Essra Mohawk (born Sandra Elayne Hurvitz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 23 April 1948; died 11 December 2023) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded a dozen albums. She is remembered for her songs, including "Sufferin' Til Suffrage" and "Interjections!" (both from Schoolhouse Rock!), Change of Heart" for Cyndi Lauper and "Stronger Than the Wind," recorded by Tina Turner. She was a former member of Frank Zappa's The Mothers Of Invention. After her brief stint with his band, Zappa signed her to his record label Bizarre where she recorded one album under her real name Sandy Hurvitz, 1968's Sandy's Album Is Here At Last!. Her 1970 album, Primordial Lovers, was said by Rolling Stone magazine to be "one of the best 25 albums ever made". Her third, eponymous, album came out on Asylum Records in 1974. Her next album, Essra, was released on yet another label, Private Stock, in 1976. She released six more albums after moving to Nashville in 1993. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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