Nina Simone discography
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Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and arranger.
Albums
| Year | Album | Type | Label | Billboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Little Girl Blue | Studio | Bethlehem Records | |
| 1959 | Nina Simone and Her Friends | Studio, compilation with four tracks by Simone | ||
| The Amazing Nina Simone | Live and Studio | Colpix Records | ||
| Nina Simone at Town Hall | Live and studio | |||
| 1960 | Nina Simone at Newport | Live | 23 (pop) | |
| 1961 | Forbidden Fruit | Studio | ||
| 1962 | Nina at the Village Gate | Live | ||
| Nina Simone Sings Ellington | Studio | |||
| 1963 | Nina's Choice | Compilation | ||
| Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall | Live | |||
| 1964 | Folksy Nina | Live | ||
| Nina Simone in Concert | Live | Philips Records | 102 (pop) | |
| Broadway-Blues-Ballads | Studio | |||
| 1965 | I Put a Spell on You | Studio | 99 (pop) | |
| Sincerely Nina | Live and studio | |||
| Pastel Blues | Studio | 8 (black) | ||
| 1966 | Nina Simone with Strings | Studio (strings added) | Colpix | |
| Let It All Out | Live and studio | Philips | 19 (black) | |
| Wild Is the Wind | Studio | 12 (black) | ||
| 1967 | High Priestess of Soul | Studio | 29 (black) | |
| Nina Simone Sings the Blues | Studio | RCA Records | 29 (black) | |
| Silk & Soul | Studio | 24 (black) | ||
| 1968 | 'Nuff Said! | Live and studio | 44 (black) | |
| 1968 | Saga of the Good Life and Hard Times | studio | 44 (black) | |
| 1969 | Nina Simone and Piano | Studio | ||
| To Love Somebody | Studio | |||
| A Very Rare Evening | Live | PM Records | ||
| 1970 | Gifted & Black | Studio | Canyon Records (Hollywood) | |
| The Best of Nina Simone | Compilation | RCA Records / BMG | ||
| Black Gold | Live | RCA Records | 29 (black) | |
| 1971 | Here Comes the Sun | Studio | 190 (pop) | |
| 1972 | Emergency Ward | Live and studio | ||
| Sings Billie Holiday – Lady Sings the Blues | Live | Stroud | ||
| 1973 | Live at Berkeley (Nina Simone Live Album) | Live | ||
| Gospel According to Nina Simone | Live | |||
| 1974 | It Is Finished | Live | RCA Records | |
| 1977 | Lamentations | Live | Versatile | |
| 1978 | Baltimore | Studio | CTI Records | 12 (jazz) |
| 1980 | The Rising Sun Collection | Live | Enja | |
| 1980 | Let it Be Me (live in Montreal) | Live | Just a memory | |
| 1982 | Fodder on My Wings | Studio | Carrere | |
| 1984 | Backlash | Live | StarJazz | |
| 1985 | Nina's Back | Studio | VPI | |
| 1985 | Live & Kickin | Live | ||
| 1987 | Let It Be Me (Recorded Live at Vine St.) | Live | Verve | |
| Live at Ronnie Scott's | Live | Hendring-Wadham | ||
| The Nina Simone Collection | Compilation | Deja Vu | ||
| 1989 | Compact jazz | Compilation | Mercury | |
| 1989 | Live in Germany, October 23, 1989 | Live | Immortal | |
| 1993 | A Single Woman | Studio | Elektra Records | 3 (top jazz) |
| Additional releases | ||||
| 1968 | Suzanne - Live in Paris | Live | Moon Records | |
| 1972 | Live in Europe | Live | Trip | |
| 1997 | Released | Compilation | RCA Victor Europe | |
| 2003 | Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings | Compilation | Verve | |
| Gold | Studio remastered | Universal / UCJ | ||
| Anthology | Compilation (from many labels) | RCA / BMG Heritage | ||
| 2004 | Nina Simone's Finest Hour | Compilation | Verve / Universal | |
| 2005 | The Soul of Nina Simone | Compilation + DVD | RCA DualDisc | |
| Nina Simone Live at Montreux 1976 | DVD only | Eagle Eye Media | ||
| Nina Simone Live | DVD only: Studio 1961 & 1962 | Kultur / Creative Arts Television | ||
| 2006 | The Very Best of Nina Simone | Compilation | Sony / BMG | |
| Remixed and Reimagined | Remix | RCA / Legacy / SME | 5 (contemp.jazz) | |
| Songs to Sing: the Best of Nina Simone | Compilation/Live Compilation | Deluxe | ||
| Forever Young, Gifted, & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit | Remix | RCA / SME | ||
| 2008 | To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story | Compilation | Sony / Legacy / BMG | |
| 2009 | The Definitive Rarities Collection – 50 Classic Cuts | Compilation | Artwork Media | |
| 2016 | Portrait | Compilation | Warner Music / X5 Music Group | |
Singles
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop[1] | US R&B[2] |
UK[3] | |||
| 1959 | "Chilly Winds Don't Blow" b/w "Solitaire" |
– | – | – | The Amazing Nina Simone |
| "I Loves You, Porgy" b/w "Love Me or Leave Me" |
18 | 2 | – | Little Girl Blue | |
| "Little Girl Blue" b/w "He Needs Me" |
– | – | – | ||
| "Children Go Where I Send You" b/w "Willow Weep for Me" |
– | – | – | The Amazing Nina Simone | |
| "Don't Smoke in Bed" b/w "African Mailman" (from Nina Simone and Her Friends) |
– | – | – | Little Girl Blue | |
| "The Other Woman" b/w "It Might as Well Be Spring" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) |
– | – | – | Nina Simone at Town Hall | |
| 1960 | "Mood Indigo" b/w "Central Park Blues" |
– | – | – | Little Girl Blue |
| "For All We Know" b/w "Good Bait" (from Little Girl Blue) |
– | – | – | Nina Simone and Her Friends | |
| "Summertime" b/w "Fine and Mellow" |
– | – | – | Nina Simone at Town Hall | |
| "You'll Never Walk Alone" b/w "Plain Gold Ring" |
– | – | – | Little Girl Blue | |
| "Since My Love Has Gone" b/w "Tomorrow (We Shall Meet Once More)" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) |
– | – | – | Serenade of Soul | |
| "Central Park" b/w "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (from Nina Simone and Her Friends) |
– | – | – | Little Girl Blue | |
| "If Only for Tonight" b/w "Under the Lowest" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) |
– | – | – | Non-album track | |
| "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" b/w "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) |
93 | 23 | – | ||
| 1961 | "Trouble in Mind" b/w "Cotton Eye Joe" (from Nina's Choice) |
92 | 11 | – | Nina at Newport |
| "Work Song" b/w "Memphis in June" |
– | – | – | Forbidden Fruit | |
| "Gin House Blues" b/w "You Can Have Him" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) |
– | – | – | ||
| "Come on Back, Jack" b/w "You've Been Gone Too Long" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) |
– | – | – | Non-album track | |
| 1962 | "In the Evening by the Moonlight" b/w "Chilly Winds Don't Blow" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) |
– | – | – | Nina at Newport |
| "I Got It Bad" b/w "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (Non-album track) |
– | – | – | Nina Simone Sings Ellington | |
| "My Baby Just Cares for Me" b/w "He Needs Me" |
– | – | – | Little Girl Blue | |
| "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" b/w "Hey, Buddy Bolen" |
– | – | – | Nina Simone Sings Ellington | |
| "Exactly Like You" b/w "Fine and Mellow" |
– | – | – | Nina Simone at Town Hall | |
| "Merry Mending" b/w "Something to Live For" |
– | – | – | Nina Simone Sings Ellington | |
| "You Better Know It" b/w "I Like the Sunrise" |
– | – | – | ||
| "It Don't Mean a Thing" b/w "The Gal from Joe's" |
– | – | – | ||
| "I Can't Get Out of This Mood" b/w "Willow Weep for Me" |
– | – | – | The Amazing Nina Simone | |
| 1963 | "Little Liza Jane" b/w "Blackbird" (from Nina Simone With Strings) |
– | – | – | Nina at Newport |
| 1964 | "I Loves You, Porgy" b/w "Old Jim Crow" (Non-album track) |
– | – | – | The Best of Nina Simone |
| "Mississippi Goddam" (released as "Mississippi *@!!?*@!") b/w "Sea Lion Woman" (from Broadway-Blues-Ballads) |
– | – | – | ||
| "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" b/w "A Monster" (Non-album track) |
– | – | – | Broadway-Blues-Ballads | |
| 1965 | "I Am Blessed" b/w "How Can I" |
– | – | – | |
| "I Put a Spell on You" b/w "Gimme Some" |
– | 23 | 49 | I Put a Spell on You | |
| "Either Way I Lose" b/w "Break Down and Let It All Out" |
– | – | – | Wild Is the Wind | |
| 1966 | "Why Keep on Breaking My Heart" b/w "I Love Your Lovin' Ways" |
– | – | – | |
| "I Love You've Lovin' Ways" b/w "See-Line Woman" (from Broadway-Blues-Ballads) |
– | – | – | ||
| "Four Women" b/w "What More Can I Say" |
– | – | – | ||
| "Don't You Pay Them No Mind" b/w "I'm Gonna Leave You" |
– | – | – | High Priestess of Soul | |
| 1967 | "Day and Night" b/w "Do I Move You" |
– | – | – | Nina Simone Sings the Blues |
| "You'll Go to Hell" b/w "It Be's That Way Sometimes" |
– | – | – | Silk & Soul | |
| "I Wish I Knew" b/w "Cherish" |
– | – | – | ||
| 1968 | "To Love Somebody" b/w "I Can't See Nobody" |
– | – | 5 | To Love Somebody |
| "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)"—Part 1 b/w Part 2 |
– | – | – | 'Nuff Said! | |
| "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" b/w "Real Real" (from Nina Simone Sings the Blues) |
94 (1969) | – | 2 | ||
| "Do What You Gotta Do" b/w "Peace of Mind" |
83 | 43 | 2 | ||
| 1969 | "I Put A Spell On You" b/w "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (from Broadway-Blues-Ballads) Reissue |
– | – | 28 | I Put a Spell on You |
| "Revolution" -- Part 1 b/w Part 2 |
– | 41 | – | To Love Somebody | |
| "Suzanne" b/w "Turn Turn Turn" |
– | – | – | ||
| "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" b/w "Save Me" (Non-album track) |
76 | 8 | – | Black Gold | |
| 1970 | "I Loves You Porgy" b/w "My Baby Just Cares for Me" A-side reissue of 1959 recording |
– | – | – | Little Girl Blue |
| "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" b/w "Assignment Song" |
– | – | – | Black Gold | |
| "Whatever I Am" b/w "Why Must Your Love Well Be So Dry" |
– | – | – | Non-album tracks | |
| 1971 | "O-O-H Child" b/w "New World Coming" |
– | – | – | Here Comes the Sun |
| "Here Comes the Sun" b/w "Angel of the Morning" |
– | – | – | ||
| 1973 | "Anytime, Anywhere" b/w "Sunday in Savannah" |
– | – | – | Gospel According To Nina Simone |
| "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" b/w "The Assignment Song" |
– | – | – | Live at Berkeley | |
| "My Sweet Lord"/"Today Is a Killer" b/w "Poppies" |
– | – | – | Emergency Ward! | |
| 1978 | "Baltimore" b/w "Forget" |
– | – | – | Baltimore |
| 1979 | "The Family" b/w "That's All I Want from You" |
– | – | – | |
| 1987 | "My Baby Just Cares for Me" b/w "Little Girl Blue" Original 1958/1959 recordings |
– | – | 5 | Little Girl Blue |
| 1994 | "Feeling Good" (Original 1965 recording) b/w "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (live, non-album track) |
– | – | 40 | Feeling Good - The Very Best pf Nina Simone |
| 2003 | "Sinnerman" CD single with four different versions |
– | – | – | Four Women - The Nina Simone Philips Recordings |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 643. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 402.
- ^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 703. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
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