Laura Nyro CBS News Sunday Morning 2001
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- Laura Nyro was one of the most talented singer songwriters in popular music but unfortunately not many people know about her as she never had a big selling album or single during her career. Many others sucessfully covered her songs and had top ten hits with them in the late 60's and early 70's. In my book, Laura Nyro is right up there with Joni Mitchell and Carol King as one of the greatest female singer songwriters ever. This was a CBS Sunday Morning story on her from 2001, several years after Laura passed away from ovarian cancer at age 49. Do yourself a favor and get Laura's first two albums: 1967's More Than A New Discovery and 1968's Eli & The 13th Confession. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you for keeping Laura Nyro's music alive. Beautiful.
Laura Nyro has never been forgotten and never will. She's a giant.
Never saw this on TV I used to think I was the only one who knew and appreciated who she was I very glad to see she got some public recognition for her greatness. the other insult to her memory was how long it for them to put her on the R&R Hall of Fame I guess it's true the truly great ones are never appriciated til they're gone I hear alot of women singers these days credit her as a big influence on them yet I still haven't heard anyone who comes anywhere near her she's was a one and only
I grew up in my rarely teens listening to her. She had me addicted.she was so under rated. I am ecstatic she's exhaling hear last breath with all of us as that breath keeps her alive forever. She lives on eternally in my heart.
this is a beautiful way to honor her. she was full of the spirit !
@@octopusmime Laura Nyro's influence is more than her song book. She was very influential in style and phrasing. I would even say she was a catalyst for other artists she influenced, Elton John for instance. Her career was a launching pad for a generation of music stars a s not just rock stars, acts from numerous genres. She may have been as influential as The Beatles.
I love Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Janis, Cass... but I could never get into Laura Nyro. I just never grew to like her voice.
Laura is Unforgettable. Spread her music & her love wherever whenever you can. This world needs her.
If you discover Laura's music, you're hooked forever. Bless her soul.
The best. A goddess. She wrote The First Songs -- an amazing collection of songs -- at 16!
I have never forgotten her. Not for one minute.
I love "Not for one minute". So succinct.!!!! Wish I wasn't such a gusher...
Amen.
With her amazing voice and lyrics, she could make you cry or make you rock. Pure genius and wonder
Listening to Laura Nyro is like having a religious experience 💖
The reporter had such compassion for Laura. It was kind.
I can’t imagine my childhood or youth without this woman’s music.
Whenever I an deeply troubled I play New York Tendaberry.
😔 god bless your beautiful soul, Laura. You will NeVER be forgotten
Her album Gonna Take A Miracle with Labelle needs to be in everybody's collection
So does New York Tendaberry
That's my favorite
By far one my favorite songwriter ever wish I could of met her.
You can tell this guy doing the piece here truly loved Laura's music and deeply respected her. Ah Laura, we miss you so.
No, there is no one else like Laura Nyro!
She didn’t NEED to be famous, like everybody else. She wrote great songs, had a golden voice, but wasn’t interested in being famous. That’s so rare.
I saw her in concert in 1969 for $1, and it was the best dollar I ever spent. She was a monumental talent. What a voice. Maybe the greatest female singer and songwriter ever.
Ann You are so very lucky.
Amen!
New York Tendaberry is truly a record I can"t live without.
agree ! Check out a little known diamond of a LP "Gonna Take a Miracle" Laura revisits her love of early r&b/soul with help from LaBelle
the ultimate middle of the night record
My introduction to Laura Nyro. Madison smiled.
Rex Reed, one of the toughest art critics of all time described that album as a masterpiece, closest equivalent to anything created by George Gershwin. She was only 20 years old when she completed it. Just awesome GENIUS
Thank-you Bill ... why Laura Nyro is not mentioned in the same breath/conversation as Carol King and Joni Mitchell escapes me. Her music usually brings a tear to my eye. She might be the most underrated singer/songwriter ever. ... oh well. RIP Ms. Nyro. We miss you.
There’s a few reasons I can think of; like the story says, she wrote songs that were hits for everyone BUT Laura Nyro. She supposedly got stage fright after her experience at Monterey Pop though the footage says otherwise. At least she did get into the R&R HOF. One fact about her career is that she was managed by a young go-getter named David Geffen, he discovered her while working in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency
Those of us who know, those of us who were there, we all recognized the genius of Laura Nyro!! Only critics (who don't matter) are slow to give her the respect she deserves. That is also true for all of the great female singer-songwriters including Joni Mitchell, Roberta Flack, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian, and others. Only Carole King got decent press largely because she had lucrative hits before she did her watershed LP "Tapestry." It is natural and fitting there should be a musical celebrating her music on Broadway. I've read Laura's LP "Eli And The Thirteenth Confession" was conceived as a musical. Maybe fame from a broader audience eluded her, but she enjoyed the fruits of her passion and had the respect of her peers.
@@chrisclermont456 Chris I totally agree with you. I loved Laura's music. She was true to her music, but most importantly she was true to herself. She was a musical genius. Laura Nyro was way ahead of her time. She is in my book an icon!!!
i agree 100%
It’s because she’s dead.
She was very special. A legend as fas as I'm concerned.
I remember listening to her while in Vietnam early 70’s-such a clear & distinctive voice-a true soul sister!
74th infantry det./ 173rd abn LRRP '67 - '69... Loved them LRRP rations👌 A Shau Valley scared the crap out of us; Our team consisted of 6 guys. I was severely wounded by shrapnel having my right lung removed in Japan. Now, 76 years old and sort of ok ... blessed.
I saw an interview recently with Todd Rundgren and he mentioned her influence on his music in those late 60s, early 70s years. I’d never heard her name before. It has been a pleasure to let Laura Nyro’s voice and songs become familiar.
A musical genius, a poet! I'm so so happy she's getting her well deserved props! She was magic! I will always love her! No one like her ! She was finally inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame!
She's talented especially singing it's gonna take a miracle was amazing. She really showed her strong soulful voice.
Laura touched my soul when I was 12... I lived through her sound... she still moves me...her words, notes, visceral piercing rawness and musicality.. Her rhythms... I never tire... I feel her loss. xoxoxoxo
Me too.
the most amazing writer, composer, singer of our generation. she made hits for everyone else but herself. She raised my woman. I listened from 12-now. Long time. Genius.
Thank you, Bill Flanagan-your tribute to Laura is beautifully expressed.
Some of us never forgot our girl. She gave me my sense of self 48 years ago and I’ve loved her through three live concerts and four decades of her robust political principles and creative brilliance, while surrounded by a growing musical mediocrity in America.
I miss her sooooo much.
“No one like her.”-that’s right.
True
I got recommended this video by the algorithm and now I have all this music to listen to.
Best listened to alone with headphones and without any distractions. Then the magic will appear.
I would listen to her at 2 am, when I was young.
Laura was beyond Joni and Carole all wrapped up in one supernova of talent
so for anyone who is wondering, this is what a real woman is.
Her song Poverty Train has always made the hairs standup on the back of my neck. She was an exceptional story teller and singer who could take us all to church and make us feel the spirit of the Lord and the lightning. Stoned Soul she was
RIP Laura Nyro...thank you
From the first time I heard her to the first time I saw her in 1968 she has been my number 1 and still is. She will never be forgotten, by we her loyal fans from the beginning.
She was a musician and singer’s songwriter. Tremendously respected by her peers
She still is, she’s a Super Star to the Super Stars!
I saw Laura perform at the Orpheum Theater in 1974 in Minneapolis. It was one of the best concerts I've ever experienced, the entire audience was enthralled, and Laura seemed surprised and touched by the standing ovation she received.
There was intelligence and respect in Minnesota back then.
thanks David. I can see it, I can hear it.
Laura Nyro -- "Hide your heart girl." I see you. A Kansas housewife sees and digs your brilliance,
Laura Nyro was the soundtrack of my youth. Her songs are still in my heart
Even though Laura was a bit before my time, I knew as I got older that she was the Carol King and Joni Mitchell of her time. She will always be a timeless legend !!!
Absolute truth! If you want a great look into her life get the book Soul Picnic.
Loved her then, love her now. I listen to her frequently and every time I do my whole system is lifted up and out. I saw her live in 1969 and she was dynamic.
A beautiful and heartfelt report about Laura.
She sadly died on April 8-1997 at 49 of Ovarian Cancer like her mother, absolutely tragic.
Her songs break your heart & help put it back together again💔.
I played her album over and over and over when I was little. I loved her
She wasn't the "female Dylan" or anything like that, she was singular and special, unlike anyone else. She was so young when she wrote her most known songs. I still need to listen to her music all these years later and I can't help but wonder what music she would have written over all these years she's been gone from this world. She didn't write it but I love the way she does "Up On The Roof" because she completely captures what it felt like living in New York City in those days. So much of New York in her music and lyrics, the best of that city during those days. Paul Simon captures his perspective of NYC; Carole King offered her angle on that city. But Laura Nyro, you knew she felt it fully as an ethnic female. As I always think, I lived through a whole lot of the best musical times which included her.
17 (?) years old when she wrote "When I die"? That is amazing to me ... she had to be an old soul to have that kind of view of life and the universe at such an early age. Sometimes old souls do not live to see the law of averages. 76? 78? RIP.
@@mt2314 Actually she was 12 years old. She was a prodigy
She was a music genius unfortunately all the music machines are run by people who not up to her level .😢
Beautifully stated. Laura was magnificent. 💙
I absolutely love this woman her talent her music her ability to grace America culture with her beauty. May Laura live on forever in our hearts.
A truly transcending musical figure. Her soulfulness was breathtaking. It fills you up. One of my favorite artists of any musical genre.
Can't forget a giant talent like her.
Jack Kratoville; I wouldn't say "giant". A little Rubenesque, maybe.
@@nataliep.9047Okay, a mega-talent
When I hear her music and her voice on her recordings..I feel a kind of magic.
Spellbinding voice.... extremely talented
She was a "white Bob Dylan" who actually had other-wordly writing ability AND a great voice. She was a creative giant....incredibly gifted.
She was something special
Miss you Laura. Thanks for everything.
She was absolutely awesome, I could easily make my own major song list from her, nothing like the ones they so often play, she was something else, I miss her.
She was visually stunning as well.
She was at one time drop dead gorgeous. Hollywood, Television,and Broadway (Steven Sondheim adored her) all wanted her. But she turned them all down.
Agreed, to me she’s as pleasing to the eyes, as she is to the ears, beautiful in every way! Lots of great photos of her are available, but sadly hardly any film footage, and only one fan video of her in concert, but even that’s not 100% complete.... I would love to see her full performance from the “Where the Action is” TV show from1967, only about a minute of “Wedding Bell Blues” has surfaced - there must be more footage some where, I hope!
@@artamussumatra6286 Unfortunately not. The only filmage available of her .is on the Bobby Darin show. TV, especially Ed Sullivan wanted her, but she refused. She was very shy.
A very nice tribute to an amazing artist.Everyone should know who she is.
In 1969 when I became a member of the Columbia record club I found Laura Nyro 😊😊👏‼️
I bought her album and never heard it but she intrigued me. I always was a music lover but I’d like to hear from people I had never heard from before, that was her.
I was amazed but not surprised, a gift of music and writing that was on her own, yet she wrote so much for so many and she finally decided to sing…
Thank God!!!! An underrated songwriter, musician, singer who finally got her just do by going into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame I think it was 2012. I still listen to her music today… And I still love it just as much. Rest in peace, and know that your music and your songs live on‼️‼️‼️
A titan of musicality, whose magic will continue to shine for future generations as much as it did for my own... A true great.
I was 13 when The Fifth Dimension had a hit with "Sweet Blindness". Listening late at night on my transistor radio, my window to the world after bedtime.
I have never forgotten Laura, never will.
Gospel soul,beautiful melodies,drama and pop hooks with deep,intimate lyrics: Laura Nyro was a hugely influential and underrated artist,who is finally getting the love and respect she deserves-a timeless talent.
I love Laura so much. I'm fake to have found this report. Thankyou for honoring her. ❤❤
Laura's music is simply, one of a kind. I bought her 1st album on Vanguard, back in late '66 , & was just speechless at what I was hearing. To this day, " I Never meant to Hurt You " , still, makes me tear up. she has that effect on me. RIP, Gorgeous Laura Nyro. ----------------------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o
Yes. They changed the cover.
I have a good number of friends around the U.S. and abroad who live/love a wide range of musical genres and musical acts. That includes an awful lot of obscure acts, though they aren't obscure to us. But still, I very rarely every find anyone who really appreciates (or even knows) Laura Nyro, Alejandro Escovedo, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's albums, or Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" album. Boggles my mind.
Laura Nyro left too soon, her work was passionate and beautiful, she had a unique style and a moving delivery. RIP Laura.
Thanks for posting. I still remember the day I fell in love Laura Nyro’s talent. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon in NYC. My wife and I were visiting a friend living in Manhattan who said he wanted us to hear this fantastic album that was just released (it was vinyl of course). He put on Gonna Take A Miracle. Wow!!! It just knocked me out. Her interpretation of soul songs which I had always liked gave me a new appreciation, put them in a new light and made them more real. Laura’s singing has a depth of understanding, of believing in the spirit of the lyrics that few singers have. Needless to say I started listening to all her records and have been a fan ever since. Her music goes straight to my heart, it’s genuine, honest, moving and unique. Laura Nyro was a musical treasure that will never be replaced.
I was a 15 year old kid and one day in my boat I stopped at the town landing to get a slice of pizza. Laura was sitting on the dock and asked if I could give her a ride to see the harbor (Gloucester, MA) so I did. When we returned she said: "Thanks for the inspiration". I didn't really know what she meant until years later I found out she was a song writer.
Wow! Lucky for you both!❤
This was done so well, with great reverence of the artist’s music, life and death. CBS covers the story of musical artists better than anyone. They let the music play, or the artist talk if they are interviewed, they don’t make the story about themselves.
Brilliant in every way.
I never heard of her before - but I am glad she was revealed to me - she was deep and profound and I hope to keep her in my memory - she truly left this world 🌎 some very beautiful songs that others were made famous for singing.
There were prophetic and philosophical messages in her songs and it was a blessing that she was able to transmit her internal thoughts of love ❤️
she was magnificent
Laura Nyro so amazing still. These songs are so recognizable and made other people famous. 💙
“I never meant to hurt you
I guess I lost my place
Please believe the words of a heart
A heart that hides its face...”
Laura Nyro, her music will live forever.
She was a visionary and her music hasn't gone stale or become trapped in nostalgia or a label like 'classic rock'. It stands the test of time and most of the women/feminist artists and many male artists owe her a big debt of gratitude. One of her high points for me-and she had many of them-was when Duane Allman, another visionary, showed up on 'Beads Of Sweat'. Fire and Ice.
at one time in the early '70's, I believe she had three of her songs in the top ten
In December 1969 Wedding Bell Blues by the 5TH Dimension, Eli's Coming by 3 Dog Night and When I Die by Blood Sweat and Tears were all on the Billboard Top Ten. All these songs were written by Laura Nyro. An incredible accomplishment, equaled only by the Beatles.
I am utterly thrilled to see these comments about Laura! She rests within my heart/soul always. Her fans are/were so grateful! If you didn't appreciate Laura, well... that said way to much about you, back then. I was fortunate to have a husband who loved her music as much as I. Wherever she was singing, he made sure we saw her. I'll never forget driving to New Hampshire to see her at the Iron Horse Cafe. So long a trip; so worth every bloody mile!! The Bottom Line; Carnegie Hall; the Fillmore. If Laura was at your venue you were pretty, pretty, pretty hip. She signed my Constant Comment tea box, at The Iron Horse Cafe. Her lyric "Nothing cures like time and love" was written on the side of the box. It was a teeny club and I asked her manager if he thought it would be alright if I gushed over her -between sets. I told him I went to Woodstock because she was in the original line-up, and I think he realized I was in an altered state: "Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful"... Laura's fans know how important her work was in boosting the respect of female artists trying to be taken seriously. When Miles Davis and Duane Allman play on your tracks... This 2001 program is something I'd never seen. Thank you. Thank you, Laura. "Love is surely gospel..." Forgotten? Not for a minute, indeed. Whew...
What a lovely memory you shared, made my day. Bless you!
Beautifully said thank you
Those of us who know, those of us who were there, we all recognized the genius of Laura Nyro!! Only critics (who don't matter) are slow to give her the respect she deserves. That is also true for all of the great female singer-songwriters including Joni Mitchell, Roberta Flack, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian, and others. Only Carole King got decent press largely because she had lucrative hits before she did her watershed LP "Tapestry." It is natural and fitting there should be a musical celebrating her music on Broadway. I've read Laura's LP "Eli And The Thirteenth Confession" was conceived as a musical. Maybe fame from a broader audience eluded her, but she enjoyed the fruits of her passion and had the respect of her peers.
they broke the mold with this angel. Thank you for making my heart ache..and soar. we'll never forget you Laura.
Laura is a goddess!!! One of my most cherished memories is seeing her live. I raised my children on her music. I love her. ❤
Fell in love with Laura's music when some very good friends first introduced me to it decades ago. Decades later am still feeling the exact same way. My only regret is never having seen her perform live so these RUclips videos of her are a real treat. Cried listening to the last album, reading about her illness, and thinking this beautiful soulful artist was gone and not nearly as recognized as she should've been. I realize now though, as years go by, that Laura isn't really gone. Like so many of the great ones, she definitely left her mark in this world because here it is 2021 and we're still talking about her and still blown away by her like it was yesterday. I don't do drugs but listening to "Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp", "Smile" or ANY of her music from ANY of her albums always makes me feel like I'm high off the best ones out there.
She made it to the R&RHOF...finally. Should've been in the first class cause that is what this woman was...First Class.
@@plantfeeder6677 I couldn't agree more!
I feel exactly the same way! I was in high school when her albums first came out and by the time I was in college and could decide for myself who I got to see in concert she had stopped touring so I never saw her live. But I sang all her songs for years, even played them on the piano. I still have the sheet music which is all torn and tattered, as are most of the original albums. I can't hit all those notes anymore but I endeavor to sing along whenever I can. She will always, always be with me.
@@chickchanteuse1 Am cracking up because I still try to hit some of those notes too - lol!😄 Yeah, love and miss the one and only Laura.💙
@@chickchanteuse1 Beautifully put. Thank you for that truly touching sentiment. It sums up Laura Nyro's beautiful fanbase in such a loving way.
Thank you for bringing Laura Nyro back to our collective memories. We all remember her hit creations sung by other artists, and I learned about this later. I have her boxed set (yes there is one). Her melodies are what I love, not so much the words. They are strange and wonderful things we've never heard before. I can't understand why anyone would not love any one of her melodies. They are uncommon and delicious.
Laura Nyro was a genius. A beautiful, wonderful genius.
Absolutely one of my all time favorites. ✨💖✨
An amazing talent!!!
OMG how I IDOLIZED her!! I met her after one of her concerts in DC Feb 14, 1972
I adored her but I went to the Mayfair in santa monica and there were maybe 20 people there. She came out with a bedspread wrapped around her and barefoot but her singing was fabulous---a true original
Beautiful tribute to a beautiful woman, talented singer and composer.
Laura nyro was a musical genius
Every word could make you feel deeply
Hope her son is good
I completely believe that correction about Monterey. I saw her in a sold-out concert at the Berkeley Community Theater in 1969. You couldn't get more "hippie" than that audience, and they loved her.
Agree. We saw a tiny but powerful figure at the piano who mesmerized the audience that night - the most memorable performance of my crazy Berzerkley days.
Laura was fantastic and a very nice person.
She talked about seeing colors while hearing sounds, and even conducting sessions that way. "More yellow." What a lovely spirit & songwriter.
Yeah she had synaesthesia, which matched the notes and moods of songs to colors. She would also fire up a foot-and-a-half-long joint (made with six papers and what $200 could buy in green at the time) at the beginning of a recording session - when the 6 people in the room were all done smoking, session over, come back tomorrow. And they recorded all her 70s albums post-New York Tendaberry like this, but on NYT specifically you can hear it - it makes her voice mellower, less clear. suits the mood of the album but maybe not the best for the brighter songs she's known for.
She's always been my favorite since I was 18, and always will be.
Love you always, and forever, Laura.
My brother brought one of her albums
when he came back from being in the Air Force.
I was hooked from the first moment I heard her angelic voice.
She is legendary.
Laura, Aretha, Nina, Eva Cassidy...so much soul. Now we have....oy... guess I'm showing my age.
Actually, you're showing your fine musical taste. That's quite a list of talent you mentioned there.
@@mysterytrain3 Thank you.
I loved her music.
Rest in powerful peace Laura Nyro 🙏
18 October 1947
8 April 1997⚘
May you inspire us with your music, as you were inspired by an Angel.
Only 49 years old. Still had a lot of music left in her
I saw her in concert at the Music Center in Los Angeles in the early 70's. Her opening act was Jackson Browne.
I love Laura nyeo. When I was young, I did a watercolor portrait of her, and sent it to her.
she was amazing i have her first 4 albums original first recordings.
Cool. I have multiple copies of most of her LPs, except for her first album, that’s my Holy Grail I’m always on the hunt for. I do have both pressings of “The First Songs” reissue, but I would be on Cloud Ten if I could score “More than a New Discovery”! 😉
I wish someone would honor Leon Russell’s Mad Dogs and Englishman in a musical. As for Laura N. Such an amazing genius. I miss her terribly.
So write one!
Aces,she was aces
That would be good idea another greatly overlooked artist wrote many outstanding tunes , Tightrope ,Delta Lady ,Stranger in a Strange land ,Masquerade and my Favorite ,Magic Mirror which like Nyro were covered by artists of day Like that old cliche "they don't write them like that anymore" nevermore true to with all the empty vapid repetitive commercial claptrap that passes for music these days it's most certainly true I'm a dedicated music listener but I just can't listen to the current stuff
I always loved Laura Nyro and she still graces our home with her magnificent, perceptive, deeply felt and beautiful soulful music. Thank you Ms Nyro!
I agree with the gentleman below. New York Tendaberry is my number one album of all time. I have already told my family that when it is my time to go, I want New York Tendaberry played at my memorial service. I can't think of a better way to transition from one life to the next.