Laura Nyro (October 18, 1947 -- April 8, 1997) was an American composer, lyricist, singer, and pianist. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock and soul.
She was best known, and enjoyed her greatest commercial success, as a composer and lyricist rather than as a performer. Between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had significant hits with her songs: The 5th Dimension with “Blowing Away“, “Wedding Bell Blues“, “Stoned Soul Picnic“, “Sweet Blindness“, “Save The Country“ and “Black Patch“; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul & Mary with “And When I Die“; Three Dog Night with “Eli’s Coming“; and Barbra Streisand with “Stoney End“, “Time and Love“, and “Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)“. Nyro’s best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s “Up on the Roof.“
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Why do People Hate David Geffen? Homophobia? Kurt Cobain’s Death?
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Laura Nyro Dedicated to the One I Love
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He’s A Runner
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And When I Die
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Laura Nyro Up on the Roof
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THREE DOG NIGHT One (1969) HQ
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The Cat-Song (Live)
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And When I Die (Mono Version)
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Laura Nyro - Goodbye Joe
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A Woman Of The World
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LAURA NYRO and when i die (LIVE!)
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Stoney End
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Stoned Soul Picnic
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The Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (Woody Allen Special - 1969)
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Elliott Randall - All I Am’s
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Laura Nyro - And When I Die
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Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity - When i was young
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Laura Nyro - It’s gonna take a miracle 1971
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LAURA NYRO - LIVE March 27, 1971 Hoch Auditorium, University of Kansas
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Blood, Sweat & Tears - 05 - And When I Die
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Broken Rainbow
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Norah Jones: ‘I Dream of Christmas’ Live At The Empire State Building (Presented by Citi)
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I Am the Blues (Live)
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Laura Nyro - Eli & the Thirteenth Confession (1968) - Full Album