Save The Country - Music

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. 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. read less