Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro (born October 18, 1947; died April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th Dimension recording her songs. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock and soul. In 2012 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read Full BioLaura Nyro (born October 18, 1947; died April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th Dimension recording her songs. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock and soul. In 2012 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She was born Laura Nigro on 18th October 1947 in the Bronx, New York, of Italian-American and Jewish-American parents. As a child, she taught herself piano, read poetry, and listened to her mother's records by Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday and classical composers such as Ravel and Debussy. She composed her first songs at age eight. While in high school, she sang with a group of friends in subway stations and on street corners.
As a teenager she experimented with using different names, and Nyro was the one she was using at the time. She sold her song "And When I Die" to Peter, Paul and Mary for $5,000, and made her first extended professional appearance in 1966, at age 18, singing at the "hungry i" coffeehouse in San Francisco. Mogull negotiated her a recording contract, and she recorded her debut album, More Than a New Discovery, for the Verve Folkways label. The album provided material for other artists, notably the 5th Dimension.
In 1967, Nyro made only her second major live appearance, at the Monterey Pop Festival. Although some accounts described her performance as a fiasco that culminated in her being booed off the stage,[8] recordings later made public contradict this view.[
Nyro was best known by the general public – and had the most commercial success – as a songwriter rather than a performer. Her best-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 The 5th Dimension), and "Eli's Coming" (a hit for Three Dog Night). Ironically, Nyro's own best-selling single was "Up on the Roof", a cover of the Carole King-Gerry Goffin hit originally recorded by The Drifters in 1962.
She died on 8th April 1997.
In 2012 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She was born Laura Nigro on 18th October 1947 in the Bronx, New York, of Italian-American and Jewish-American parents. As a child, she taught herself piano, read poetry, and listened to her mother's records by Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday and classical composers such as Ravel and Debussy. She composed her first songs at age eight. While in high school, she sang with a group of friends in subway stations and on street corners.
As a teenager she experimented with using different names, and Nyro was the one she was using at the time. She sold her song "And When I Die" to Peter, Paul and Mary for $5,000, and made her first extended professional appearance in 1966, at age 18, singing at the "hungry i" coffeehouse in San Francisco. Mogull negotiated her a recording contract, and she recorded her debut album, More Than a New Discovery, for the Verve Folkways label. The album provided material for other artists, notably the 5th Dimension.
In 1967, Nyro made only her second major live appearance, at the Monterey Pop Festival. Although some accounts described her performance as a fiasco that culminated in her being booed off the stage,[8] recordings later made public contradict this view.[
Nyro was best known by the general public – and had the most commercial success – as a songwriter rather than a performer. Her best-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 The 5th Dimension), and "Eli's Coming" (a hit for Three Dog Night). Ironically, Nyro's own best-selling single was "Up on the Roof", a cover of the Carole King-Gerry Goffin hit originally recorded by The Drifters in 1962.
She died on 8th April 1997.
In 2012 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Stoned Soul Picnic
Laura Nyro Lyrics
Can you surry?
Can you picnic? Whoa
Can you surry?
Can you picnic?
Come on, come on and
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic (can you surry? Can you picnic?)
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine
Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine
Stoned soul
Stoned soul
Whoa
Come on, come on and
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic (can you surry? Can you picnic?)
Rain and sun come in akin
And from the sky come the Lord and the lightning
And from the sky come the Lord and the lightning
Stoned soul
Stoned soul
Surry on, soul
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
There'll be trains of blossoms
(There'll be trains of blossoms)
There'll be trains of music
There'll be music
There'll be trains of trust
Trains of gold and dust
Come along and surry on, sweet trains
Of thought, surry on down
Can you surry, can you surry? (Can you surry?)
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic (can you surry? Can you picnic?)
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine (red yellow honey)
Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine, moonnshine
Stoned soul, yeah
surry on, soul
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
Surry, surry
Surry
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Written by: Laura Nyro
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objetty11
Joni Mitchell, Carol King and Laura Nyro.. Just think of the amount of music these three women have provided for us to enjoy all these decades. I'm still in awe....
joe schweidinz
,♥️
Jene Jewel
dory previn.
alwaysLaTeSorRy
Ashford & Simpson
Mike Galvin
@Dale Schmitt Surely Tapestry moved her out of the old Brill Building genre (not that anyone did that better than King Geffin). Even though like most guys in late 60s/early 70s teen era I was a rocker - Cream, Hendrix, Joplin, Traffic, Zeppelin etc. Laura Carole and Joni were very much the soundtrack of our youth with Motown as the Dance Music.
Bob Ski
Those names are in my wheel house great lyrics, great women!
James Kennedy
Not everyone can create their own sound . Laura Nyro was a genius .
j0eX
I went to Quintano's HS late 60s. We were sitting in Central Park on a hill, smoking very good hash when this young woman in black with a lacey white shirt came up the path. "Holy F#ck! That's Laura Nyro!" I said. I went up to her and told her how much her music meant to me, adding that I was also a Bronx kid. She thanked me warmly and with much emotion. After she passed on I often saw her in dreams. A unique, rare gem of a human being. She is missed so much. I like to think my love,Lee Marie, also a singer/songwriter is jamming with her in the Summerlands, or wherever.
leluboy
Check out the outdoor chef life on youtube, the girl just looked exactly like Laura
qwertyuiop
Bridge and tunnel person in the 80s here (60s child)... We were in all of it at the time and I absorbed it for sure. The historical musical culture, the end of the classic radio DJ, the end of historical nightclubbing, the 60s met the 80s met the end of an era. TV and radio changed forever since then... Awesome for sure.