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Laura Nyro was an American singer-songwriter and pianist.
Following her brilliant but underrated debut album, Laura Nyo got to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. She impressed David Geffen, who became her manager and helped her get out of her contract with Verve Records to sign with Columbia, where she was given much more artistic freedom. Her second album came out in 1968. Eli And The Thirteenth Confession was arranged and co-produced by Charlie Calello, and like its predecessor combined impressive vocas, interesting songwriting and elaborate, sophisticated arrangements to great effect. Also like its predecessor, it was not a massive seller, but did quickly become a critical success. Two songs from it were soon made into hits by other artists - The 5th Dimension took "Stoned Soul Picnic" to #3, and Three Dog Night got to #10 with "Eli's Coming" the next year.
More Than A New Discovery (1967) <|> New York Tendaberry (1969)
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Laura Nyro was an American singer-songwriter and pianist.
Laura Nigro was born in New York in 1947 of mixed Russian Jewish, Polish and Italian ancestry. She leant piano as a child, and sang with friends on street corners as a teenager. By 1966 she was calling herself Laura Nyro, and managed to get her song "And When I Die" recorded by Peter, Paul & Mary. The same year she recorded her debut album, and More Than A New Discovery was released in early 1967 on the Verve Folkways label. It was really unique mix of pop, jazz and R&B, with sophisticated piano-driven arrangements. It showcased her remarkable talents as both a singer and songwriter, and though it failed to make much of an impact commercially, it provided much material for other artists to cover - songs from this album became Top 10 hits for Blood, Sweat & Tears, The 5th Dimension and Barabara Streisand during the next few years.
|> Eli And The Thirteenth Confession (1968)
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