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It would be difficult to overstate Laura Nyro's influence on late-20th-century popular music. A self-taught pianist who grew up listening to Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday, Debussy, and Ravel, Nyro began composing songs as a child and attended Manhattan's High School of Music and Art. In 1966 she sold her first song – "And When I Die" – at ...
Sep 4, 2015 · Laura Nyro and Labelle. “You’ve Really Got A Hold on Me” from Gonna Take A Miracle. (Columbia, 1971) Listen / Buy. Singing with her sistr’en, Labelle, her vocal equals, Nyro lets loose on one of the songs that shaped her. All magisterial singers, they are in sublime control of their full-bodied harmonies.
Apr 8, 1997 · An influential New York City-based singer/songwriter with a powerful, soulful voice who bridged the gaps between folk, pop, and soul. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 1990s. Born. October 18, 1947 in Bronx, NY. Died. April 8, 1997 in Danbury, CT.
Oct 18, 2014 · Listen almost everyday. Laura’s music helps me to remember my life. I cannot believe how she remains virtually unknown. I have many photos in my office at work and anyone brave enough to ask gets a Laura Nyro 101 from me. I have past on the gift of Laura to many people.
Laura Nyro paved the way for generations of confessional, truth-seeking songwriters. Born Laura Nigro in the Bronx in 1947, she attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan and found a place in New York’s burgeoning ‘60s folk scene.
Mar 1, 2019 · Alan Merrill of The Arrows ("I Love Rock and Roll") was related by marriage to Nyro, and they were very close. "I watched Laura Nyro write all of her first songs," Merrill said in a Songfacts interview. "All of them. I sat in the room and she would run them by me. I'd go, 'You can't speed up like that, you'll never have a hit.
基本情報. ローラ・ニーロ （ Laura Nyro 、出生名： Laura Nigro 、死亡時の正式名： Laura Bianchini 、1947年10月18日 - 1997年4月8日）は、アメリカのソングライター、歌手およびピアニスト。. ニーロは自身のレコーディング、特にアルバム『 イーライと13番目の懺悔 ...
