At the peak of his commercial powers, Lou Reed penned 'The Bed' for 1973's rock opera Berlin, a haunting study of loss and the messy aftermath of suicide.

The Velvet Underground and Nico (Verve, 1967) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)(STAR): A potent mix of pop and the avant garde, ostensibly ”produced” by Andy Warhol, who simply got out of the band`s way.

One is Nico. I was surprised that it had taken me ... Yes, and it describes his relationship with me also. A new Lou Reed album came out a few months ago, “Words & Music, May 1965.” ...

But the outlier here is “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” later covered by Nico on her ... in 1958 when Reed was just 16. Billed as “the inaugural title in the ongoing Lou Reed Archival ...

Lou Reed was born Lewis Allan Reed at Beth El Hospital in Brooklyn ... Warhol claimed some ownership of the band, compelling them to take on European model Nico as a singer on their debut album.

Lou Reed is the face of the Velvet Underground. The band would not have had the impact that it did without the contributions of John Cale, Nico, Mo Tucker and Sterling Morrison, but it was Reed ...

The song Chelsea Girls, the title track of singer Nico’s debut solo album, was written by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison. The song was inspired by an experimental Warhol film of the same name ...

In Lou Reed: The King of New York ... Here, describing the state of affairs around the singer Nico’s death, he sounds not so different from Bangs: …on July 18, 1988, when, biking in Ibiza ...

Left to right: Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, Gerard Malanga and an unidentified woman.Credit...Larry C. Morris/The New York Times “Loaded,” the Velvet Underground album Reed ...

Light in the Attic Records has released another tantalizing piece of Lou Reed and Velvet Underground ... debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico, this version of “Heroin” finds the artist ...

To be perfectly honest, Lou Reed was one of those musicians I kind ... whether it be The Cowboy Junkies or the singer Nico, who sang songs such as "Femme Fatale" and "All Tomorrow's Parties ...