Laura Nyro, songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose songs "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "And When I Die", "Eli's Comin'" were hits for others, was born on Oct. 18, 1947 (d. 1997). #LauraNyro

"Stoned Soul Picnic" (Laura Nyro) (1968)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1CfSgsvqJE

@nealfig
That’s really interesting! My mom had the 5th Dimension albums and I remember their versions of Wedding Bell Blues (which I still have on my ‘songs to sing’ playlist) and Stoned Soul Picnic (which I tried to sing as a kid but the lyrics didn’t make sense to me) 😂
I had no idea who wrote these songs
Thanks

@nealfig
And though I was never a B,S&T fan, the “not scared of dying” song always kind of captured my imagination

@heatherdale She was 20 years old when she wrote it!