Harry Nilsson – $7 million
Greatest Hits: Without You, Coconut
Being one of the few successful rock artists of his age, Harry Nilsson never played or toured a big concert but still enjoyed considerable commercial success. He’s a famous artist, mixed up with Caribbean sounds for his Great American songbook style. As a tenor, he had a range of three and a half octaves. On Indie rock, he had a lasting influence. Songs like The Monkees he wrote for the band. Nilsson Schmilsson was his most commercially successful album.
Harry Nilsson
Curtis Mayfield – $10 million
Greatest Hits: People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield was a member of the big band ‘The Impressions’ in the 1950s and 1960s, famous for his civil rights activism and songs. He started singing as part of a gospel choir. He joined the Impressions when he met fellow artist Jerry Butler. He wrote songs that, due to their social consciousness, became part of the civil rights movement. His album “People Get Ready” was listed #24 on the Greatest All-Time Songs in Rolling Stone.
Curtis Mayfield