Nina Simone Sings the Blues

Studio album by Nina Simone

Released

1967

Recorded

RCA Victor's studio B

Genre

Vocal
Blues
Soul
Jazz
Pop
Folk

Label

RCA Victor

Producer

Danny Davis

Nina Simone chronology

High Priestess of Soul
(1967)

Sings the Blues
(1967)

Silk & Soul
(1967)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
All About Jazz	(Highly favorable)^[2]
Pop Matters	(Favorable)^[3]

Sings the Blues is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. This was Simone's first album for RCA Records after previously recording for Colpix Records and Philips Records. The album was also reissued in 2006 with bonus tracks, and re-packaged in 1991 by RCA/Novus as a 17-track compilation under the title The Blues.

Song information

"My Man's Gone Now", from the opera Porgy & Bess by George Gershwin.
"Backlash Blues", one of Simone'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 Simone's great example, Bessie Smith, but with somewhat different lyrics.
"The House of the Rising Sun", previously recorded by Simone in 1962 on Nina At The Village Gate. After its cover by The Animals became a hit she re-recorded it. The fast-paced version on this album is completely different from the slow, intimate version Simone recorded earlier on Nina at the Village Gate (1962).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do I Move You?"	Nina Simone	2:46
2.	"Day and Night"	Rudy Stevenson	2:35
3.	"In the Dark"	Lil Green	2:57
4.	"Real Real"	Nina Simone	2:21
5.	"My Man's Gone Now"	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	4:16
6.	"Backlash Blues"	Langston Hughes, Nina Simone	2:31
7.	"I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"	Nina Simone	2:32
8.	"Buck"	Andy Stroud	1:52
9.	"Since I Fell for You"	Buddy Johnson	2:52
10.	"The House of the Rising Sun"	Traditional	3:53
11.	"Blues for Mama"	Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln	4:00

Bonus tracks on 2006 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Do I Move You? [Second Version]"	Nina Simone	2:46
13.	"Whatever I Am"	Willie Dixon	2:35

Additional tracks on The Blues (1991)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"The Pusher" (from It Is Finished)	Hoyt Axton	4:50
13.	"Turn Me On" (from Silk & Soul)	John D. Loudermilk	2:24
14.	"It's Nobody's Fault But Mine" (from Nina Simone and Piano)	Blind Willie Johnson	2:59
15.	"Go to Hell" (from Silk & Soul)	Morris Bailey, Jr.	2:46
16.	"I Shall Be Released" (from To Love Somebody)	Bob Dylan	3:51
17.	"Gin House Blues" (from 'Nuff Said!)	Fletcher Henderson, Henry Troy	3:08

Personnel

Tracks 1-12

Nina Simone: vocal, piano
Eric Gale: guitar
Rudy Stevenson: guitar
Ernie Hayes: organ
Bob Bushnell: bass
Bernard Purdie: drums, timpani
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

References

Nina Simone

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Nina's Choice
The Rising Sun Collection
Released
Gold
Anthology
Nina Simone's Finest Hour
The Soul of Nina Simone
The Very Best of Nina Simone
Songs to Sing: the Best of Nina Simone
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

Live albums

Live and studio

Remix albums

Remixed and Reimagined
Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit

Songs and singles

"Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
"Angel of the Morning"
"Ballad of Hollis Brown"
"Baubles, Bangles, & Beads"
"Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)"
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
"Cherish"
"Cotton-Eyed Joe"
"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
"Exactly Like You"
"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)"
"Feeling Good"
"Fine and Mellow"
"For All We Know"
"Four Women"
"Go Limp"
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"The House of the Rising Sun"
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Put a Spell on You"
"I Shall Be Released"
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
"If I Should Lose You"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"It Might as Well Be Spring"
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
"Just Like a Woman"
"Lilac Wine"
"Little Girl Blue"
"The Look of Love"
"Love Me or Leave Me"
"Mississippi Goddam"
"Mood Indigo"
"The More I See You"
"Mr. Bojangles"
"My Baby Just Cares for Me"
"My Sweet Lord"
"My Way"
"Ne me quitte pas"
"Nobody"
"Nobody's Fault but Mine"
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
"The Pusher"
"Rich Girl"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Satin Doll"
"Sea Lion Woman"
"Sign o' the Times"
"Since I Fell for You"
"Sinnerman"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Something Wonderful"
"Spring Is Here"
"Strange Fruit"
"Summertime"
"Suzanne"
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord"
"That's All"
"That's All I Want from You"
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
"To Love Somebody"
"Trouble in Mind"
"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
"Wild Is the Wind"
"Willow Weep for Me"
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"

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