Nina Simone with Strings is an album by Nina Simone. After her contract with Colpix Records had expired, the label took unissued recordings by Simone and sweetened them with a string ensemble. The album was released after the singer had left the label.[1]
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Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1961–1964, New York City | |||
Genre | Vocal, jazz, blues, folk | |||
Label | Colpix 496 | |||
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In the UK, the album's version of "I Loves You Porgy" was used in television commercials in 1997 by the mobile telephone operator Orange.[2]
Track listing
- "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:00
- "Blackbird" (Nina Simone) - 2:06
- "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" (Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner) - 2:38
- "Baubles Bangles and Beads" (Robert Wright, George Forrest) - 2:04
- "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:37
- "That's All" (Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt) - 2:24
- "Chain Gang (The Work Song)" (Nat Adderley) - 2:40
- "The Man with a Horn" (Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake) - 3:17
- "Porgy I Is Your Woman Now (Bess, You is My Woman)" (George and Ira Gershwin) - 3:22
- "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" (Bessie Smith) - 2:05
References
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