3 Originals (Little Girl Blue / The Amazing Nina Simone / Nina Simone at Town Hall)

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

Tracklist

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1Chilly Winds Don't Blow
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959)
recording of:
Chilly Winds Don’t Blow (in 1959)
writer:
Hecky Krasnow and Bill Lovelock (songwriter)
is based on:
Chilly Winds (a.k.a. Lonesome Road Blues - catch-all work)
42:44
2Theme From Middle of the Night
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959)
recording of:
Theme from “Middle of the Night” (in 1959)
writer:
George Bassman and Paddy Chayefsky
32:30
3Can't Get Out of This Mood
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Can’t Get Out of This Mood (in 1959)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
42:34
4Willow Weep for Me
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
3.353:14
5Solitaire
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Solitaire (in 1959)
writer:
Reneé Borek, King Guion and Carl Nutter
53:29
6Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall")
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone) (on 1959-09-15)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
43:30
7Exactly Like You
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live cover recording of:
Exactly Like You (on 1959-09-15)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
33:13
8The 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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959-10)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (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)
2:57
9Under the Lowest
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live recording of:
Under the Lowest (on 1959-09-15)
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
5:25
10You Can Have Him
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-12)
live cover recording of:
You Can Have Him (on 1959-09-12)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1949)
5:48
11Summertime (instrumental)
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1959-09-15)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:51
12Summertime
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1959-09-15)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:45
13Cotton Eyed Joe
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959-10)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959-10)
cover recording of:
Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song) (in 1959-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 942)
23:02
14Return Home
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live recording of:
Return Home (on 1959-09-15)
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
45:14
15Wild Is the Wind
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-12)
lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1959-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1959)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-12)
live cover recording of:
Wild Is the Wind (on 1959-09-12)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Carlin Music Corporation, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1957, in 1985), Catharine Hinen Music (in 1957, in 1985), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) (in 1957), Largo Music Inc. (in 1957, in 1985) and Patti Washington Music (in 1957, in 1985)
3:35
16Fine and Mellow
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (on 1959-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (on 1959-09-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1959-09-15)
recorded at:
The Town Hall (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-09-15)
live cover recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1959-09-15)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:22