Commentary by CBS News Sunday Morning Contributor Bill Flanagan of VH1. I want to talk for a minute about Laura Nyro. There was a moment in the late 1960s when Laura Nyro was one of the most important ...

A few weeks later, Nyro was invited to dinner at Ian's home. "That was very strange," Ian said. "Laura always wore these long black outfits and bright red lipstick. I opened the door, and there she ...

I’m gonna take a day off from hating America — I’ll be back on the job tomorrow — and, instead, rhapsodize about Laura Nyro. I was inspired by a performance I saw this past week at the Sellersville ...

A few weeks later, Nyro was invited to dinner at Ian's home. "That was very strange," Ian said. "Laura always wore these long black outfits and bright red lipstick. I opened the door, and there she ...

The Bronx-born Nyro wrote theatrical, piano-driven songs featured introspective and confessional lyrics. She incorporated such musical genres influences as jazz, soul, R&B, pop, rock, and doo-wop into ...

Laura Nyro, who as a teenager wrote such earthy, soulful pop classics as “Stoney End” and “Wedding Bell Blues,” died early Tuesday morning in her Danbury home. She was 49 and had been battling ovarian ...

Composer/producer Charlie Calello knew he was in the presence of something special when he began working on the landmark Eli and the Thirteenth Confession album with Laura Nyro early in 1968. “I first ...

When a friend shared “Beads of Sweat” by Laura Nyro with Duane Allman on Youtube, I sat hypnotized by these geniuses who left us too soon. Late into that night, I listened to Laura Nyro music; thought ...

For many people weaned on the music of the ’60s/’70s, Laura Nyro was one of those ungraspable artists — someone they knew of but didn’t follow or know much about. She was idolized by David Geffen, who ...

New Yorker Laura Nyro was one of the most distinctive singer-songwriters to emerge at the end of the sixties. While most came out of the folk scene, Nyro's true love was doo wop and the girl group ...