The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Nina Simone

Originals

Covers

Cover of BLACK IS THE COLOR in 1954 - bootlegged in Philadelphia; her best known official version was on 1966 lp Wild Is The Wind; she's also from North Carolina
Cover of DON'T SMOKE IN BED in 1958
Cover of I LOVES YOU PORGY in 1958 - by far her biggest hit US (top 20 in '59)
Cover of LITTLE GIRL BLUE in 1958 - on her debut album Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club (Bethlehem), later retitled Little Girl Blue after this song
Cover of LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME in 1958
Cover of MOOD INDIGO in 1958
Cover of MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME in 1958 - n° 1 NL, n° 2 B, n° 5 UK in '87
Cover of PLAIN GOLD RING in 1958 - on her debut album Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club (Bethlehem)
Cover of YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE in 1958
Cover of EXACTLY LIKE YOU in 1959
Cover of FINE AND MELLOW in 1959
Cover of STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY in 1959
Cover of WILD IS THE WIND in 1959 - on Colpix, but more famous in the Philips version of '64
Cover of IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING in 1959
Cover of WILLOW WEEP FOR ME in 1959
Cover of FOR ALL WE KNOW in 1959
Cover of COTTON EYED JOE in 1959 - her arrangement was followed by Rufus Wainwright in '23
Cover of GO I'LL SEND THEE in 1959 - as Children Go Where I Send You
Cover of EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE in 1960
Cover of LI'L LIZA JANE in 1960
Cover of SUMMERTIME in 1960
Cover of OTHER WOMAN, THE in 1960 - on Colpix
Cover of HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS in 1960 - outtake from her very first session in '57
Cover of ME AND MY GIN in 1961 - as Ginhouse Blues
Cover of TROUBLE IN MIND in 1961
Cover of RAGS AND OLD IRON in 1961 - reissued on Sampled Vol. 4
Cover of SINNER (YOU CAN'T HIDE) in 1961 - Live At The Village Gate
Cover of FORBIDDEN FRUIT in 1961 - title track lp
Cover of GOLDEN EARRINGS in 1961
Cover of WORK SONG in 1961 - on Forbidden Fruit, slightly longer version on High Priestess Of Soul in '67
Cover of HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, THE in 1961 - Live At The Village Gate; before Dylan and The Animals, even before Dave Van Ronk
Cover of IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING) in 1962
Cover of I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD) in 1962
Cover of SOLITUDE in 1962
Cover of IF HE CHANGED MY NAME in 1962
Cover of BROWN BABY in 1962
Cover of I NEED A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL in 1962 - as I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
Cover of SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR in 1962
Cover of CONCERTO FOR COOTIE in 1962
Cover of BYE BYE BLACKBIRD in 1962
Cover of HUSH LITTLE BABY in 1963
Cover of I GAVE MY LOVE A CHERRY in 1963 - idem
Cover of GIMME A PIGFOOT (AND A BOTTLE OF BEER) in 1963
Cover of BLACK SWAN, THE in 1963 - At Carnegie Hall
Cover of NOBODY in 1964
Cover of NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT in 1964
Cover of SINNER (YOU CAN'T HIDE) in 1964 - as Sinner Man on album Pastel Blues (10 minute version), later used in film The Thomas Crown Affair, version also holding a sample used by Felix Da Housecat in a '03 Verve remix
Cover of SEA-LION WOMAN in 1964 - as See-Line Woman on album Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Cover of LAST ROSE OF SUMMER in 1964
Cover of DON'T EXPLAIN in 1964
Cover of SEERAUBER JENNY in 1964 - as Pirate Jenny, with civil rights accents
Cover of LAZIEST GAL IN TOWN, THE in 1964
Cover of ROSIE in 1965 - melody and part of the Andy Stroud-lyrics in Be My Husband: Be my husband man I'll be your wife mirrors Be my woman girl I'll be your man from Rosie
Cover of POOR MAN in 1965
Cover of STRANGE FRUIT in 1965
Cover of TELL ME MORE AND MORE (AND THEN SOME) in 1965
Cover of EITHER WAY I LOSE in 1965
Cover of AMOUR C'EST COMME UN JOUR, L' in 1965 - as Tomorrow Is My Turn
Cover of LONESOME ROAD BLUES in 1965 - as Chilly Winds Don't Blow
Cover of IL FAUT SAVOIR in 1965 - as You've Got To Learn; in '23 title track live album at Newport Jazz in '66
Cover of I PUT A SPELL ON YOU in 1965 - more influential than Hawkins; as was the case with House Of The Rising Sun, her version preceded the whole British invasion
Cover of FEELING GOOD in 1965 - for Philips
Cover of NE ME QUITTE PAS in 1965
Cover of THIS YEAR'S CROP OF KISSES in 1965
Cover of I'M GOING WHERE THE CHILLY WINDS DON'T BLOW in 1965 - as Chilly Winds Don't Blow, crediting B. Lovelock/H. Krasnow
Cover of DON'T EXPLAIN in 1966
Cover of LILAC WINE in 1966
Cover of TAKE ME TO THE WATER (TO BE BAPTIZED) in 1966
Cover of SPRING IS HERE in 1966
Cover of IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU in 1966
Cover of BROWN-EYED HANDSOME MAN in 1967
Cover of I WISH I KNEW (HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE) in 1967 - first vocal version on Silk & Soul album; became a Civil Rights Movement anthem
Cover of SINCE I FELL FOR YOU in 1967
Cover of TO LOVE SOMEBODY in 1967 - released in '69
Cover of TURN ME ON in 1967 - other lyrics; Norah Jones' example
Cover of I CAN'T SEE NOBODY in 1967 - released in '69
Cover of CHERISH in 1967
Cover of WHATEVER I AM, YOU MADE ME in 1967
Cover of ROMANCE IN THE DARK in 1967 - idem
Cover of MY MAN'S GONE NOW in 1967
Cover of LOOK OF LOVE, THE in 1967
Cover of AIN'T GOT NO; I GOT LIFE in 1968
Cover of DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO in 1968 - n°2 UK; her intro (I got a lot of living to do fo' I die and I ain't got time to wait) was sampled by 50 Cent in Wanksta
Cover of PLEASE READ ME in 1968
Cover of IN THE MORNING in 1968
Cover of PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND in 1968
Cover of GLORIA in 1969 - as Save Me
Cover of IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE in 1969
Cover of I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN TODAY in 1969
Cover of SUZANNE in 1969
Cover of I SHALL BE RELEASED in 1969
Cover of WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES in 1970
Cover of WEST WIND in 1970
Cover of WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG MA in 1970
Cover of O-O-H CHILD in 1971
Cover of MR. BOJANGLES in 1971
Cover of ANGEL OF THE MORNING in 1971
Cover of COMME D'HABITUDE in 1971
Cover of HE'S SO FINE in 1972
Cover of JE T'APPARTIENS in 1974
Cover of FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITO'S TWEETER in 1974
Cover of PUSHER, THE in 1974
Cover of COME BY HERE in 1974 - as Com' By H'Yere
Cover of NO OPPORTUNITY NECESSARY, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED in 1975
Cover of STARS in 1976 - Live at Montreux
Cover of ALABAMA SONG in 1977
Cover of EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE in 1978
Cover of THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU in 1978
Cover of FAMILY, The in 1978
Cover of MY FATHER in 1978 - first tried to record it in '71
Cover of BALTIMORE in 1978
Cover of LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME in 1993
Cover of MORE I SEE YOU, THE in 1993
Cover of FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL, THE in 1993

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