This is by Laura Nyro, a woman who I had not knowingly recognized until very recently but who I learned this year had written several very popular, very catchy songs in the late 60s and early 70s before she died at a tragically young age. Songs such as "Wedding Bell Blues" "Stoned Soul Picinc" and this one (although lesser known it was once a radio hit when sung by Barbra Streissand) have all been stuck in my head at one time or another and sung off key badly by me when going about my daily business.
From Wikipedia:
Laura Nyro (/ˈnɪəroʊ/ NEER-oh;[1] born Laura Nigro, October 18, 1947 – 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, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock, and soul.[2]
Laura Nyro (/ˈnɪəroʊ/ NEER-oh;[1] born Laura Nigro, October 18, 1947 – 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, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock, and soul.[2]
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 and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof".[2]
In 2012, Nyro was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[3][4]
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