The Essential Nina Simone

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

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
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, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
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:
Richard Lamb and Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist)
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (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. and Universal Music Careers
part of:
50/50
42:38
5Do What You Gotta Do
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1968-05-13)
artist & repertoire support:
Tom Berman
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (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)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1968)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
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)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
42:47
11Who Knows Where the Time Goes
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
cover recording of:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
composer:
Sandy Denny
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Srawberry Music and Winckler Musikforlag
38:11
12Here Comes the Sun
lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
cover recording of:
Here Comes the Sun
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Harrisongs Ltd.
4.43:33
13Just Like a Woman
cover recording of:
Just Like a Woman
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-11-25)
publisher:
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
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
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
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)
1.55:15
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