Laura Nyro

...with a Nyro biography and song details. Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro came about in 1996 when the Legacy imprint of Columbia Records requested a single-disc overview of Nyro's work. However, that would have concentrated on her...

In this article: Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro, Dog, Paul Zollo, Christmas Eve, Ovarian cancer, Entertainment Weekly, Columbia Records, Mother's Spiritual, and New York

...at the helm of her 1968 Columbia Records debut, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession. More Than A New Discovery is informed by the styles of Laura Nyro's youth. She had just turned 19 when she recorded the album, and the songs retain a youthful...

In this article: More Than a New Discovery, Stoney End, Wedding Bell Blues, Herb Bernstein, Columbia Records, Folkways, Verve Forecast Records, Barbra Streisand, and US

...publishing rights to her early compositions. Around this time Nyro considered becoming lead singer for Blood, Sweat & Tears, after the departure of founder Al Kooper, but was dissuaded by Geffen. However, BS&T would go on to have a hit with a...

In this article: David Geffen, Charlie Calello, Columbia Records, Todd Rundgren, Barry Manilow, Janis Ian, Sandra Bernhard, and Blood, Sweat & Tears

...on the mildly controversial "Children of the Junks." Elsewhere, Nyro rails against the music industry ("Money") and sings of her new laidback lifestyle away from the glare of the media. Despite her long absence, Columbia Records had...

In this article: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, Charlie Calello, Ovarian cancer, Columbia Records, Joni Mitchell, Season of Lights, and New York

...is the fifth music album by New York-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. Nyro was backed up on the album by the vocal trio Labelle. Gonna Take a Miracle was released on the Columbia Records label in November 1971, a year...

In this article: Gonna Take a Miracle, Patti LaBelle, Gamble and Huff, Studio, R&B, Vicki Wickham, Columbia Records, Philadelphia, and Christmas and the Beads of Sweat

...despite not having had a reasonable commercial success for well over a decade. Instead, she decided she wanted to go on the road and record a new live album. Columbia did not approve, and a deal was negotiated allowing Nyro to release the...

In this article: Laura: Live at the Bottom Line, Season of Lights, New York, Dog, Broken Rainbow, Rolling Stone magazine, and Columbia Records

Impressions (Laura Nyro album) Impressions is the first compilation retrospective album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was released in the UK in 1980 and features material from her first four albums for Verve...

In this article: Impressions, More Than a New Discovery, New York Tendaberry, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, Columbia Records, Verve Records, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, Danbury, and UK

Christmas and the Beads of Sweat Christmas and the Beads of Sweat is the fourth LP by New York-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. The album was released on the Columbia Records label in November 1970 after Nyro had recorded it...

In this article: Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, Sony Japan, New York Tendaberry, Up on the Roof, Columbia Records, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, New York City, and Sony

New York Tendaberry New York Tendaberry is a music album by New York-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was released in the autumn of 1969 on the Columbia Records label, some 18 months after its predecessor, Eli and the...

In this article: New York Tendaberry, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, New York City, The 5th Dimension, Uncut magazine, Roy Halee, Columbia Records, and Rickie Lee Jones