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]

Larry Nestor
BornLaurence Francis Nestor
(1940-01-29) January 29, 1940 (age 84)
Chicago, Illinois
OccupationAuthor, musician, songwriter
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's books, musicals, song lyrics, novels

Career as musician

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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

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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

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Nestor is also the author and collaborator on several children's books and novels.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Nestor, Larry 1940– – Dictionary definition of Nestor, Larry 1940– – Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Screaming Wildman: Carl Bonafede, Joel Bierig: 9781539420965: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. pp. 183–8. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Phil Orsi and the Little Kings – Loving On Borrowed Time". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Green Room Press – author bio – Larry Nestor". greenroompress.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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