Eli's Comin'

"Eli's Comin'"
Song by Laura Nyro from the album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Recorded	1968
Genre	Pop
Label	CBS (UK) Columbia (US)
Writer	Laura Nyro
Language	English
Producer	Laura Nyro, Charlie Calello
Cover versions
Three Dog Night, Honey Ltd.

"Eli's Comin' " is a song written in 1967 by New York-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro.^[1] It was also covered by Three Dog Night in 1969.^[2]

The song was originally released as the sixth song of Nyro's album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, released in 1968.^[3]

Three Dog Night version

"Eli's Coming"

Single by Three Dog Night

from the album Suitable for Framing

B-side

"Circle for a Landing"

Released

October 1969

Genre

Pop Rock

Length

2:40

Dunhill Records 4215

Three Dog Night singles chronology

"Easy to Be Hard"
(1969)

"Eli's Coming"
(1969)

"Celebrate"
(1970)

Three Dog Night released a version of the song on their 1969 albums Suitable for Framing and Captured Live at the Forum. Their version reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[4]

References

Michele Kort's biography Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro (ISBN 0-312-20941-X)

↑ Kort, Michele (2002). "Eli's Comin'". Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro. St. Martin's Press. pp. 57. ISBN 0-312-20941-X.
↑ "Eli's Coming" by Three Dog Night Retrieved February 18, 2015
↑ Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Retrieved February 18, 2015
↑ Three Dog Night, "Eli's Coming" Chart Position Retrieved February 18, 2015

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Laura Nyro

Studio albums	More Than a New Discovery (1967) Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) New York Tendaberry (1969) Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970) Gonna Take a Miracle (1971) Smile (1976) Nested (1978) Mother's Spiritual (1984) Walk the Dog and Light the Light (1993) Angel in the Dark (2001; recorded 1995)

Live albums	Season of Lights (1977) Laura: Live at the Bottom Line (1989) Live from Mountain Stage (1994) Laura Nyro Live at Fillmore East (2004; recorded 1970)

Compilations	The First Songs (1973) Impressions (1980) Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1997) Time and Love: The Essential Masters (2001)

Important songs	"Wedding Bell Blues" "And When I Die" "Eli's Comin'" "Emmie" "Stoned Soul Picnic" "Sweet Blindness" "Blowing Away" "Save the Country" "Up on the Roof"

Related	Labelle Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro

Three Dog Night

Danny Hutton Michael Allsup Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Jack Ryland Skip Konte Mickey McMeel James "Smitty" Smith Dennis Belfield Al Ciner Jay Gruska Ron Stockert Mike Seifrit Richard Grossman Mike Keely Scott Manzo Steve Ezzo Gary Moon T.J. Parker Richard Campbell Mike Cuneo

Studio albums	Three Dog Night (1968) Suitable for Framing (1969) It Ain't Easy (1970) Naturally (1970) Harmony (1971) Seven Separate Fools (1972) Cyan (1973) Hard Labor (1974) Coming Down Your Way (1975) American Pastime (1976) It's a Jungle (1983)

Live albums	Captured Live at the Forum (1969) Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973) Three Dog Night: Live (1988) Live with the London Symphony Orchestra (2002)

Compilations	Golden Bisquits (1971) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 (1993) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999) The Complete Hit Singles (2004)

Singles	"Nobody" "Try a Little Tenderness" "One" "Easy to Be Hard" "Eli's Coming" "Celebrate" "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Out in the Country" "One Man Band" "Joy to the World" "Liar" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Never Been to Spain" "The Family of Man" "Black & White" "Pieces of April" "Shambala" "Let Me Serenade You" "The Show Must Go On" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" "Til the World Ends" "Everybody Is a Masterpiece" "It's a Jungle Out There"

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