Nina Simone Sings the Blues
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| Nina Simone Sings the Blues | |||||
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| Studio album by Nina Simone | |||||
| Released | 1967 | ||||
| Recorded | RCA victor's studio B | ||||
| Genre | Vocal Blues Soul Jazz Pop Folk |
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| Label | RCA victor | ||||
| Producer | Danny Davis | ||||
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Sings the Blues is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). This was Nina's first album for RCA Records after previously recording for Colpix Records and Philips Records.
[edit] Information about songs on this album
- "My Man's Gone Now", from the opera Porgy & Bess by George Gershwin.
- "Backlash Blues", one of Nina's civil rights songs. The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes.
- "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl", based on a song by Nina's great example, Bessie Smith, but with somewhat different lyrics.
- "The House of the Rising Sun", Nina recorded this song earlier in 1962 on Nina At The Village Gate. After its cover by The Animals became a hit she re-recorded it. The fast-pacing version on this album is completely different from the slow, intimate version Nina did earlier on Nina at the Village Gate (1962).
[edit] Track listing
- "Do I Move You"
- "Day and Night"
- "In the Dark"
- "Real Real"
- "My Man's Gone Now"
- "Backlash Blues"
- "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"
- "Buck"
- "Since I Fell for You"
- "The House of the Rising Sun"
- "Blues for Mama"
Bonus tracks for 2006 reissue
- "Do I Move You" (2nd version)
- "Whatever I Am"
[edit] Personnel
Tracks 1-12
Nina Simone: vocal, piano
Eric Gale: guitar
Rudy Stevenson: guitar
Ernie Hayes: organ
Bob Bushnell: bass
Bernard Purdie: drums, tympani
Buddy Lucas: harmonica, tenor sax
Track 13
Nina Simone: vocal, piano
Eric Gale: guitar
Everett Barksdale: guitar
Weldon Irvine: organ
Richard Tee: organ
Jerry Jemmott: bass
probably Bernard Purdie: drums
Gordon Powell: vibes, percussion
Montego Joe: percussion
George Devens: percussion
Joe Shepley, Jimmy Nottingham, Harold Johnson, Wilbur Bascomb: trumpets
Jimmy Cleveland, Richard Harris: trombones
Seldon Powell, George Coleman Norris Turney, Haywood Henry: saxophones
Ralph H. Fields, Eileen Gilbert, Jerome Graff, Milt Grayson, Hilda Harris, Noah Hopkins, Maeretha Stewart, Barbara Webb: vocals
Arranged and conducted by Weldon Irvine
