Eli's Comin'

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"Eli's Comin'"
Song by Laura Nyro
from the album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
ReleasedMarch 3, 1968 (1968-03-03)
Recorded1968
Genre Pop, soul
Length3:59
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Laura Nyro
Producer(s) Laura Nyro, Charlie Calello
"Eli's Comin'"
Single by Three Dog Night
from the album Suitable for Framing
B-side "Circle for a Landing"
ReleasedOctober 1969
Recorded1968
Studio American Recording Co.
Genre Rock, soul, gospel
Length2:49
Label Dunhill
Songwriter(s) Laura Nyro
Producer(s) Gabriel Mekler
Three Dog Night singles chronology
"Easy to Be Hard"
(1969)
"Eli's Comin'"
(1969)
"Celebrate"
(1970)

"Eli's Comin'" is a song written and recorded in 1967 by American singer-songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro. [1] The song was first released in 1968 on Nyro's album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession . [2]

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While attending Joseph Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, Nyro performed an early version of the song in music class to prove to the teacher that rock and roll "wasn't junk".[ citation needed ]

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