Misplaced Pages

Laura Nyro: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 04:57, 10 January 2006 editCrystallina (talk | contribs)Rollbackers52,432 editsm cat: American female singers← Previous edit Revision as of 17:26, 15 January 2006 edit undo80.186.243.27 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit →
Line 47: Line 47:
] ]
] ]
]

Revision as of 17:26, 15 January 2006

Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro on October 18, 1947 in The Bronx, New York, died April 8, 1997 in Danbury, Connecticut) was an American songwriter and singer.

Nyro was best known, and had the most commercial success, as a songwriter rather than a performer. Her most well-known songs include "And When I Die" (made a hit by Blood, Sweat & Tears), "Stoney End" (covered by Barbra Streisand), "Wedding Bell Blues," "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Sweet Blindness," "Save the Country" (all covered by Fifth Dimension), and "Eli's Coming" (a hit for Three Dog Night). (Ironically, Nyro's own best-selling single was a cover of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof.")

Frustrated by her lack of commercial success, and a music industry disinclined to support artistic innovation, Nyro announced her retirement from the music business at the age of 24. Five years later, however, she returned with Smile, a jazzy, laid-back album. After 1978, she would continue to release albums at the rate of about once every five years. None of these works became a major hit.

Nyro died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at the age of 49 (in a grisly coincidence, this was the same age and disease which claimed the life of her mother, Gilda Nigro). Her life partner had been Maria Desiderio. She is survived by her son.

Discography

Studio

Live

Compilation

External links

Categories: