Laura Nyro

American singer and songwriter

Laura Nyro ( NEER-oh; born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer. 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. Wider recognition for her artistry was posthumous, while contemporaries such as Elton John idolized her. She was praised for her emotive three-octave mezzo-soprano voice.

Between 1968 and 1970, a number of artists had hits with her songs: the 5th Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", and "Save the Country"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul and Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night and Maynard Ferguson with "Eli's Comin' "; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End", "Time and Love", and "Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)". Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King's and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof".

Nyro was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Works

A Free Thinker
A Wilderness
A Woman of the World
American Dove
American Dreamer
And When I Die
Angel in the Dark
Animal Grace
Art of Love
Beads of Sweat
Been on a Train
Billy’s Blues
Black Patch
Blowin’ Away
Broken Rainbow
Brown Earth
Buy and Sell
California Shoe Shine Boys
Captain Saint Lucifer
Captain for Dark Mornings
Child in a Universe
Children of the Junks
Christmas in My Soul
Coda
Coffee Morning
Crazy Love
December’s Boudoir
Don’t Hurt Child
Eli’s Comin’
Emmie
Enough of You
Gardenia Talk
Get Me My Cap
Gibsom Street
Go Find the Moon
Goodbye Joe
Hands Off the Man (Flim Flam Man)
He’s a Runner
I Am the Blues
I Never Meant to Hurt You
In and Out
In the Country Way
Japanese Restaurant
Late for Love
Laura Nyro Medley: Stoney End / Stoned Soul Picnic / Sweet Blindness / Wedding Bell Blues / Save the Country
Lazy Susan
Light (Pop’s Principle)
Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song)
Lonely Women
Louise’s Church
Lu
Luckie
Man in the Moon
Map to the Treasure
Mars
Melody in the Sky
Mercy on Broadway
Midnite Blue
Money
Mother Earth
Mother’s Spiritual
Mr. Blue (The Song of Communications)
My Innocence
New York Tendaberry
Once It Was Alright (Farmer Joe)
Poverty Train
Refrain
Rhythm and Blues
Roadnotes
Roll of the Ocean
Save the Country
Serious Playground
Smile
Someone Loves You
Sophia
Springblown
Stoned Soul Picnic
Stoney End
Stormy Love
Sweet Blindness
Sweet Dream Fade
Sweet Lovin’ Baby
Talk to a Green Tree
The Brighter Song
The Cat‐Song
The Confession
The Descent of Luna Rose
The Man Who Sends Me Home
The Morning News
The Nest
The Right to Vote
The Sweet Sky
Time and Love
Timer
To a Child
Tom Cat Goodby
Trees of the Ages
Triple Goddess Twilight
Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp
Walk the Dog & Light the Light (Song of the Road)
Wedding Bell Blues
When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag
Wild World
Woman’s Blues
You Don't Love Me When I Cry