Nina Simone and Her Friends

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Nina Simone and Her Friends
Compilation album by
Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Chris Connor
Released1960
Recorded1954; 1957[1]
VenueNew York (various)[1]
GenreJazz
LabelBethlehem
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album released in 1960 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 - with the exception of her 1959 hit single "I Loves You, Porgy" were "left overs" from the recording sessions for her 1959 debut album Little Girl Blue and released without her knowledge. The tracks by Connor and McRae had already been issued together this way, as Bethlehem's Girlfriends, in 1956, accompanied by the debut recording session of Julie London.

Notes on songs

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  • "I Loves You, Porgy" had already appeared on Little Girl Blue (1959) and as a single of the same year where it became a Billboard Chart top 20 hit.
  • "African Mailman", is an instrumental song by Simone.

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)SingerLength
1."He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"TraditionalNina Simone 
2."Cottage for Sale"Willard Robison, Larry ConleyChris Connor 
3."Old Devil Moon"Burton Lane, E.Y. HarburgCarmen McRae 
4."I Loves You, Porgy"George Gershwin, Ira GershwinNina Simone 
5."Try a Little Tenderness"Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. WoodsChris Connor 
6."You Made Me Care"Chuck Darwin, Paulette GirardCarmen McRae 
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)SingerLength
1."For All We Know"J. Fred Coots, Sam M. LewisNina Simone 
2."What Is There to Say?"Vernon Duke, E. Y. HarburgChris Connor 
3."Too Much in Love to Care"Carmen McRaeCarmen McRae 
4."African Mailman"Nina Simone)Nina Simone 
5."Good Bye"Gordon JenkinsChris Connor 
6."Carmen McRae"Last Time for LoveCarmen McRae 

Personnel (for tracks by Simone only)

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Nina Simone and Her Friends + the Original Nina Si".
  2. ^ Allmusic review
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