"without her" is one of his early hits. this number is nowadays considered one of his standards as blood, sweat &amp; tears did later an jazzy cover on their album. his biggest hits were during the late 1960s and the 1970s. his songs include "me and my arrow", "coconut", "cuddly toy", "spaceman", and "one". "one" was also a hit for the band three dog night. nilsson's two most famous songs were "without you" and "everybody's talkin'". these songs were written by other people. "without you" has been re-recorded many times by other singers. it was written by peter ham and tom evans of badfinger. "everybody's talkin'" was used in the 1969 movie "midnight cowboy". the song was written by fred neil.