Nina Simone Sings the Blues

Nina Simone Sings the Blues
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 5/5 stars[1]

Sings the Blues (1967) is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003). 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.

Contents

Song information

Track listing

  1. "Do I Move You" (Simone) - 2:46
  2. "Day and Night" (Stevenson) - 2:35
  3. "(Romance) In the Dark" (Green) - 2:57
  4. "Real Real" (Simone) - 2:21
  5. "My Man's Gone Now" (Gershwin, Heyward) - 4:16
  6. "Backlash Blues" (Hughes, Simone) - 2:31
  7. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (Simone) - 2:32
  8. "Buck" (Stroud) - 1:52
  9. "Since I Fell for You" (Johnson) - 2:52
  10. "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 3:53
  11. "Blues for Mama" (Lincoln, Simone) - 4:00

Bonus tracks for 2006 reissue:

  1. "Do I Move You" [alternate version] (Simone) - 2:19
  2. "Whatever I Am" (Dixon) - 3:02

Additional tracks appended to the 1991 The Blues:

  1. "The Pusher" (Axton) – 4:50
  2. "Turn Me On" (Loudermilk) – 2:24
  3. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Blind Willie Johnson ) – 2:59
  4. "Go to Hell" (Bailey) – 2:46
  5. "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:51
  6. "Gin House Blues" (Henderson, 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

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