Laura Nyro- Monkey Time,Dancing in the Streets,Span Harlem

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Music

Tags:

• pop
• soul
• folk
• laura
• nyro
• dancing
• in
• the
• streets
• spanish
• harlem

[jimbosity007]

Thanks!

[uVueD2b]

Said it once already-I'll say it again....

NO ONE does a remake like Laura....Superb version of Spanish Harlem!!!

[stefmagura]

Great post!!!

[hocuspocusfocusable]

Saw her in 76 at Carnegie Hall...I was blown away...

[Lampshade51]

Laura was one of the few white singers who could nail these classics dead on.

Man, she was great.

[2rjmom]

Thank you so much for posting this! Lost my Gonna Take A Miracle CD but did not know how much I missed it until listening to this. Fantastic music!

[suzaninnc]

Thanks for posting. Laura was just the very best...ever! Absolutely no one wrote music or sang a lyric quite like her. What a profound loss. My God, how I miss her.

[ambodian]

Laura Nyro, LaBelle just after they were Patti LaBelle and the Blue Bells plus the best session musicians in Philly.

[11xzxzxz]

Talk about underrated. Monkey Time sung originally by Major Lance and written by Curtis Mayfield of the Impressions. Nobody knows but Curtis wrote the greatest songs / gypsy woman/ I'm so proud/ minstrel and queen/ sad sad boy and girl / I'm the one who loves you/ keep on trying and more. I'm not saying Freedies dead or It's alright or Amen aren't good but everyone knows them and they should know the best of Curtis.

[blackprix]

I was buying her albums back in the day and anyone who came over would ask ... WHO'S THAT????

She was way ahead of her time and died way too young!!

[MotownConnoisseur30]

@parmenides91 I know! Her version of Spanish Harlme is really something!

[rabiared]

She was simply the best--they don't make em like her no more-- raw, ripped, stunning, insanely talented. Discovered on the subways of NYC.

[parmenides91]

You know, I'd say that version of Spanish Harlem very much does rival the original , its just that good!! Incredible stuff!!