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April 9, 2000

This Day in Rock

Laura Nyro
April 26, 1997

Nyro Concert In Planning Stages

Nyro Concert In Planning Stages
April 10, 1997

Laura Nyro Dead At 49

Laura Nyro Dead At 49
April 10, 1997

TO CARRY ON, TO CARRY ON

Laura Nyro dies of ovarian cancer at 49

Recordings and Reviews

Walk The Dog & Light The Light

The winter of '69 must have been a heady time for Laura Nyro and Jimmy Webb. Nyro had just turned 22, Webb, 23, and the two songwriters had placed eight songs in the Top 10 in the preceding year and a half. From the West Coast, Webb, the chief architect of the stentorian pop ballad, was spinning...

1993 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Smile

1976

Gonna Take A Miracle

1971

Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat

1970

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

1968

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Biography

Laura Nyro was just a couple of years ahead of her time. Her late-'60s heyday as composer-of-the-moment helped pave the way for the female singer/songwriters of the '70s. Strong R&B influences and a dash of Tin Pan Alley reveal Nyro's New York roots; she was definitely a departure from the Joan Baez?Judy Collins school in terms of both songs and singing. Nyro's whoops and sighs sometimes cross the...

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