Laura Nyro

About

Singer-songwriter and pianist who released the album New York Tendaberry in 1969. She was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2012.

Before Fame

She would sing with friends on street corners and in subway stations. She sold the song "And When I Die" to Peter, Paul and Mary.

Trivia

Although diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she lived to see the release of her double-disc retrospective CD put together by Columbia Records.

Family Life

She married David Bianchini in September 1971 and they divorced in 1976.

Associated With

Her bestselling single was a recording of Carole King's "Up on the Roof."