Editing Fred Neil (section)

{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (1936–2001)}}
{{about|the singer-songwriter|the album of the same name|Fred Neil (album)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Fred Neil
| image             = FredNeil.png|
| caption           = Fred Neil, {{circa|1964}}
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| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = Frederick Ralph Morlock Jr.
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1936|3|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Cleveland]], Ohio, U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2001|7|7|1936|3|16}}
| death_place       = [[Summerland Key]], Florida, U.S.
| origin            = 
| instrument        = Vocals, guitar
| genre             = [[Blues music|Blues]], [[folk music|folk]]
| occupation        = Singer, songwriter
| years_active      = 1958–1975
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| website           = 
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = 
}}

'''Fred Neil''' (born '''Frederick Ralph Morlock Jr.'''; March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001)<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2001.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 2001 |publisher=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com |access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref> was an American [[folk music|folk]] singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material&nbsp;– particularly "[[Everybody's Talkin'|Everybody's Talkin<span style="padding-right:.2em;">'</span>]]", which became a hit for [[Harry Nilsson]] after it was used in the film ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' in 1969.<ref name="Dead"/><ref name=side>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZdXMAA4x78C&q=%22Fred+Neil%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA173 |title=Which Side Are You On?: An Inside History of the Folk Music Revival in America|author=Dick Weissman  |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year= 2006|isbn= 0-8264-1914-3 |access-date=December 5, 2010 }}</ref> Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers,<ref name=furious>{{cite web |url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/folkniks.html |title=Fred Neil and the '60's folk scene in New York |publisher=www.furious.com |access-date=December 5, 2010 }}</ref> he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of [[dolphins]].<ref name=side/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aE3hHapXKtcC&q=%22Fred+Neil%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA77 |title=Rock and roll's most wanted|author=Stuart Shea |publisher=Brassey's|year= 2002|isbn= 1-57488-477-8 |access-date=December 5, 2010 }}</ref>