Nina Simone discography

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Nina Simone discography
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Portrait of Nina Simone in concert in Morlaix, France during 1982
Studio albums19
Live albums14

Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and arranger.

Albums[]

List of studio albums, with selected information
Year Title Peak chart positions Type Label Certifications
US
[1] 		US
R&B
[2] 		US
Jazz
[3] 		UK
[4] 		AUS
[5] 		NL
[6] 		FRA
[7]
1959 Little Girl Blue ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio Bethlehem Records
The Amazing Nina Simone ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live and studio Colpix Records
Nina Simone at Town Hall ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
1960 Nina Simone at Newport ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live
1961 Forbidden Fruit ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio
1962 Nina at the Village Gate ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live
Nina Simone Sings Ellington ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio
1963 Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live
1964 Folksy Nina ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
Nina Simone in Concert 102 ― ― ― ― ― ― Philips Records
Broadway-Blues-Ballads ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio
1965 I Put a Spell on You 99 ― ―[A] 18 ― ― ―
Pastel Blues 139 8 18[B] ― ― ― ―
1966 Let It All Out ― 19 ― ― ― ― ― Live and studio
Wild Is the Wind 110 12 ― ― ― ― ― Studio
1967 High Priestess of Soul ― 29 ― ― ― ― ―
Nina Simone Sings the Blues ― 29 37[C] ― ― ― ― RCA Records
Silk & Soul 158 24 ― ― ― ― ―
1968 'Nuff Said! ― 44 ― 11 ― 8 ― Live and studio
1969 Nina Simone and Piano ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio
To Love Somebody ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
1970 Black Gold 149 21 ― ― ― ― ― Live
1971 Here Comes the Sun 190 ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio
1972 Emergency Ward ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live and studio
Live in Europe ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live Trip Records
1974 It Is Finished ― ― ― ― ― ― ― RCA Records
1978 Baltimore ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio CTI Records
1982 Fodder on My Wings ― ― 22[D] ― ― ― ― Carrere
1985 Nina's Back ― ― ― ― ― ― ― VPI
Live & Kickin ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live
1987 Let It Be Me ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Verve
Live at Ronnie Scott's ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Hendring-Wadham
1993 A Single Woman ― ― 19 ― ― ― ― Studio Elektra Records
Additional releases
1959 Nina Simone and Her Friends ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio (compilation with four tracks by Simone) Bethlehem Records
1963 Nina's Choice ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Compilation Colpix Records
1965 Sincerely Nina ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Philips Records
1966 Nina Simone with Strings ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Studio (strings added) Colpix
1970 Gifted & Black ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Canyon Records (Hollywood)
The Best of Nina Simone 189 ― ― ― ― ― ― Compilation RCA Records / BMG
1972 Sings Billie Holiday – Lady Sings the Blues ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live Stroud
1973 Live at Berkeley ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
Gospel According to Nina Simone ― ― ― ― ― ― ―
1974 Portrait of Nina ― 40 ― ― ― ― ― Compilation
1977 Lamentations ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live Versatile
1979 A Very Rare Evening ― ― ― ― ― ― ― PM Records
1984 Backlash ― ― ― ― ― ― ― StarJazz
1987 My Baby Just Cares For Me ― ― ― 56 47 13 ― Charly Records
1987 The Nina Simone Collection ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Compilation Deja Vu
1988 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Mercury
1989 Nina Simone - Compact Jazz ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Mercury
1994 The Rising Sun Collection ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live Enja
Verve Jazz Masters, Vol. 17 ― ― 32 ― ― ― ― Compilation PolyGram
The Essential Nina Simone, Vol. 2 ― ― 41 ― ― ― ― Sony Legacy
Best Of ― ― ―[E] ― ― ― ―
1995 After Hours ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Verve
1997 Released ― ― ― ― ― ― ― RCA Victor Europe
1997 Blue For You - The Very Best Of ― ― ― 12 ― ― ― Global Television
1997 Saga of the Good Life and Hard Times ― ― ― ― ― ― ― RCA
1997 Ultimate Nina Simone ― ― ―[F] ― ― ― Verve
1998 I Got Life And Many Others ― ― ― ― ― 19 ― Compilaton
2000 Bittersweet: The Very Best of Nina Simone ― ― ―[G] ― ― ― ― House of Hits
2003 Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Verve
Gold ― ― ― 27 ― ― ― Universal / UCJ
Anthology ― ― 27 ― ― ― ― RCA / BMG Heritage
The Diva Series: Nina Simone ― ― ―[H] ― ― ― ― Verve
2004 Nina Simone's Finest Hour ― ― ―[I] ― ― ― ― ― Verve / Universal
Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone ― ― ― 9 ― ― ― Verve / Polygram TV
2005 The Soul of Nina Simone ― ― ―[J] ― ― ― ― Compilation + DVD RCA DualDisc
Nina Simone Live at Montreux 1976 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― DVD Eagle Eye Media
Nina Simone Live ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Kultur / Creative Arts Television
Love Songs ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Compilation Sony BMG
Jazz Biography Series ― ― ―[K] ― ― ― ― Universal
Nina Simone for Lovers ― ― 21 ― ― ― ― Verve
2006 The Very Best of Nina Simone ― ― ― 6 ― ― 126 Sony / BMG
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[10]
Remixed and Reimagined ― ― 11 ― ― ― ― Remix RCA / Legacy / SME
Forever Young, Gifted, & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit ― ― 43 ― ― ― ― RCA / SME
Songs to Sing: the Best of Nina Simone ― ― ― 92 ― ― ― Compilation Deluxe
The Definitive Collection ― ― 28 ― ― ― ― Hip-O
2007 Just Like A Woman: Nina Simone Sings Classic Songs of the 60s ― ― 50 ― ― ― ― Sony / Legacy / BMG
2008 To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story ― ― 24 ― ― ― ― Sony / Legacy / BMG
How it Feels to Be Free: Opus Collection ―[L] ― ― ― ― ― ― Sony
2009 The Definitive Rarities Collection – 50 Classic Cuts ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Artwork Media
Friends/Family/French Lessons ― ― 17 ― ― ― ― Andy Stroud, Inc.
2011 The Essential Nina Simone ― ― 10 ― ― ― ― Sony Legacy, RCA, BMG Heritage
S.O.U.L.: Nina Simone ― ― 16 ― ― ― ― Sony Legacy
2012 Greatest Hits ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Sinostate
2013 Purple Fields ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Savage Rose
Feels Good ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Savage Rose
Shout Out Loud ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Savage Rose
2014 Live in Germany 1989 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Live Immortal
2015 La légende ― ― ― ― ― ― 82
2016 Portrait ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Compilation Warner Music / X5 Music Group
The Other Woman ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Awa
2017 At High Altitude ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Cappo Digital
Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles ― ― 7 ― ― ― ― Bethlehem / BMG
The Colpix Singles ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Rhino
Platinum Collection ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Not Now
Hits ― ― ― ― ― ― ― New Continent
2018 7 Classic Albums ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Box Set Reel to Reel
2020 Work From Home With Nina Simone ― ― 8 ― ― ― ― Compilation UMG Recordings
Old Time Jazz ― ― ― ― ― ― ― Old Time Jazz
2021 The Montreux Years ― ― ― ― ― ― 134 BMG Right Managment

Singles[]

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Chart positions Certifications Album
US[13] US
R&B[14] 		UK[15]
1959 "Chilly Winds Don't Blow"
b/w "Solitaire" 		– – – The Amazing Nina Simone
"I Loves You, Porgy"
b/w "Love Me or Leave Me" 		18 2 – Little Girl Blue
"Little Girl Blue"
b/w "He Needs Me" 		– – –
"Children Go Where I Send You"
b/w "Willow Weep for Me" 		– – – The Amazing Nina Simone
"Don't Smoke in Bed"
b/w "African Mailman" (from Nina Simone and Her Friends) 		– – – Little Girl Blue
"The Other Woman"
b/w "It Might as Well Be Spring" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) 		– – – Nina Simone at Town Hall
1960 "Mood Indigo"
b/w "Central Park Blues" 		– – – Little Girl Blue
"For All We Know"
b/w "Good Bait" (from Little Girl Blue) 		– – – Nina Simone and Her Friends
"Summertime"
b/w "Fine and Mellow" 		– – – Nina Simone at Town Hall
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
b/w "Plain Gold Ring" 		– – – Little Girl Blue
"Since My Love Has Gone"
b/w "Tomorrow (We Shall Meet Once More)" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) 		– – – Serenade of Soul
"Central Park"
b/w "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (from Nina Simone and Her Friends) 		– – – Little Girl Blue
"If Only for Tonight"
b/w "Under the Lowest" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) 		– – – Non-album track
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
b/w "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) 		93 23 –
1961 "Trouble in Mind"
b/w "Cotton Eye Joe" (from Nina's Choice) 		92 11 – Nina at Newport
"Work Song"
b/w "Memphis in June" 		– – – Forbidden Fruit
"Gin House Blues"
b/w "You Can Have Him" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) 		– – –
"Come on Back, Jack"
b/w "You've Been Gone Too Long" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) 		– – – Non-album track
1962 "In the Evening by the Moonlight"
b/w "Chilly Winds Don't Blow" (from The Amazing Nina Simone) 		– – – Nina at Newport
"I Got It Bad"
b/w "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (Non-album track) 		– – – Nina Simone Sings Ellington
"My Baby Just Cares for Me"
b/w "He Needs Me" 		– – – Little Girl Blue
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"
b/w "Hey, Buddy Bolen" 		– – – Nina Simone Sings Ellington
"Exactly Like You"
b/w "Fine and Mellow" 		– – – Nina Simone at Town Hall
"Merry Mending"
b/w "Something to Live For" 		– – – Nina Simone Sings Ellington
"You Better Know It"
b/w "I Like the Sunrise" 		– – –
"It Don't Mean a Thing"
b/w "The Gal from Joe's" 		– – –
"I Can't Get Out of This Mood"
b/w "Willow Weep for Me" 		– – – The Amazing Nina Simone
1963 "Little Liza Jane"
b/w "Blackbird" (from Nina Simone With Strings) 		– – – Nina at Newport
1964 "I Loves You, Porgy"
b/w "Old Jim Crow" (Non-album track) 		– – – The Best of Nina Simone
"Mississippi Goddam" (released as "Mississippi *@!!?*@!")
b/w "Sea Lion Woman" (from Broadway-Blues-Ballads) 		– – –
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
b/w "A Monster" (Non-album track) 		– – – Broadway-Blues-Ballads
1965 "I Am Blessed"
b/w "How Can I" 		– – –
"I Put a Spell on You"
b/w "Gimme Some" 		– 23 49 I Put a Spell on You
"Either Way I Lose"
b/w "Break Down and Let It All Out" 		– – – Wild Is the Wind
1966 "Why Keep on Breaking My Heart"
b/w "I Love Your Lovin' Ways" 		– – –
"I Love You've Lovin' Ways"
b/w "See-Line Woman" (from Broadway-Blues-Ballads) 		– – –
"Four Women"
b/w "What More Can I Say" 		– – –
"Don't You Pay Them No Mind"
b/w "I'm Gonna Leave You" 		– – – High Priestess of Soul
1967 "Day and Night"
b/w "Do I Move You" 		– – – Nina Simone Sings the Blues
"You'll Go to Hell"
b/w "It Be's That Way Sometimes" 		– – – Silk & Soul
"I Wish I Knew"
b/w "Cherish" 		– – –
1968 "To Love Somebody"
b/w "I Can't See Nobody" 		– – 5 To Love Somebody
"Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)"—Part 1
b/w Part 2 		– – – 'Nuff Said!
"Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
b/w "Real Real" (from Nina Simone Sings the Blues) 		94 (1969) – 2
"Do What You Gotta Do"
b/w "Peace of Mind" 		83 43 2
1969 "I Put A Spell On You"
b/w "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (from Broadway-Blues-Ballads)
Reissue 		– – 28 I Put a Spell on You
"Revolution"—Part 1
b/w Part 2 		– 41 – To Love Somebody
"Suzanne"
b/w "Turn Turn Turn" 		– – –
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
b/w "Save Me" (Non-album track) 		76 8 – Black Gold
1970 "I Loves You Porgy"
b/w "My Baby Just Cares for Me"
A-side reissue of 1959 recording 		– – – Little Girl Blue
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
b/w "Assignment Song" 		– – – Black Gold
"Whatever I Am"
b/w "Why Must Your Love Well Be So Dry" 		– – – Non-album tracks
1971 "O-O-H Child"
b/w "New World Coming" 		– – – Here Comes the Sun
"Here Comes the Sun"
b/w "Angel of the Morning" 		– – –
1973 "Anytime, Anywhere"
b/w "Sunday in Savannah" 		– – – Gospel According To Nina Simone
"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"
b/w "The Assignment Song" 		– – – Live at Berkeley
"My Sweet Lord"/"Today Is a Killer"
b/w "Poppies" 		– – – Emergency Ward!
1978 "Baltimore"
b/w "Forget" 		– – – Baltimore
1979 "The Family"
b/w "That's All I Want from You" 		– – –
1987 "My Baby Just Cares for Me"
b/w "Little Girl Blue"
Original 1958/1959 recordings 		– – 5 Little Girl Blue
1994 "Feeling Good" (Original 1965 recording)
b/w "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (live, non-album track) 		– – 40 Feeling Good - The Very Best of Nina Simone
2003 "Sinnerman"
CD single with four different versions 		– – – Four Women - The Nina Simone Philips Recordings

References[]

  1. ^ I Put a Spell on You did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 11 on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart in 2020.[8]
  2. ^ 2020 reissue
  3. ^ 2006 reissue
  4. ^ 2020 reissue
  5. ^ Best Of did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 18 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  6. ^ Ultimate Simone did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 25 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  7. ^ Bittersweet: The Very Best of Nina Simone did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 23 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  8. ^ The Diva Series: Nina Simone did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 23 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  9. ^ Nina Simone's Finest Hour did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 22 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  10. ^ The Soul of Nina Simone did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 23 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  11. ^ Jazz Biography Series did not enter the US Jazz Albums chart, but did peak at number 23 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[8]
  12. ^ How It Feels to Be Free: Opus Collection did not enter the Billboard 200, but did peak at number three on the Catalog Albums chart.[12]
  1. ^ "Nina Simone Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nina Simone Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nina Simone Chart History: Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nina Simone Chart History: Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Australian Charts". Hung Median. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Dutch Charts". Dutch Charts. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Les Charts". Les Charts. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Nina Simone Chart History: TraditionalJazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "British certifications – Nina Simone". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 11, 2021. Type Nina Simone in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  11. ^ "French album certifications – Nina Simone" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved September 11, 2021. Select NINA SIMONE and click OK. 
  12. ^ "Nina Simone - Chart History (Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  13. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 643. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 402.
  15. ^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 703. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.

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