Nina Simone Sings The Blues

by Nina Simone

Release Details

Year: 2003
Format: Vinyl — LP, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: Worldwide
Label: Speakers Corner Records
Catalog #: LSP-3789
Tracks: 11

Genres

Jazz Blues

Styles

Soul-Jazz East Coast Blues

Tracklist

A1Do I Move You
2:41
A2Day And Night
2:34
A3In The Dark
2:53
A4Real Real
2:17
A5My Man's Gone Now
4:13
A6Backlash Blues
2:14
B1I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
2:27
B2Buck
2:00
B3Since I Fell For You
2:44
B4The House Of The Rising Sun
3:55
B5Blues For Mama
3:52

Notes

Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio B, New York City. © 1967, RCA, New York, N. Y. Audiophile re-release with original cover artwork. Song information : “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”, previo