Nina Simone Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Aint Got No / I Got Life
2. My Baby Just Cares For Me
3. Feeling Good
4. I Put A Spell On You
5. I Loves You Porgy
6. Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
7. The Look of Love
8. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
9. I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl
10. Do I Move You
11. Do What You Gotta Do
12. To Be Young Gifted And Black
13. Since I Fell For You
14. Nobodys Fault But Mine
15. I Think Its Going To Rain Today
16. Sinnerman
17. The Times They Are A-Changin'
18. Mr. Bojangles
19. Here Comes the Sun
20. To Love Somebody
Other Songs 22nd Century A Foggy Day A Good Bait African Mailman After Youve Gone Aint Got No / I Got Life Aint Got No/i Got Life Aint No Use ALL I KNOW All Of You Alone Again Alone Again Naturally And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine Angel of the Morning Another Spring April in Paris Assignment Sequence Backlash Blues Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes Ballad of Hollis Brown Balm in Gilead Baltimore Baubles Bangles and Beads Be My Husband Beautiful Land Black Coffee Black Is the Color of My True Love's Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair Black Is the Colour Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair Black Swan Blackbird Blue Moon Blue Prelude Blue Skies Blues for Mama Bolero at the Savoy Break Down And Let It All Out Broken Hearted Melody Brown Baby Brown Eyed Handsome Man Buck But Beautiful Bye Bye Blackbird Cant Get Out of This Mood Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Can't We Be Friends Central Park Blues Cherish Children Go Where I Send You Chilly Winds Dont Blow Cold, Cold Heart Com By Hyere Come on Back Jack Come Ye Compassion Compensation Consummation Cottom Eyed Joe Cotton Eyed Joe Dambala Day and Night Desperate Ones Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me Dont Explain Dont Smoke in Bed Dont You Pay Them No Mind Either Way I lose End of the Line Erets Zavat Chalav Everyones Gone To the Moon Everything Must Change Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Exactly Like You Falling in Love Again Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It) Fast Food Feelin Good Feeling Good(From The Roar Of The Greasepaint) Fine and Mellow Fodder on My Wings For a While For All We Know For Myself Forbidden Fruit Four Women Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter Gal From Joes Gimme a Pigfoot Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) Gimme Some Gin House Blues Give Me a Pigfoot & A Bottle of Beer Glad to Be Unhappy Glory Of Love Go Limp Go to Hell God Bless the Child Good Bait Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi Harbor Lights He Aint Comin Home No More He Needs Me He Was Too Good To Me He's Got the Whole World in His Hand He's Got the Whole World In His Hands He's My Guy Hey Buddy Bolden House of the Rising Sun Human Touch Human Touch The Hush Little Baby I Am Blessed I Cant See Nobody I Get Along Without You Very Well I Get Along Without You Wery Well I Got It Bad I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) I Got Life I Hold No Grudge I Like the Sunrise I Love To Love I Love You Porgy I Love Your Lovin Ways I Put Spell On You I Shall Be Released I Sing Just To Know That Im Alive I Think Its Gonna Rain Today I want some sugar in my bowl If He Changed My Name If I Should Lose You If You Could See Me Now If You Knew If You Knew / Let It Be Me Il Ny A Pas dAmour Hereaux Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Ill Look Around Im Going Back Home Im Gonna Leave You I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket Images In Love in Vain In the Dark In the Evening By the Moonlight In the Morning Isnt It a Pity Isn't This a Lovely Day It Bes That Way Sometime It Bes That Way Sometimes It Dont Mean A Thing It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) It Might As Well Be Spring Its Cold Out Here I've Got the World on a String Jelly Roll Jim July Tree Just in Time Just Like A Woman Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues Just Say I Love Him Keeper of the Flame Lady Sings The Blues Lass of the Low Country Last Rose of Summer Laziest Gal in Town Let It Be Me Let's Do it Lilac Wine Little Girl Blue Little Liza Jane Little Liza Jean Lonesome Cities Look of Love Love In Vain Love Me or Leave Me Love O' Love Love OLove Lover Man Loves Been Good To Me Lullaby of Birdland Lush Life Make Love to Me Man With A Horn Marriage Is For Old Folks Marry Me Memphis in June Merry Mending Mississippi Goddam Misty Mood Indigo Moon Over Alabama Moonlight in Vermont More I See You The Music For Lovers My baby just care for me My Father My Foolish Heart My Funny valentine My Heart Belongs to Daddy My Man My Mans Gone Now My Way Ne Me Quitte Pas Near To You Nearer Blessed Lord New Blowtop Blues New World Coming Nice Work If You Can Get It Night And Day Night Song No Good Man No Opportunity Necessary No Experience Neede No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed Nobody Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out Obeah Woman Of This I'm Sure Old Devil Moon Old Jim Crow One September Day O-o-h Child Other Woman Our Love Our Love (Will See Us Through) Papa Can You Hear Me? Passing Strangers Pirate Jenny Plain Gold Ring Please Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood Please Read Me Poppies Porgy Porgy I Is Your Woman Now Pusher Rags And Old Iron Rags Old Iron Real Real Revolution Revolution, Pt. 1 Rich Girl Satin Doll Save Me See - Line Woman See-Line Woman Seems Im Never Tired of Lovin You September Song Silver City Bound Since My Love Has Gone Sinner Man Sinnerman [Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix] Slow Down Solitaire Solitude Something To Live For Spring Is Here Stardust Stars Stars Fell on Alabama Stella By Starlight Stompin At the Savoy Stop Strange Fruit Sugar In My Bowl Summertime Sunday in Savannah Suzanne Take Care of Business Take Me To the Water Take My Hand Precious Lord Tell It Like It Is Tell Me More Tell Me More And More And Then Some Tell Me More And More And Then Some More Tenderly Thats All Thats All I Ask Thats All I Want From You Thats Him Over There The Backlash Blues The Ballad of Hollis Brown The Desperate Ones The Family The Folks Who Live on the Hill The Gal from Joes The Gin House Blues The House of the Rising Sun The Human Touch The Last Rose of Summer The Laziest Gal in Town The Man With A Horn The More I See You The Other Woman The Pusher The Thrill Is Gone The Turning Point The Twelfth of Never Theme from Middle of the Night Theme from Sanson and Delilah Theme from Sayonara They Can't Take That Away From Me This Years Kisses Thrill Is Gone Times They Are A Changing To Be Young Gifted To Be Young Gifted andamp; Black Tomorrow Tomorrow Is My Turn Tomorrow Is My Turn (L'Amour C'est Comme un Jour) Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More) Trouble in Mind Trouble in the Mind Try a Little Tenderness Turn Me On Turn! Turn! Turn! Turning Point Twelfth of Never Under a Blanket of Blue Until the Real Thing Comes Along We'll Be Together Again What More Can I Say Whatever I Am (You Made Me) When I Was A Young Girl When I Was in My Prime Where Can I Go Without You Who Am I? Who Knows Where the Time Goes Why? Why Keep On Breaking My Heart Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) Wild As The Wind Wild Is The Wind Willow Weep For Me W-O-M-A-N Work Song You Better Know It You Can Have Him You Do Something To Me You Don't Know What Love Is You Took My Teeth You Turned the Tables on Me Youd Be So Nice To Come Home To Youll Never Walk Alone Young Gifted and Black Young Knight Youve Been Gone Too Long You've Changed Youve Got To Learn
Other Songs 22nd Century A Foggy Day A Good Bait African Mailman After Youve Gone Aint Got No / I Got Life Aint Got No/i Got Life Aint No Use ALL I KNOW All Of You Alone Again Alone Again Naturally And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine Angel of the Morning Another Spring April in Paris Assignment Sequence Backlash Blues Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes Ballad of Hollis Brown Balm in Gilead Baltimore Baubles Bangles and Beads Be My Husband Beautiful Land Black Coffee Black Is the Color of My True Love's Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair Black Is the Colour Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair Black Swan Blackbird Blue Moon Blue Prelude Blue Skies Blues for Mama Bolero at the Savoy Break Down And Let It All Out Broken Hearted Melody Brown Baby Brown Eyed Handsome Man Buck But Beautiful Bye Bye Blackbird Cant Get Out of This Mood Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Can't We Be Friends Central Park Blues Cherish Children Go Where I Send You Chilly Winds Dont Blow Cold, Cold Heart Com By Hyere Come on Back Jack Come Ye Compassion Compensation Consummation Cottom Eyed Joe Cotton Eyed Joe Dambala Day and Night Desperate Ones Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me Dont Explain Dont Smoke in Bed Dont You Pay Them No Mind Either Way I lose End of the Line Erets Zavat Chalav Everyones Gone To the Moon Everything Must Change Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Exactly Like You Falling in Love Again Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It) Fast Food Feelin Good Feeling Good(From The Roar Of The Greasepaint) Fine and Mellow Fodder on My Wings For a While For All We Know For Myself Forbidden Fruit Four Women Funkier Than A Mosquitos Tweeter Gal From Joes Gimme a Pigfoot Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) Gimme Some Gin House Blues Give Me a Pigfoot & A Bottle of Beer Glad to Be Unhappy Glory Of Love Go Limp Go to Hell God Bless the Child Good Bait Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi Harbor Lights He Aint Comin Home No More He Needs Me He Was Too Good To Me He's Got the Whole World in His Hand He's Got the Whole World In His Hands He's My Guy Hey Buddy Bolden House of the Rising Sun Human Touch Human Touch The Hush Little Baby I Am Blessed I Cant See Nobody I Get Along Without You Very Well I Get Along Without You Wery Well I Got It Bad I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) I Got Life I Hold No Grudge I Like the Sunrise I Love To Love I Love You Porgy I Love Your Lovin Ways I Put Spell On You I Shall Be Released I Sing Just To Know That Im Alive I Think Its Gonna Rain Today I want some sugar in my bowl If He Changed My Name If I Should Lose You If You Could See Me Now If You Knew If You Knew / Let It Be Me Il Ny A Pas dAmour Hereaux Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Ill Look Around Im Going Back Home Im Gonna Leave You I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket Images In Love in Vain In the Dark In the Evening By the Moonlight In the Morning Isnt It a Pity Isn't This a Lovely Day It Bes That Way Sometime It Bes That Way Sometimes It Dont Mean A Thing It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) It Might As Well Be Spring Its Cold Out Here I've Got the World on a String Jelly Roll Jim July Tree Just in Time Just Like A Woman Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues Just Say I Love Him Keeper of the Flame Lady Sings The Blues Lass of the Low Country Last Rose of Summer Laziest Gal in Town Let It Be Me Let's Do it Lilac Wine Little Girl Blue Little Liza Jane Little Liza Jean Lonesome Cities Look of Love Love In Vain Love Me or Leave Me Love O' Love Love OLove Lover Man Loves Been Good To Me Lullaby of Birdland Lush Life Make Love to Me Man With A Horn Marriage Is For Old Folks Marry Me Memphis in June Merry Mending Mississippi Goddam Misty Mood Indigo Moon Over Alabama Moonlight in Vermont More I See You The Music For Lovers My baby just care for me My Father My Foolish Heart My Funny valentine My Heart Belongs to Daddy My Man My Mans Gone Now My Way Ne Me Quitte Pas Near To You Nearer Blessed Lord New Blowtop Blues New World Coming Nice Work If You Can Get It Night And Day Night Song No Good Man No Opportunity Necessary No Experience Neede No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed Nobody Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out Obeah Woman Of This I'm Sure Old Devil Moon Old Jim Crow One September Day O-o-h Child Other Woman Our Love Our Love (Will See Us Through) Papa Can You Hear Me? Passing Strangers Pirate Jenny Plain Gold Ring Please Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood Please Read Me Poppies Porgy Porgy I Is Your Woman Now Pusher Rags And Old Iron Rags Old Iron Real Real Revolution Revolution, Pt. 1 Rich Girl Satin Doll Save Me See - Line Woman See-Line Woman Seems Im Never Tired of Lovin You September Song Silver City Bound Since My Love Has Gone Sinner Man Sinnerman [Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix] Slow Down Solitaire Solitude Something To Live For Spring Is Here Stardust Stars Stars Fell on Alabama Stella By Starlight Stompin At the Savoy Stop Strange Fruit Sugar In My Bowl Summertime Sunday in Savannah Suzanne Take Care of Business Take Me To the Water Take My Hand Precious Lord Tell It Like It Is Tell Me More Tell Me More And More And Then Some Tell Me More And More And Then Some More Tenderly Thats All Thats All I Ask Thats All I Want From You Thats Him Over There The Backlash Blues The Ballad of Hollis Brown The Desperate Ones The Family The Folks Who Live on the Hill The Gal from Joes The Gin House Blues The House of the Rising Sun The Human Touch The Last Rose of Summer The Laziest Gal in Town The Man With A Horn The More I See You The Other Woman The Pusher The Thrill Is Gone The Turning Point The Twelfth of Never Theme from Middle of the Night Theme from Sanson and Delilah Theme from Sayonara They Can't Take That Away From Me This Years Kisses Thrill Is Gone Times They Are A Changing To Be Young Gifted To Be Young Gifted andamp; Black Tomorrow Tomorrow Is My Turn Tomorrow Is My Turn (L'Amour C'est Comme un Jour) Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More) Trouble in Mind Trouble in the Mind Try a Little Tenderness Turn Me On Turn! Turn! Turn! Turning Point Twelfth of Never Under a Blanket of Blue Until the Real Thing Comes Along We'll Be Together Again What More Can I Say Whatever I Am (You Made Me) When I Was A Young Girl When I Was in My Prime Where Can I Go Without You Who Am I? Who Knows Where the Time Goes Why? Why Keep On Breaking My Heart Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) Wild As The Wind Wild Is The Wind Willow Weep For Me W-O-M-A-N Work Song You Better Know It You Can Have Him You Do Something To Me You Don't Know What Love Is You Took My Teeth You Turned the Tables on Me Youd Be So Nice To Come Home To Youll Never Walk Alone Young Gifted and Black Young Knight Youve Been Gone Too Long You've Changed Youve Got To Learn
Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sɪˈmoʊn/ NEE-nə sim-OHN; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
The sixth of eight children born into a poor family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism. In 2003, just days before her death, the institute awarded her an honorary degree.
Early in her career, to make a living, Simone played piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano". She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist. She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with Little Girl Blue. She released her first and biggest hit single in the United States in 1959 with "I Loves You, Porgy" which peaked inside the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Simone also became known for her work in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s, and she later fled the United States and settled in France following the assassination of her friend Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. She lived and performed in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In 1991, Simone published her autobiography, I Put a Spell on You (taking the title from her famous 1965 album), and she continued to perform and attract audiences until her death.
Rolling Stone has ranked Simone as one of the greatest singers of all time on various lists.
Birth Name: Eunice Kathleen WaymonThe sixth of eight children born into a poor family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism. In 2003, just days before her death, the institute awarded her an honorary degree.
Early in her career, to make a living, Simone played piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano". She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist. She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with Little Girl Blue. She released her first and biggest hit single in the United States in 1959 with "I Loves You, Porgy" which peaked inside the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Simone also became known for her work in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s, and she later fled the United States and settled in France following the assassination of her friend Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. She lived and performed in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In 1991, Simone published her autobiography, I Put a Spell on You (taking the title from her famous 1965 album), and she continued to perform and attract audiences until her death.
Rolling Stone has ranked Simone as one of the greatest singers of all time on various lists.
Born: February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: April 21, 2003 (at age of 70) in Carry-le-Rouet, France
Spouse(s): Donald Ross (m. 1958; div. 1960)
Andy Stroud (m. 1961; div. 1971)
Genre(s): Jazz, R&B, classical, folk, gospel, blues, soul
Instrument(s): Vocals, piano
Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, activist
Active From: 1954-2003