Laura Nyro
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Biography
[Edit]Laura Nyro was one of pop music's true originals: A brilliant and innovative composer, her songs found greater commercial success in the hands of other performers, but her own records — intricate, haunting works highlighting her singularly powerful vocal phrasing, evocative lyrics, and alchemical fusion of gospel, soul, folk, and jazz structures — remain her definitive artistic legacy.
The daughter of a jazz trumpeter, she was born Laura Nigro on October 18, 1947, and composed her first songs at the age of eight. After attending Manhattan's famed High School of Music and Art, she began performing in area clubs, drawing on influences as diverse as Bob Dylan and John Coltrane. In 1967, Nyro issued her first LP, More Than a New Discovery; though commercially unsuccessful, the album was a treasure trove of material for other artists — the Fifth Dimension scored with "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Blowin' Away," Barbra Streisand covered "Stoney End," and Blood, Sweat & Tears tackled "And When I Die."
In 1967, Nyro made just her second major live appearance to date at the Monterey Pop Festival, where her idiosyncratic performance baffled the crowd. However, David Geffen — a music agent at the time — caught her set and was so impressed that he quit his current position to become her manager. He also won Nyro a contract with Columbia, and in 1968 she returned with the extraordinary Eli and the Thirteenth Confession. While the album earned vast critical acclaim, she again found commercial success not with her own recordings, but with covers of Eli's songs, as the Fifth Dimension reached the charts with renditions of "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Sweet Blindness," while "Eli's Comin'" became a major hit for Three Dog Night.
New York Tendaberry, released in 1969, fared better thanks to the strong word of mouth now trailing her work; the record's "Time and Love" and "Save the Country" soon emerged as two of her most well-regarded and popular songs. With 1970's Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, she continued her exploration of soul music, enlisting Muscle Shoals staples like Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins, and Eddie Hinton; "Beads of Sweat" also featured guitar work from Duane Allman. Gonna Take a Miracle, recorded with Labelle and the production team of Gamble & Huff, marked a dramatic left turn in 1971; Nyro's lone album of non-original material, it featured her tributes to Motown ("Jimmy Mack," "Nowhere to Run"), doo wop ("The Bells," "Spanish Harlem"), and the girl group era ("I Met Him on a Sunday").
At the age of 24, Nyro announced her retirement; she married, severed her industry connections, and moved to a small community in New England. However, the marriage ended in divorce, and in 1976 she resurfaced with Smile; a subsequent tour yielded the 1977 live set Season of Lights. However, the long layoff derailed whatever chart momentum her music had accrued, and after the dismal sales of 1978's Nested, she again retreated from the music business.
When Nyro finally returned from her self-imposed exile in 1984 with Mother's Spiritual, her music had grown more reserved and introspective; as the title indicated, her own motherhood provided considerable inspiration for her new work, as did her rustic New England lifestyle. While she did not make any overt declarations of retirement, Nyro waited another five years before issuing her next LP, Live at the Bottom Line, recorded at the legendary New York club; Walk the Dog & Light the Light, her first collection of new material in nearly a decade, followed in 1993. Four years later, Nyro died of ovarian cancer, on April 8, 1997. A posthumous album, Angel in the Dark, was issued in 2001, and several additional live recordings also surfaced.
Title: Laura Nyro: Mountain Stage
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Season of Lights. . . Laura Nyro In Concert (With Bonus Track) [Live]
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Spread Your Wings And Fly: Live At The Fillmore East May 30, 1971
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: World Music, Pop, Folk
Title: Trees Of The Ages: Live In Japan
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Pop, Folk
Title: (Accompanying Herself On The Piano) Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Pop
Title: Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: (Accompanying Herself On The Piano) Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Pop
Title: Trees Of The Ages: Laura Nyro Live In Japan (Remastered)
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Soul, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Live from Mountain Stage: Laura Nyro
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Spread Your Wings and Fly - Live At the Fillmore East May 30, 1971
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Live! The Loom's Desire
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Live: The Loom's Desire (CD2)
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Go Find The Moon: The Audition Tape
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Soul, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (Accompanying Herself On the Piano)
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Gonna Take a Miracle
Artist: Labelle, Laura Nyro
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Time and Love: The Essential Masters
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Playlist: The Very Best of Laura Nyro
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Spread Your Wings And Fly: Live At The Fillmore East May 30,
Artist: Laura Nyro
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Collections
Title: 'Til Their Eyes Shine...The Lullaby Album
Genre: Kids
Title: Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
Genre: Pop
Title: Be My Baby (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure 60s (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Divas Divinas
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure... Legends
Title: Pure... Singer Songwriters (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Legends Rock Pop (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Legends Rock Pop (CD2)
Title: Pure... Acoustic (CD1)
Title: Ultimate Divas (CD4)
Title: The Greatest Singer-Songwriter Classics (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Coming Personal Holiday - Promotion (CD3)
Genre: Garage, House, Latin, Progressive
Title: Ultimate... 60S Box Set (CD3)
Genre: Garage Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk, Country, Pop
Title: Get Together The Colourful Sound Of The Sixties (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Hits Cool (CD4)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, World Music, Latin, Folk
Title: Christmas Cafe 2016
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Easy Listening: 100 Popular Jazzing (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Newport Folk Festival 1989 (Live Radio Broadcast)
Genre: Blues, Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: 100 Oldies Vol. 2 - The Sound Of My Life (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Singer-Songwriter Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk, World Music, Country, Classical, Folk
Title: 70s Singer-Songwriter Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk, World Music, Country, Classical, Folk
Title: Singer Songwriters 100 Amazing Songs (CD1)
Genre: Folktronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Featuring albums
Title: Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
Artist: Various
Genre: Blues, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic