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Between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had significant hits with her songs: The 5th Dimension with \"Blowing Away\", \"Wedding Bell Blues\", \"Stoned Soul Picnic\", \"Sweet Blindness\", \"Save The Country\" and \"Black Patch\"; Blood, Sweat \u0026amp; Tears and Peter, Paul \u0026amp; Mary with \"And When I Die\"; Three Dog Night with \"Eli's Coming\"; and Barbra Streisand with \"Stoney End\", \"Time and Love\", and \"Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)\". Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's \"Up on the Roof.\"\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Laura+Nyro","playStationPath":"/stations/113308496/play","stationId":113308496,"bioPath":"/music/Laura+Nyro/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Natalie+Merchant","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/93b/93bbbebe24a146e657842c09144c70b6_md.jpg","artistName":"Natalie Merchant","artistId":2431,"station_id":113273617},{"musicPath":"/music/Patti+Smith","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/311/3113f378f457894984307e178431f0fd_md.jpg","artistName":"Patti Smith","artistId":1409,"station_id":113288831},{"musicPath":"/music/Carpenters","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/50c/50c8902d499fc0b1638d95e368ca4966_md.jpg","artistName":"Carpenters","artistId":2808,"station_id":113265030},{"musicPath":"/music/Beth+Orton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b44/b446c07c6056e6a20ae1609c5b09ce09_md.jpg","artistName":"Beth Orton","artistId":160,"station_id":113334000},{"musicPath":"/music/10+000+Maniacs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/49e/49e33b0a3361046e00481ef4c5236451_md.jpg","artistName":"10,000 Maniacs","artistId":8,"station_id":113268800},{"musicPath":"/music/Paula+Cole","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dd6/dd64d348ce57c984614815f39c91153e_md.jpg","artistName":"Paula Cole","artistId":2436,"station_id":113296467},{"musicPath":"/music/Paul+Simon","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b26/b265963893fd4cbbacb32753567c2b3e_md.jpg","artistName":"Paul Simon","artistId":1414,"station_id":113267845},{"musicPath":"/music/Cat+Stevens","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b4f/b4fede9bb74a521e2f0303e5c5856aa4_md.jpg","artistName":"Cat Stevens","artistId":942,"station_id":113262794},{"musicPath":"/music/Neil+Young","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e46/e46c912cca63a9e82bbd4284e4dc51c2_md.jpg","artistName":"Neil Young","artistId":1173,"station_id":113262678},{"musicPath":"/music/Bob+Dylan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/93c/93cde2e42ffab286546f2c0b4485b25a_md.jpg","artistName":"Bob Dylan","artistId":194,"station_id":113265564},{"musicPath":"/music/Laura+Marling","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2f6/2f6449ae745a929e77c6b674a8099380_md.jpg","artistName":"Laura Marling","artistId":10939,"station_id":113665041},{"musicPath":"/music/Emitt+Rhodes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/da5/da5152e72b178fc9cf274a658f1b5473_md.jpg","artistName":"Emitt Rhodes","artistId":6292,"station_id":113784435},{"musicPath":"/music/Simon+Garfunkel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fc1/fc159c335a9cc84fecf58132f5899a99_md.jpg","artistName":"Simon \u0026 Garfunkel","artistId":675,"station_id":113276690},{"musicPath":"/music/Nicole+Atkins","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9af/9affbfd0e7c73e1bf6a5534bd7db7660_md.jpg","artistName":"Nicole Atkins","artistId":13568,"station_id":113383939},{"musicPath":"/music/Donovan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/638/6383e4c005b11071d9ffe0381a558d01_md.jpg","artistName":"Donovan","artistId":1019,"station_id":113270902},{"musicPath":"/music/Mary+Margaret+O+Hara","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/020/020506e8ad002fb02b7e4e3d917fb21c_md.jpg","artistName":"Mary Margaret O'Hara","artistId":2990,"station_id":120493396},{"musicPath":"/music/Jessica+Pratt","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3d4/3d483c8e220f71b0fbf2432ea751702b_md.jpg","artistName":"Jessica Pratt","artistId":403638,"station_id":398669130},{"musicPath":"/music/Joni+Mitchell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/691/691d93ec13c154e043b979511b2a22ff_md.jpg","artistName":"Joni Mitchell","artistId":2425,"station_id":113265723}]}