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Biography

Mohawk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her first record, The Boy With The Way, credited to Jamie Carter, was issued on Liberty Records in 1964. As Sandy Hurvitz, she was then discovered by Shadow Morton, who placed her songs with both the Shangri-Las ("I’ll Never Learn") and the Vanilla Fudge ("The Spell That Comes After"). In 1967 she met Frank Zappa, who persuaded her to perform for a short time with The Mothers of Invention and signed her to his Bizarre label. Her first album, Sandy's Album Is Here At Last, appeared soon after. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. ... George Shadow Morton was an American record producer, based in New York City. ... The Shangri-Las on the cover of a modern collection of their works. ... Vanilla Fudge was an American psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... The Mothers of Invention were a rock and roll band active from the 1960s to the 1990s. ... Bizarre Records was a production company and record label formed for artists discovered by Frank Zappa and his business partner/manager Herb Cohen. ...

In 1969 she was signed by Reprise Records after executive Mo Ostin discovered her singing at a club in New York. The resulting album, Primordial Lovers, was later stated as being “one of the best 25 albums ever made” in Rolling Stone magazine. The album featured contributions from CSN&Y drummer Dallas Taylor and former Rhinoceros members Doug Hastings and Jerry Penrod. Essra very nearly joined Rhinoceros in its original line up. While recording the album, she married her producer, Frazier Mohawk, and from then on was known as Essra Mohawk. Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Mo Ostin is a famous record executive, who has worked for several companies, including Verve, Reprise, Warner Brothers, and DreamWorks. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Crosby, Stills, & Nash (sometimes known as Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) is a pioneering folk rock/rock supergroup that formed out of the remnants of three 1960s bands the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Hollies. ... Dallas Taylor is a session drummer who has played on several rock records of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Bass player Jerry The Bear Penrod (born September 25, 1946 in San Diego, California) was a member of Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros. ... Frazier Mohawk (born Barry Friedman, 1941, in Los Angeles) is an American record producer and sometime photographer, publicist, circus owner and farmer. ...

Her third, self-titled, album came out on Asylum Records in 1974. She then worked as a session singer before her next album, Essra, was released on yet another label, Private Stock, in 1976. Over the next few years she mainly worked as a backing singer, at first in California with Jerry Garcia, John Mellencamp and others, and then in Philadelphia working with McFadden and Whitehead. She also released two more solo albums, before Cyndi Lauper had a big hit with her song "Change of Heart" in 1986. Members of Generation X may recognize her distinctive voice from the Saturday morning TV series Schoolhouse Rock!, as she lent her voice to Interjections! and Sufferin' Till Suffrage. Asylum Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, which currently is geared primarily in hip-hop music. ... Private Stock Records was a record label which was started in 1974 by Larry Uttal after he was outted from Bell Records. ... Jerome John Jerry the Bulldog Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician, songwriter, and artist best known for being the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. ... John Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is best known for being an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Gene McFadden and John Whitehead (1949-2004) were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, primarily associated with Gamble and Huffs Philadelphia International soul music record label during the 1970s. ... Cynthia Ann Stephanie Cyndi Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an iconic American Grammy Award-winning singer and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. ... Change Of Heart is the second single released by Cyndi Lauper from her second album, True Colors in 1986. ... Generation X is a term used to describe generations in many countries around the world. ... Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of fifty-two educational short films featuring songs about schoolhouse topics, including grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. ...

She continues write songs for other artists including co-writing a song entitled 'Six Degrees of Separation' with singer/songwriter Alex Vera, as well as recording and performing in concert.

References

• Donovan, Charles. "Essra Mohawk". Allmusic Guide.

External links

• Official website
• 2003 interview