Nina Simone Sings the Blues

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Released 1967 Producer Danny Davis Artist Nina Simone Label RCA Victor		Recorded RCA Victor's studio B Sings the Blues(1967) Silk & Soul(1967) Release date 1967

Genres Blues, Jazz, Soul music, Pop music, Folk music, Vocal music Similar Nina Simone albums, Blues albums

Sings the Blues is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. This was Simone's first album for RCA Records after previously recording for Colpix Records and Philips Records. The album was also reissued in 2006 with bonus tracks, and re-packaged in 1991 by RCA/Novus as a 17-track compilation under the title The Blues.

Song information

"My Man's Gone Now", from the opera Porgy & Bess by George Gershwin.

"Backlash Blues", one of Simone's civil rights songs. The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes.

"I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl", based on a song by Simone's great example, Bessie Smith, but with somewhat different lyrics.

"The House of the Rising Sun", previously recorded by Simone in 1962 on Nina At The Village Gate. After its cover by The Animals became a hit she re-recorded it. The fast-paced version on this album is completely different from the slow, intimate version Simone recorded earlier on Nina at the Village Gate (1962).