fred Neil had easily the most distinctive voice in the early Dylan folk era and a seriously good song writing talent to go with it, but somehow he managed to find only limited fame beyond the New York club scene.
