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American Dreamer (album)
''American Dreamer'' is a 2021 box set of reissues from American singer-songwriter Laura Nyro released by Madfish. It has received positive critical reception. Reception Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork Media rated this collection an 8.8 out of 10 for Nyro's "obvious, prodigious talent", with the publication declaring this "Best New Reissue". For '' Under the Radar'', Hays Davis rated this album an 8.5 out of 10 for Nyro's importance in pop music history and her ability to move "comfortably between various musical styles". In ''Uncut'', Laura Barton gave the set five out of five stars, due to the "sheer heft of her talent" displayed on the music. ''Record Collector''s Charles Waring issued the same score and noted the artist's influence and breadth as a songwriter, as well as the value of the bonus tracks for collectors. Track listing All songs written by Laura Nyro, except where noted ''More Than a New Discovery'' #"Goodbye Joe" – 2:38 #"Billy's Blues" – 3:20 #"And Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro ( ; 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. Wider recognition for her artistry was posthumous while her contemporaries such as Elton John idolized her. She was praised for her strong emotive vocal style and 3- octave mezzo-soprano vocal range. 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 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Bell Blues
"Wedding Bell Blues" is a song written and recorded by Laura Nyro in 1966. The best known version was a number one hit for the 5th Dimension in 1969. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, and who wonders, "am I ever gonna see my wedding day?" The song carries dual themes of adoring love and frustrated lament. The title subsequently became a popular phrase in American pop culture. Laura Nyro recording Nyro wrote "Wedding Bell Blues" at the age of 18 as a "mini-suite". The song originally featured several dramatic rhythmic changes—a trait Nyro explored on future albums. It was recorded in 1966 for Verve Folkways on her debut album '' More Than a New Discovery''. Arranger Herb Bernstein did not allow Nyro to record her original arrangement, which led to the artist more or less disowning the entire album. As released by Nyro, the song is similar in content and arrangement to the later 5th Dimension version, albeit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Jackson
Doris Coley (August 2, 1941 – February 5, 2000) was an American musician, who was best known as a member (and occasional lead singer) of The Shirelles. She initially left the group in 1968, but returned in 1975. Through marriages, she became ''Doris Coley Kenner'' and later, ''Doris Kenner Jackson''. Personal life Coley was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina but moved with her family to Passaic, New Jersey. With schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Addie "Micki" Harris and Beverly Lee, she formed the Shirelles in Passaic in 1958, one of the 1st all-girl groups of the rock era. The four teenagers did not graduate with their class of 1958, but they earned diplomas later. They performed their self-written "I Met Him on a Sunday" for Florence Greenberg and was signed to her Tiara label (the song was so popular, it was bought by Decca Records). Many years later, in 1994, when the Rhythm and Blues Foundation gave the Shirelles a Heritage Award, Kenner sang with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonna Take A Miracle
''Gonna Take a Miracle'' is the fifth album by New York City-born singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro, with assistance by vocal trio Labelle. It was released on Columbia Records in November 1971, one year after its predecessor ''Christmas and the Beads of Sweat''. The album is Nyro's only all-covers album, and she interprets mainly 1950s and 1960s soul and R&B standards, using Labelle as a traditional back-up vocal group. Nyro had originally had the idea to do a covers album during 1970, and on her tour to support the ''Christmas and the Beads of Sweat'' album, she introduced several of the songs that later appeared on ''Gonna Take a Miracle'', including "Spanish Harlem" and "Dancing in the Street". ''Gonna Take a Miracle'' remains a critics' favorite Laura Nyro record for its laidback atmosphere and impressive soul grooves and musicianship as well as classic Philadelphia soul production from Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It was her last commercially successful album, peakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole King
Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time, King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005. King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. She has continued writing for other artists since then. King's success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Goffin
Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the List of Billboard number-one singles, US No.1 hits "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Loco-Motion", and "Go Away Little Girl". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but were unable to articulate." After he and King divorced, Goffin wrote with other composers, including Barry Goldberg and Michael Masser, with whom he wrote "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" and "Saving All My Love for You", also No. 1 hits. During his career, Goffin wrote over 114 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits, including eight Record chart, chart-toppers, and 72 UK Singles Chart, UK hits. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, with Carole K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up On The Roof (song)
"Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S. R&B singles chart. In the UK it was a top ten success for singer Kenny Lynch, whose version was also released in 1962. Content In addition to the hit appeal of the "second Drifters" lineup, "Up on the Roof" epitomized the urban romantic dream as presented by New York City Brill Building writers: Personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947–1974''. *Rudy Lewis - lead vocals *Tommy Evans, Gene Pearson, Charlie Thomas – backing vocals *Don Arnone, Bob Bushnell, Al Casamenti – guitars *Ernie Hayes, Carole King – keyboards * George Duvivier – bass *Gary Chester – drums *George Devens, Bobby Rosengarden – percussion *Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Sedler – trumpets *Jimmy Cleveland, Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat
''Christmas and the Beads of Sweat'' is the fourth album by New York-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. The album was released on the Columbia Records label in November 1970 after Nyro had recorded it in the early summer with producers Felix Cavaliere and Arif Mardin. Whilst Nyro had handed over production reins, she was still in control of the project and co-arranged her compositions. The album is the closing part of a trilogy that also comprises 1968's ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'' and 1969's '' New York Tendaberry''. Musically, the album is a bridge between the two, balancing the lighter and more joyful tones of ''Eli'' with the dark, sensual, and piano-dominated ''Tendaberry''. The presence of The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section on side one lends the album a more easygoing, rock-inspired sound, but this is countered by Nyro's evocative lyrics and moody piano delivery. Nyro had by this time built up a strong reputation as a songwriter, and the album feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Save The Country
"Save the Country" is a song written by Laura Nyro, first released by her as a single in 1968. Nyro released another version of the song on her 1969 album ''New York Tendaberry''. Background Nyro was inspired to write the song after the June 5, 1968 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, assassination of Robert Kennedy. 5th Dimension recording The most successful version was performed by The 5th Dimension. It reached #10 on the Adult Contemporary (chart), U.S. adult contemporary chart, #24 in CHUM Chart, Canada, #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and #79 in Kent Music Report, Australia in 1970. It was featured on their 1970 album ''Portrait (The 5th Dimension album), Portrait''. The song was produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Bill Holman (musician), Bill Holman, Bob Alcivar, and Howe. Other versions * Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger, Brian Auger and the Trinity released a version of the song on their 1969 album ''Streetnoise''. * Canadian band The Sugar Shoppe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Tendaberry
''New York Tendaberry'' is the third album by New York City-born singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro. It was released in the autumn of 1969, on Columbia Records, some eighteen months after its predecessor, ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession''. It was helmed by her, with the assistance of producer and engineer Roy Halee. The cover photograph was taken by David Gahr. ''New York Tendaberry'' is also considered to be the second in a trilogy of classic original Nyro records, with ''Eli'' and '' Christmas and the Beads of Sweat'' on either side. They are all considered musically and thematically similar, although ''New York Tendaberry'' is the most intense and stark. In 1969, Nyro was one of the most popular pop songwriters, and various groups including The 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night, and Blood Sweat and Tears had enjoyed hits with her compositions. Thanks to the strong word of mouth trailing her work, ''New York Tendaberry'' became her most commercially successful reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoned Soul Picnic (song)
"Stoned Soul Picnic" is a 1968 song by Laura Nyro. The best-known version of the song was recorded by The 5th Dimension, and was the first single released from their album of the same title. It was the most successful single from that album, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart. It became a platinum record. The song was composed and recorded by Nyro for her album ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'', released in March 1968. According to Marilyn McCoo, it was producer Bones Howe who suggested that it would be a good song for the 5th Dimension to cover. The group would go on to record several more hits with Nyro songs, including "Sweet Blindness", "Wedding Bell Blues", " Blowin' Away", and "Save the Country". An instrumental version was recorded by jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers and became the title track to his 1968 album. The word ''surry'', used frequently in the lyric (e.g. "Surry down to a stoned soul picnic"), is a neologism by Nyro; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli's Comin'
"Eli's Comin" is a song written and recorded in 1967 by American singer-songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro. The song was first released in 1968 on Nyro's album, ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession''. Other versions *The song was recorded by Three Dog Night in 1969, on their 1969 albums ''Suitable for Framing'' (for which see note on piano outro) and ''Captured Live at the Forum''. Their studio version reached number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 4 in Canada's RPM Magazine charts. *Don Ellis released a version in 1969 on his album '' The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground''. *The Friends of Distinction released a version in 1969 on their album ''Grazin'''. *Honey Ltd. released a version in 1969 as a single on the LHI label. *Maynard Ferguson released a version in 1970 on his album '' M.F. Horn''. *Affinity released a version in 1970 as a single (also included in later pressings of their self-titled album). *The 5th Dimension released a version on their 1971 album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
