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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

Eli & The 13th Confession

I wasn't at Monterey. Consequently, I don't really know what Laura Nyro did there that turned so many people off. She must have done something, because the word was so thick that it convinced me that there wasn't any point bothering with her first album. It took a lunatic friend of mine, barging...

2002 RS: Not Rated

Walk The Dog & Light The Light

1993

Smile

1978

Gonna Take A Miracle

1971

Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat

1970

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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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