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Laura Nyro is mentioned often, each time referred to as intense and fat.
Lost in the 60s Roger Sutton 2008
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At the time, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was being written by The Beatles and "Stoned Soul Picnic" was being written by Laura Nyro, so the actual language of popular music was being challenged and changed, we thought.
Mike Ragogna: "Midnight Blue" & Beyond: A Conversation With Melissa Manchester Mike Ragogna 2012
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At Howard University, she met the singer Nona Hendryx, who told her to listen to Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro.
Written in the Shadow of Giants Jim Fusilli 2011
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At Howard University, she met the singer Nona Hendryx, who told her to listen to Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro.
Written in the Shadow of Giants Jim Fusilli 2011
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That's more apparent from the musician's live persona than her recordings, which often blandly rework motifs established by such pop-folk singer-songwriters as Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell.
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At the time, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was being written by The Beatles and "Stoned Soul Picnic" was being written by Laura Nyro, so the actual language of popular music was being challenged and changed, we thought.
Mike Ragogna: "Midnight Blue" & Beyond: A Conversation With Melissa Manchester Mike Ragogna 2012
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He was made a junior agent a year and a half after joining William Morris Talent Agency and was soon managing the career of the promising singer/songwriter Laura Nyro.
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That's more apparent from the musician's live persona than her recordings, which often blandly rework motifs established by such pop-folk singer-songwriters as Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell.
In concert: Sara Bareilles at 9:30 Club Click Track 2010
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In 1969, Geffen made his first million by selling out the music publishing operation he had started with Nyro.
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Gaga's voice is solid and, when she played the piano and sang on Saturday Night Live, she gave off a whiff of Laura Nyro, another Italian-American singer-songwriter, one who had genuine talent but lacked the exhibitionistic chutzpah and media-manipulation skills that Gaga has.
Marshall Fine: Annals of the Overrated: Lady Gaga and The Tree of Life Marshall Fine 2011
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