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"Stoney End" is a song written by Laura Nyro and released in February 1967 on her debut album More Than a New Discovery. According to childhood friend Alan Merrill , Nyro originally intended the song, a gospel-inflected uptempo piece, to be performed at a slower pace.
Stoney End may refer to: "Stoney End" (song), a 1966 song by Laura Nyro; Barbra Streisand's cover version is the most famous. Stoney End (Barbra Streisand album)
The song "Stoney End" was performed by singer Sara Bareilles at the induction ceremony. [5] A hybrid daylily named for Laura Nyro was introduced in 2000. [59] The Scottish band Cosmic Rough Riders released a tribute song, "Laura Nyro," on their 2001 album Pure Escapism. The song "Mean Streets" by the band Tennis is a tribute to Nyro.
Stoney End is the twelfth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand. Released in 1971 and produced by Richard Perry , it was a conscious change in direction for Streisand, having a more upbeat, contemporary pop/rock sound.
Every year we start off this column in the same way, with a “so many books, so little time” caveat and noting that it represents just a fraction of the fine music tomes released over the past ...
Apparently somewhat later, Pickwick released Stoney End (catalog number SPC-3298) under the name Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys. The only song included on both of the Pickwick albums is "Different Drum"; the other tracks on this album are mostly familiar songs like "One for One" and "Some of Shelly's Blues", as well as their recording of the ...
The Laura Nyro song that closes Vol. III – from her 1967 debut More Than a New Discovery – was also the title track of Barbra Streisand's first Top 10 album in five years, 1971's Stoney End, and a single of Streisand's version reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Peggy Lipton also recorded "Stoney End" for a 1968 single.
Singling out her performances of "People" and "Stoney End", he noted that they both "demonstrate Streisand's versatility" as a musician. Ruhlmann also complimented her vocals, acknowledged her "powerful delivery", and enjoyed her commentary during the monologue, finding it to be "as dated as it was timely in 1972". [ 6 ]