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Laura Nyro

Born Laura Nigro on October 18, 1947, in The Bronx, New York, influential singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro was one of the most successful songwriters of the late 1960s, although she never achieved huge commercial success as an artist during her lifetime. She became a musical inspiration for many artists including Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Kate Bush, Elton John, Jackson Brown, Todd Rundgren, Cyndi Lauper, and many others. As a teenager, she sang with friends in subways and on street corners, writing songs in her spare time. During this time, she changed her surname sev...