Nina Simone and Her Friends

Studio album by Nina Simone

Released

1959

Recorded

New York City, 1957

Nina Simone chronology

Little Girl Blue
(1958)

Nina Simone and Her Friends
(1959)

The Amazing Nina Simone
(1959)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album released by the Bethlehem Records label that compiled songs by jazz singers Nina Simone, Carmen McRae and Chris Connor. All three artists had left the label and signed with other companies by the time Bethlehem released this album. The numbers by Simone were previously unissued "left overs" from the recording sessions for her debut album Little Girl Blue (1958) and released without her knowledge. The tracks by Chris Connor and Carmen McRae were already issued together this way as Bethlehem's Girlfriends in 1956 accompanied by the debut recording session of Julie London.

Notes on songs

"I Loves You, Porgy", the version of this song on Little Girl Blue became a Billboard Chart top 20 hit in 1957.
"African Mailman", an instrumental song by Simone.

Track listing

Side A

Nina Simone – “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands” (Traditional)
Chris Connor – “Cottage for Sale” (Willard Robison, Larry Conley)
Carmen McRae – “Old Devil Moon” (Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg)
Nina Simone – “I Loves You, Porgy” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Chris Connor – “Try a Little Tenderness” (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods)
Carmen McRae – “You Made Me Care” (Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard)

Side B

Nina Simone – “For All We Know” (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
Chris Connor – “What Is There to Say?” (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg)
Carmen McRae – “Too Much in Love to Care” (Carmen McRae)
Nina Simone – “African Mailman” (Nina Simone)
Chris Connor – “Good Bye” (Gordon Jenkins)
Carmen McRae – “Last Time for Love” (Carmen McRae)

Personnel (for tracks by Simone only)

References

↑ Allmusic review

Nina Simone

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Nina's Choice
The Rising Sun Collection
Released
Gold
Anthology
Nina Simone's Finest Hour
The Soul of Nina Simone
The Very Best of Nina Simone
Songs to Sing: the Best of Nina Simone
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

Live albums

Live and studio

Remix albums

Remixed and Reimagined
Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit

Songs and singles

"Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
"Angel of the Morning"
"Ballad of Hollis Brown"
"Baubles, Bangles, & Beads"
"Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)"
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
"Cherish"
"Cotton-Eyed Joe"
"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
"Exactly Like You"
"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)"
"Feeling Good"
"Fine and Mellow"
"For All We Know"
"Four Women"
"Go Limp"
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"The House of the Rising Sun"
"I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"I Put a Spell on You"
"I Shall Be Released"
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
"If I Should Lose You"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"It Might as Well Be Spring"
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
"Just Like a Woman"
"Lilac Wine"
"Little Girl Blue"
"The Look of Love"
"Love Me or Leave Me"
"Mississippi Goddam"
"Mood Indigo"
"The More I See You"
"Mr. Bojangles"
"My Baby Just Cares for Me"
"My Sweet Lord"
"My Way"
"Ne me quitte pas"
"Nobody"
"Nobody's Fault but Mine"
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
"The Pusher"
"Rich Girl"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Satin Doll"
"Sea Lion Woman"
"Sign o' the Times"
"Since I Fell for You"
"Sinnerman"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Something Wonderful"
"Spring Is Here"
"Strange Fruit"
"Summertime"
"Suzanne"
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord"
"That's All"
"That's All I Want from You"
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
"To Love Somebody"
"Trouble in Mind"
"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
"Wild Is the Wind"
"Willow Weep for Me"
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"

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