Larry Nestor
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Larry Nestor | |
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| Born | Laurence Francis Nestor January 29, 1940 Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Author, musician, songwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Children's books, musicals, song lyrics, novels |
Laurence F. Nestor (on ASCAP, he spells his first name Laurance)(born January 29, 1940) is a singer, songwriter, author from River Grove Illinois. Nestor is a member of the American Federation of Musicians and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.[1]
Career as musician
[edit]Nestor played keyboards for a short time for The Buckinghams in the early years after the original keyboard player, Dennis Miccolis, left shortly after the Chess Studio recording sessions of Kind of a Drag. Nestor was eventually replaced by Marty Grebb before The Buckinghams hit the charts with Don't You Care, Susan and Hey Baby.
Songwriting
[edit]Nestor's songwriting career started in 1962 while still in high school. He was a staff songwriter at Chicago label One-derful Records.[2]
Nestor wrote the song "Loving on Borrowed Time" on Wise World Records for Phil Orsi & The Little Kings in 1963[3]
Career as author
[edit]Nestor is also the author and collaborator on several children's books and novels.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nestor, Larry 1940– – Dictionary definition of Nestor, Larry 1940– – Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Screaming Wildman: Carl Bonafede, Joel Bierig: 9781539420965: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. pp. 183–8. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Phil Orsi and the Little Kings – Loving On Borrowed Time". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Green Room Press – author bio – Larry Nestor". greenroompress.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Discogs |https://www.discogs.com/artist/377689-Larry-Nestor
- https://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=NESTORLARR
- https://www.hitplays.com/default.aspx?pg=ab&afn=Larry&aln=Nestor
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