The Essential Nina Simone

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1The Other Woman
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959-10)
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1959-10)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1959-10)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1959-10)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1959-10)
cover recording of:
The Other Woman (in 1959-10)
writer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
52:58
2Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
producer:
Jack Gold
arranger:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone) (in 1964)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
3.53:35
3Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
producer:
Hal Mooney
arranger:
Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3.52:41
4Trouble in Mind
recorded in:
Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1960-06-30)
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (on 1960-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1960-06-30)
guitar:
Al Schackman (on 1960-06-30)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1960-06-30)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1960-06-30)
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival (1960-06-30 – 1960-07-04)
live cover recording of:
Trouble in Mind (on 1960-06-30)
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
5:30
5Mississippi Goddam
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-04)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1964-04-04)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-04)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-04-04)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-04-04)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 172)
live recording of:
Mississippi Goddam (on 1964-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (LDN) Ltd. and Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.54:54
6See-Line Woman
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
producer:
Hal Mooney
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
vocals and conductor:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
cover recording of:
See‐Line Woman (on 1964-03-21)
writer:
George Bass and Nina Simone
is based on:
Sea Lion Woman
2.652:36
7Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
3.952:45
8I Put a Spell on You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-01-15)
producer:
Hal Mooney
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1965-01-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (on 1965-01-15)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
I Put a Spell on You (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
4.32:35
9Ne me quitte pas
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1965-01)
producer:
Hal Mooney
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (in 1965-01)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1965-01)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1965-01)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1965-01)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
Ne me quitte pas (original French version) (in 1965-01)
lyricist and composer:
Jacques Brel
publisher:
Éditions Jacques Brel, Pouchenel Éditions Musicales and Warner Chappell Music France
43:37
10Strange Fruit
producer:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
Strange Fruit (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
4.53:31
11Four Women
recording of:
Four Women (in 1965)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
3.54:26
12Sinnerman
producer:
Hal Mooney
live cover recording of:
Sinnerman (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Eric Bibb
4.8510:21
13Do I Move You?
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-19) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-19)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-19)
recording of:
Do I Move You? (on 1966-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
4.652:44
▼ CD 2
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1I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1967)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version) (on 1967-01-05)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
4.42:30
2I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
mixer:
Mark Hartry
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Sammy Lowe
arranger:
Sammy Lowe
part of:
CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World
cover recording of:
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
writer:
Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist) and Richard Lamb
publisher:
Duane Music Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4.353:07
3The Glory of Love
recording of:
The Glory of Love
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
2:08
4To Love Somebody
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
drums (drum set):
Don Alias (in 1967)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1967)
conductor:
Jimmy Wisner
arranger:
Jimmy Wisner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
To Love Somebody (in 1967)
written in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1967)
writer:
Barry Gibb (in 1967) and Robin Gibb (in 1967)
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Nemperor, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers
part of:
50/50
4.252:38
5Do What You Gotta Do
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1968-05-13)
artist & repertoire support:
Tom Berman
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-05-13)
conductor:
Horace Ott (on 1968-05-13)
arranger:
Horace Ott
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-05-13)
cover recording of:
Do What You Gotta Do (on 1968-05-13)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Jonathan Three Music Co., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sosahamu Music Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3.52:58
6Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-05-13)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-05-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1968)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-05-13)
recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (on 1968-05-13)
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
42:08
7Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live recording of:
Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist)
dedicated to:
Dr. Martin Luther King (group)
55:45
8Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
lyricist and composer:
Jonathan King (in 1965)
53:06
9Revolution
44:39
10To Be Young, Gifted and Black
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (in 1969-08)
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone
3.52:47
11Who Knows Where the Time Goes
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
cover recording of:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
lyricist and composer:
Sandy Denny
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Strawberry Music (Strawbs) and Winckler Musikforlag
38:11
12Here Comes the Sun
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Here Comes the Sun
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Harrisongs Ltd.
4.43:33
13Just Like a Woman
producer:
Nat Shapiro and Harold Wheeler
arranger:
Nina Simone and Harold Wheeler
cover recording of:
Just Like a Woman
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-11-25)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), M. Witmark & Sons and Dwarf Music (from 1966 to present)
54:50
14Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
executive producer:
Bruce Somerfeld
producer:
Nina Simone
acoustic guitar, bass, classical guitar [Spanish guitar] and sitar:
Avram Schackman
other instruments [Guinee Kuna], other instruments [Madagascar harp], other instruments [Mama-Likembi] and other instruments [Tal Viha]:
Nadi Qamar (American jazz pianist and ethnomusicologist.)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
live cover recording of:
Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
lyricist and composer:
Aillene Bullock
publisher:
United Artists Musikverlag (publisher) (in 1970)
2.655:15
15Rich Girl
drums (drum set):
Andy Newmark
electric bass guitar:
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist)
solo electric guitar:
Jerry Friedman (guitar, session musician)
cover recording of:
Rich Girl
additional composer:
LA Mitchell (NZ singer-songwriter)
composer:
Daryl Hall
publisher:
BMG Music
version of:
Rich Girl
43:13
16A Single Woman
cover recording of:
A Single Woman
lyricist and composer:
Rod McKuen
43:32