Indeed Jim, Laura Nyro was also a terrific songwriter. Her songs were covered by Blood Sweat and Tears, the Fifth Dimension and even Barbara Streisand. She was well ahead of her time. She cut back on her live performances after some ignorant clowns boo'ed her off stage. Check out "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" the LP she did with the group Labelle. IMHO, its the best coming together of cover songs ever. The song "The Bells" really gets into me every time I hear it.