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Laura Nyro

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Laura Nyro is a House and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Arif Mardin, Clive Davis, Asylum Records, Nina Simone and Judy Garland. Those roots explain a lot about how Laura Nyro arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Judee Sill, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading, Tim Buckley and Judy Collins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The 5th Dimension, Elton John, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Peter, Paul and Mary and Maynard Ferguson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Laura Nyro, reaching back through Arif Mardin and forward to The 5th Dimension. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Laura NyroArif MardinClive DavisAsylum RecordsNina SimoneJudy GarlandBillie HolidayCarole KingThe 5th DimensionElton JohnBlood, Sweat and TearsPeter, Paul and MaryMaynard FergusonNona HendryxSarah DashJackson BrowneJudee SillJoni MitchellJoan ArmatradingTim BuckleyJudy CollinsNicoLinda PerhacsJessica Pratt

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Laura Nyro connections

Laura Nyro grew out of Arif Mardin, Clive Davis, Asylum Records and Nina Simone, shares an orbit with Judee Sill, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading and Tim Buckley, went on to shape The 5th Dimension, Elton John, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Peter, Paul and Mary. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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