Nina Simone At Town Hall
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Nina Simone at Town Hall is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone
(1933-2003). It was recorded live at The Town Hall
on 15 September 1959 and released as her second album for Colpix Records
that same year. Some of the songs were featured in the concert but were re-recorded in a studio for the album.
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...
(1933-2003). It was recorded live at The Town Hall
The Town Hall
The Town Hall is a performance space, located at 123 West 43rd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, in New York City. It seats approximately 1,500 people.-History:...
on 15 September 1959 and released as her second album for Colpix Records
Colpix Records
Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia and Pictures . It was founded by Jonie Taps and Harry Cohn in 1958, and was based in New York City. Paul Wexler headed the label. Stu Phillips was in charge of A&R...
that same year. Some of the songs were featured in the concert but were re-recorded in a studio for the album.
Information about songs on this album
- "Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" also features on the albums Wild is the WindWild Is the Wind (album)Wild Is the Wind is singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone's sixth album under record company Philips. The album was made up of several recordings that were left over of recording sessions for previous Philips albums...
(1966) and Black GoldBlack Gold (album)Black Gold is a live album by Jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone recorded in 1969 at the Philharmonic Hall, New York.The album is especially notable because it features the civil rights anthem song "To Be Young Gifted And Black"...
(1970). - "The Other Woman" is written by Jessie Mae RobinsonJessie Mae RobinsonJessie Mae Robinson was a songwriter who wrote popular songs for many blues and R & B singers. Among her best-known songs are "I Went to Your Wedding", "Keep it a secret", "The Other Woman" and "Let's Have a Party"....
and also features on the albums Nina Simone At Carnegie HallNina Simone At Carnegie HallNina Simone at Carnegie Hall is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone . It is a live album recorded in 1963, at Carnegie Hall in New York and was released on Colpix Records.-Track listing:# "Black Swan"...
(1963), Let It All OutLet It All OutLet It All Out is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone . Released in 1966, it was her fifth album with Philips Records. Some of the tracks are live recordings, yet it is unclear which.-Information about songs on this album:...
(1966), and Live At Ronnie Scott's (1984). - "Wild is the WindWild Is the Wind (song)"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington. The track was originally recorded by Johnny Mathis for the 1957 film Wild Is the Wind...
" also features on the album Wild is the WindWild Is the Wind (album)Wild Is the Wind is singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone's sixth album under record company Philips. The album was made up of several recordings that were left over of recording sessions for previous Philips albums...
(1966).
Track listing
- "Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional)
- "Exactly Like YouExactly Like You"Exactly Like You" is a popular song, with music written by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and published in 1930. The song was introduced by Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence in the 1930 Broadway show Lew Leslie's International Revue which also featured McHugh and Fields's "On the...
" (Jimmy McHughJimmy McHughJames Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs...
, Dorothy FieldsDorothy FieldsDorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
) - "The Other Woman" (Simone, Jessie Mae Robinson)
- "Under the Lowest" (Simone)
- "You Can Have Him" (David Enloe)
- "SummertimeSummertime (song)"Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....
" (George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
, DuBose HeywardDuBose HeywardEdwin DuBose Heyward was a white American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. This novel was the basis for the play by the same name and, in turn, the opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin.-Life and career:Heyward was born in 1885 in Charleston, South Carolina and was a...
) - "Cotton Eyed Joe" (Traditional)
- "Return Home" (Simone)
- "Wild is the WindWild Is the Wind (song)"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington. The track was originally recorded by Johnny Mathis for the 1957 film Wild Is the Wind...
" (Dimitri TiomkinDimitri TiomkinDimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin was a Russian-born Hollywood film score composer and conductor. He is considered "one of the giants of Hollywood movie music." Musically trained in Russia, he is best known for his westerns, "where his expansive, muscular style had its greatest impact." Tiomkin...
, Ned WashingtonNed WashingtonNed Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
) - "Fine and MellowFine and MellowFine and Mellow is a 1974 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by many famous jazz musicians. It opens with the eponymous song written by Billie Holliday...
" (Billie HolidayBillie HolidayBillie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
, Arthur Herzog, Jr.)