The Essential Nina Simone

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1This Year’s Kisses
cover recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3.653:01
2Nobody 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), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher 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)
32:41
3Tell Me More
producer:
Hal Mooney
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Tell Me More and More and Then Some (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
33:10
4Strange 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
3.653:31
5The 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)
recorded at:
The Town Hall in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
cover recording of:
The Other Woman (in 1959-10)
lyricist and composer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.653:04
6Don’t Explain
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
34:22
7Four Woman
producer:
Hal Mooney
bass guitar, double bass and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
recording of:
Four Women (on 1965-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
34:26
8Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
producer:
Hal Mooney
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone) (on 1964-04-06)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
33:28
9What More Can I Say
producer:
Hal Mooney
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Horace Ott
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
What More Can I Say (on 1965-10-01)
writer:
Wade Brown Jr. and Horace Ott
32:52
10That’s All I Ask
producer:
Hal Mooney
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Horace Ott
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
That’s All I Ask (on 1965-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Horace Ott
32:28
11Break Down and Let It All Out
producer:
Hal Mooney
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Horace Ott
arranger:
Horace Ott
cover recording of:
Break Down and Let It All Out (on 1965-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
2.52:41
12I Love My Baby
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
recording of:
I Love My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Andy Stroud (former husband of Nina Simone.)
44:07
13Take Me to the Water
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1966-08)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recording of:
Take Me to the Water (in 1966-08)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Koos Versteeg and Henk Westendorp
2.652:51
14Trouble in Mind
producer:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
Trouble in Mind (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones (US jazz pianist)
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
3.852:41
15Ain’t No Use
producer:
Hal Mooney
recording of:
Ain’t No Use (from 1965-05-19 until 1965-05-20)
writer:
Rudy Stevenson
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
3.353:02
16Images
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
live recording of:
Images (on 1964-03-21)
lyricist:
Waring Cuney
composer:
Nina Simone
2.652:53
17Nearer Blessed Lord
44:34
18One September Day
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
recording of:
One September Day
writer:
Rudy Stevenson
42:51
19I 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), SBK Unart Catalog Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
4.252:36