Name: Broadway-Blues-Ballads by Nina Simone
Brand: Nina Simone
SKU: 602577175398
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (91 reviews)

ALBUM

There's a lot more Broadway and a lot more ballads than blues on this, which ranks as one of Simone's weaker mid-'60s albums. Almost half the record features Broadway tunes on the order of Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hammerstein; most of the rest was composed by Bennie Benjamin, author of her first-rate "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," which the Animals covered for a hit shortly afterwards (and which leads off this record). The other Benjamin tunes are modified uptown soul with string arrangements and backup vocals in the vein of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," but aren't in the same league, although "How Can I?" is an engaging cha-cha. Besides "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," the album is most notable for the great "SeeLine Woman," a percolating call-and-response number that ranks as one of her best tracks.
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1. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

by Nina Simone

Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Performer: Horace Ott; Performer
Composer: Bennie Benjamin
Gloria Caldwell
Sol Marcus; Composer
Lyricist: Sol Marcus
Gloria Caldwell
Bennie Benjamin; Composer
Conductor: Horace Ott; Conductor
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Horace Ott; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gloria Caldwell
Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Other

2. Night Song

by Nina Simone

Performer: Hal Mooney; Performer
Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Composer: Lee Adams
Charles Strouse; Composer
Lyricist: Charles Strouse
Lee Adams; Composer
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Hal Mooney; Production
Composer Lyricist: Charles Strouse
Lee Adams; Other

3. The Laziest Gal In Town

by Nina Simone

Performer: Hal Mooney; Performer
Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Hal Mooney; Production
Composer Lyricist: Cole Porter; Other

4. Something Wonderful

by Nina Simone

Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Performer: Hal Mooney; Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Author: Oscar Hammerstein Ii; Production
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Hal Mooney; Production

5. Don't Take All Night

by Nina Simone

Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Performer: Horace Ott; Performer
Composer: Sol Marcus
Bennie Benjamin; Composer
Lyricist: Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Composer
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Horace Ott; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Other

6. Nobody

by Nina Simone

Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Performer: Hal Mooney; Performer
Composer: Bert A. Williams
Alex Rogers
Bert Williams; Composer
Lyricist: Alex Rogers
Bert A. Williams; Composer
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Hal Mooney; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bert A. Williams
Alex Rogers; Other

7. I Am Blessed

by Nina Simone

Performer: Horace Ott; Performer
Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Composer: Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Composer
Lyricist: Sol Marcus
Bennie Benjamin; Composer
Conductor: Horace Ott; Conductor
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Horace Ott; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Other

8. Of This I'm Sure

by Nina Simone

Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Performer: Horace Ott; Performer
Composer: Sol Marcus
Bennie Benjamin; Composer
Lyricist: Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Composer
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Horace Ott; Production
Composer Lyricist: Bennie Benjamin
Sol Marcus; Other

9. See-Line Woman

by Nina Simone

Double Bass: Lisle Atkinson; Performer
Primary Artist: Nina Simone; Main Performer
Drums: Bobby Hamilton; Performer
Flute: Rudy Stevenson; Performer
Guitar: Rudy Stevenson; Performer
Percussion: Lisle Atkinson; Performer
Performer: Rudy Stevenson
Nina Simone
Lisle Atkinson
Bobby Hamilton; Performer
Composer: George H. Bass
Nina Simone; Composer
Lyricist: Nina Simone
George H. Bass; Composer
Producer: Hal Mooney; Production
Recording Arrangement: Nina Simone; Production
Composer Lyricist: Nina Simone
George H. Bass; Other