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| Nina Simone and Her Friends | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | 1960 |
| Recorded | 1954; 1957[1] |
| Venue | New York (various)[1] |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Bethlehem |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album released in 1960 by theBethlehem Records label, that compiled songs by jazz singersNina Simone,Carmen McRae andChris 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 albumLittle Girl Blue and released without her knowledge. The tracks by Connor and McRae had already been issued together this way, asBethlehem's Girlfriends, in 1956, accompanied by the debut recording session ofJulie London.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Singer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | Traditional | Nina Simone | |
| 2. | "Cottage for Sale" | Willard Robison,Larry Conley | Chris Connor | |
| 3. | "Old Devil Moon" | Burton Lane,E.Y. Harburg | Carmen McRae | |
| 4. | "I Loves You, Porgy" | George Gershwin,Ira Gershwin | Nina Simone | |
| 5. | "Try a Little Tenderness" | Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly,Harry M. Woods | Chris Connor | |
| 6. | "You Made Me Care" | Chuck Darwin, Paulette Girard | Carmen McRae |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Singer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "For All We Know" | J. Fred Coots,Sam M. Lewis | Nina Simone | |
| 2. | "What Is There to Say?" | Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg | Chris Connor | |
| 3. | "Too Much in Love to Care" | Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | |
| 4. | "African Mailman" | Nina Simone) | Nina Simone | |
| 5. | "Good Bye" | Gordon Jenkins | Chris Connor | |
| 6. | "Carmen McRae" | Last Time for Love | Carmen McRae |
