Nina Simone Sings Billie Holiday's Blues

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Tell Me More & More Then Some
cover recording of:
Tell Me More and More and Then Some
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
5:02
A2This Year's Kisses
cover recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3:03
A3Strange Fruit
cover recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
43:28
A4Fine & Mellow
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
live cover recording of:
Fine and Mellow
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
8:43
B1Don't Explain
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
34:16
B2Give Me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
42:12
B3Just in Time
double bass:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-06-16)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Buck Clarke (on 1968-06-16)
guitar:
Henry Young (Chinese-Ukrainian guitarist from Vancouver, B.C.; toured with Nina Simone) (on 1968-06-16)
organ and percussion:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-06-16)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1968-06-16)
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-06-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Colpix Records (a/k/a Colpix Records) (in 1962)
recorded at:
Montreux Casino (1st incarnation, 1881–1971) in Montreux, Vaud (Canton of Vaud), Switzerland (on 1968-06-16)
live cover recording of:
Just in Time (Bells Are Ringing) (on 1968-06-16)
lyricist:
Betty Comden (in 1956) and Adolph Green (in 1956)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1956)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Stratford Music Corporation and Warner/Chappell North America
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
24:47
B4Love Me or Leave Me
remix of:
Love Me or Leave Me (1965 studio recording) by Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
44:06