Harry Nilsson – $7 million
Greatest Hits: Without You, Coconut
Harry Nilsson made history one of the few successful rock artists of his age, never playing a major concert or touring but enjoying significant commercial success. He is an artist renowned for his Great American Songbook style, mixed with Caribbean sounds. He had a three-and-a-half-octave range as a tenor. On Indie rock, he had an enduring impact. For bands such as The Monkees, he wrote songs. His most commercially effective album is Nilsson Schmilsson.
Harry Nilsson – $7 Million
Curtis Mayfield – $10 million
Greatest Hits: People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield, renowned for his civil rights activism and songs, was a member of the big band The Impressions of the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Chicago, as part of a gospel choir, he began singing. Mayfield joined the Impressions when he met Jerry Butler, a fellow artist. He wrote songs that became part of the movement for civil rights because of their social consciousness. On Rolling Stone’s Greatest All-Time Songs, his album ‘People Get Ready’ was listed as #24. He also directed Super Fly.
Curtis Mayfield – $10 Million
