Drinking songs have been around since the dawn of music. Laura Nyro wrote a pretty good one here, made into a hit by the 5th Dimension. As usual, the Wrecking Crew contributed mightily, with the usual suspects - Hal Blaine on drums, Joe Osborn on bass, Tommy Tedesco on guitar, Larry Knechtel on piano, etc. The video was shot along the Mediterranean coast in Cannes, France.
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All the Nyro songs that made the top-40 all seemed to be versions recorded by established commercial acts.
If she doesn't already have a place in a songwriter's hall-of-fame she should. She's one of the legends, for sure.
She was inducted into the R&R HOF in 2012...long, long after she passed. Too little too late. Definitely one of my favorite songwriters.
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