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The Definitive Rarities Collection – 50 Classic Cuts is a compilation album of songs by Nina Simone
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...

, released in 2009.

Track listing

  1. "Compensation" – 4:48
  2. "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
    "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been recorded or performed by many artists, and is widely known by the 1965 blues rock hit...

    " - 3:52
  3. "Stick Together" – 1:48
  4. "Strange Fruit
    Strange Fruit
    "Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who released her first recording of it in 1939, the year she first sang it. Written by the teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem, it exposed American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans. Such lynchings had occurred...

    " – 4:18
  5. "Medley Moon of Alabama - In Childhoods Bright Endeavor - In My Life - Stick Together" – 10:39
  6. "Revolution"– 6:27
  7. "In My Life
    In My Life
    "In My Life" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney . The song originated with Lennon, and while Paul McCartney contributed to the final version, the extent of his contribution is in dispute. George Martin contributed the instrumental bridge...

    " – 2:05
  8. "Born Under a Bad Sign
    Born Under a Bad Sign
    -Album reissues:In 1998 Sundazed Records reissued the album with two additional bonus tracks, namely the rare mono single sides "Funk-Shun" and "Overall Junction", both written by Albert King...

    " – 6:01
  9. "I Cant See Nobody" – 6:10
  10. "Who Am I" – 4:31
  11. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" – 6:07
  12. "Save Me" (Ousley, A. Franklin
    Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

    , C. Franklin
    Carolyn Franklin
    Carolyn Ann Franklin was an American singer and songwriter and the baby sister of musician Aretha Franklin and daughter of prominent preacher C. L. Franklin.-Biography:...

    ) – 3:06
  13. "I Shall Be Released
    I Shall Be Released
    "I Shall Be Released" is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan.The Band played it on their debut album, Music from Big Pink , with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus...

    " – 4:45
  14. "Ain't Got No, I Got Life
    Ain't Got No, I Got Life
    "Ain't Got No/I Got Life" is a 2:17 single by the American songwriter Nina Simone. The song also featured on Nuff Said . It is a medley of two songs from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot...

    " – 4:00
  15. "My Baby Just Cares for Me
    My Baby Just Cares for Me
    "My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was written for the 1930 film version of the 1928 Ziegfeld musical comedy Whoopee!, starring Eddie Cantor. It is known as the signature tune of singer and pianist Nina Simone.-Nina Simone...

    " – 5:31
  16. "I'm on My Way" – 7:10
  17. "Sinnerman" – 3:06
  18. "Nobody's Fault but Mine
    Nobody's Fault But Mine
    "Nobody's Fault but Mine" is a traditional blues song that has been covered by many musicians since the late 1960s. A gospel song under the title "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" is listed in the 1924 Cleveland Library's Index to Negro Spirituals...

    " – 3:57
  19. "He's Got the Whole World
    He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
    "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" is a traditional American spiritual. It was first published in the paperbound hymnal Spirituals Triumphant, Old and New, in 1927. In 1933, it was collected by Frank Warner from the singing of Sue Thomas in North Carolina...

    " – 3:11
  20. "A Mighty Fortress" (instrumental) – 3:11
  21. "The Blood" – 2:48
  22. "Church Jazz" (instrumental) – 7:16
  23. "He's My God" – 1:09
  24. "What A Blessing In Jesus" – 3:47
  25. "Nearer Blessed Lord" – 4:27
  26. "Children Go Where I Send You
    Children, Go Where I Send Thee
    "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" is a traditional African-American spiritual song. This song is also known as "The Holy Baby" or "Born in Bethlehem." There are many versions of this song, the lyrics below were collected by Jean Ritchie from a school for black children in Kentucky. The verses give a...

    " – 7:46
  27. "Oh Happy Day
    Oh Happy Day
    "Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching US #4 and UK #2 on the pop charts...

    " – 8:17
  28. "Revolution" – 4:40
  29. "Mississippi Goddamn" – 4:31
  30. "Old Jim Crow" – 2:19
  31. "Backlash Blues" – 3:07
  32. "Four Women
    Four Women
    Four Women is an American five-part limited series published by Homage Comics. Written and drawn by Sam Kieth, it deals with four female friends of varying ages—Donna, Bev, Marion and Cindy—and a road trip during which they are attacked and sexually assaulted by two men...

    " – 4:10
  33. "Nobody
    Nobody (1905 song)
    "Nobody" is a popular song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers, published in 1905.The song premiered in February 1906, in the Broadway production "Abyssinia." The show, which included live camels, premiered at the Majestic Theater and continued the string of hits for the...

    " – 5:08
  34. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" – 4:54
  35. "Definition of an Artist" – 3:04
  36. "Why the King of Love Is Dead" – 9:20
  37. "To Be Young, Gifted and Black
    To Be Young, Gifted and Black
    "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. It was written in memory of Simone's late friend Lorraine Hansberry, author of the play Raisin in the Sun. The song was originally recorded by Simone for her 1970 album Black Gold; released as a single, it became...

    " – 3:40
  38. "Strange Fruit
    Strange Fruit
    "Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who released her first recording of it in 1939, the year she first sang it. Written by the teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem, it exposed American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans. Such lynchings had occurred...

    " – 3:24
  39. "Fine and Mellow
    Fine and Mellow
    Fine 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...

    " – 5:05
  40. "Tell Me More
    Tell Me More
    Tell Me More is a National Public Radio daytime interview show hosted by journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More was first introduced in a novel way; it was made available online in December 2006 through an "open piloting" program called "Rough Cuts." Martin and the show's producers provided a...

    " – 3:05
  41. "Love Me or Leave Me
    Love Me or Leave Me (song)
    "Love Me or Leave Me" is a U.S. popular song from the 1920s.The music was written by Walter Donaldson and the lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play, Whoopee!, which opened in December 1928...

    " – 4:03
  42. "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" – 2:37
  43. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" – 2:49
  44. "It Don't Mean a Thing" – 2:18
  45. "You Don't Know What Love Is
    You Don't Know What Love Is
    "You Don't Know What Love Is," a popular song of the Great American Songbook, has one the craziest histories of any song. It was written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul for the Abbott and Costello 1941 Universal picture Keep 'Em Flying, in which it was sung by Carol Bruce...

    " – 4:55
  46. "Just In Time
    Just in Time (song)
    "Just in Time" is a popular song with the melody written by Jule Styne and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The song was published in 1956....

    " – 3:55
  47. "Chauffeur" – 2:50
  48. "I Love You Porgy" – 4:02
  49. "I Love To Love" – 4:36
  50. "Wild Is The Wind
    Wild 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...

    " – 5:45

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