Nina Simone and Her Friends

Nina Simone and Her Friends
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	1959
Recorded	New York City, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Label	Bethlehem
Nina Simone chronology
Little Girl Blue (1958) Nina Simone and Her Friends (1959) The Amazing Nina Simone (1959)

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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

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

Side B

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

Personnel (for tracks by Simone only)

• Nina Simone - vocals, piano
• Jimmy Bond - bass
• Al "Tootie" Heath - drums

References

Nina Simone
Studio albums	Little Girl Blue Nina Simone and Her Friends The Amazing Nina Simone Forbidden Fruit Nina Simone Sings Ellington Broadway-Blues-Ballads I Put a Spell on You Pastel Blues Nina Simone with Strings Wild Is the Wind High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone Sings the Blues Silk & Soul Nina Simone and Piano To Love Somebody Here Comes the Sun Baltimore Fodder on My Wings A Single Woman
Compilation albums	Nina's Choice The Soul of Nina Simone The Very Best of Nina Simone
Live albums	Nina Simone at Newport Nina at the Village Gate Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall Folksy Nina Nina Simone in Concert Black Gold Live at Ronnie Scott's The Great Show Live in Paris Emergency Ward!
Live and studio albums	Nina Simone at Town Hall Let It All Out 'Nuff Said! It Is Finished
Remix albums	Remixed and Reimagined
Related articles	I Put a Spell on You (book) What Happened, Miss Simone?
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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