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Laura Nyro

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born

October 18, 1947 in Bronx, New York, The United States

died

April 08, 1997

gender

female

website

http://www.lauranyro.com/

genre

Poetry

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Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) was an American composer, lyricist, singer and pianist. Her style was a distinctive hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, mixed with elements of jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock.

She was best known, and had the most commercial success, as a composer and lyricist rather than as a performer. Between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had significant hits with her songs: the Fifth Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Save The Country" and "Black Patch"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter Paul & Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night with "Eli's Coming"; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End" and "Hands off the Man (Fli...more

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Books by Laura Nyro

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	Time and Love: The Art and Soul of Laura Nyro [With CD] 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002	My rating:
	Laura Nyro: Lyrics & Reminiscences [With CD] 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	My rating:

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Quotes by Laura Nyro

“Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
And all I ask of dying is to go naturally.”
― Laura Nyro

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