Strange Fruit

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1I Loves You Porgy (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
cover demo recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (in 1956)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
5:12
2Since My Lover Has Gone (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
cover demo recording of:
Since My Love Has Gone (in 1956)
writer:
Jack Aaron (co-writer of "Since My Love Has Gone") (in 1951) and Herbert Wasserman (jazz drummer) (in 1951)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
publisher:
Dartmouth Music (ASCAP)
is based on:
La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta)
3:54
3Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
cover demo recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
3:40
4Lovin’ Woman (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
cover demo recording of:
Loving Woman Is Waste Of Time (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Anderson
2:22
5Baubles, Bangles and Beads (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
cover demo recording of:
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (from “Kismet”) (in 1956)
writer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. and Scheffel Music Corp
is based on:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: II. Scherzo. Allegro
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
3:21
6Since My Lover Has Gone (single version)
arranger:
Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
recording of:
Since My Love Has Gone
writer:
Jack Aaron (co-writer of "Since My Love Has Gone") (in 1951) and Herbert Wasserman (jazz drummer) (in 1951)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
publisher:
Dartmouth Music (ASCAP)
is based on:
La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta)
2:49
7If Only for Tonight (single version)
arranger:
Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
3:05
8Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (single version)
conductor:
Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
arranger:
Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:44
9Come on Back, Jack (single version)
conductor:
Ralph Burns
arranger:
Ralph Burns
cover recording of:
Come on Back, Jack
lyricist:
Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
composer:
Leon Carr
2:19
10Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
3:10
11I Loves You Porgy (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
live cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (from 1954 until 1955)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
4:04
12Near to You (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
recording of:
Near to You
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Henry King (American bandleader and pianist)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
4:28
13Remind Me (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
cover recording of:
Remind Me
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1940)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1940)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co.
3:47
14Since My Lover Has Gone (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
cover recording of:
Since My Love Has Gone (ended)
writer:
Jack Aaron (co-writer of "Since My Love Has Gone") (in 1951) and Herbert Wasserman (jazz drummer) (in 1951)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
publisher:
Dartmouth Music (ASCAP)
is based on:
La traviata: Atto III. “Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti” (Violetta)
4:00
15The Thrill Is Gone (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1955)
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (1951 blues song)
writer:
Roy Hawkins (in 1951) and Rick Darnell (in 1951)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Grosvenor House Music, Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc., Pamco Music Inc., Powerforce Music, Sounds Of Lucille, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
5:38
16Blue Prelude (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
cover recording of:
Blue Prelude
lyricist:
Gordon Jenkins
composer:
Joe Bishop
4:40
17Spring Is Here (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recorded in:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1954 until 1955)
recording engineer:
Frank Clark
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Monk Higgins (in 1970)
recorded at:
Tangerine / RPM Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1970: strings)
cover recording of:
Spring Is Here
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
4:22
18You Don’t Know What Love Is (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:38
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1I Love to Love (live in Lake Meadows Club, Chicago, 1960)
live cover recording of:
I Love to Love (Herbert Baker song) (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Herbert Baker
5:25
2Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (live in Lake Meadows Club, Chicago, 1960)
live cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
7:58
3Love Me or Leave Me (live at the Ed Sullivan Show, 1960)
live cover recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1960-09-11)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
2:50
4I Loves You Porgy (live at the Ed Sullivan Show, 1960)
live cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1960-09-11)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
3:53
5Sunday in Savannah (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
guitar:
Al Schackman
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-08-13)
live cover recording of:
Sunday in Savannah (on 1961-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Hugh M. MacKay
part of:
Martin Luther King Suite
22:25
6I’ll Look Around (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist)
double bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (on 1961-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1961-08-13)
electric guitar:
Al Schackman (on 1961-08-13)
guitar:
Al Schackman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Colpix Records (a/k/a Colpix Records) (in 1961)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-08-13)
live cover recording of:
I’ll Look Around (on 1961-08-13)
lyricist:
Douglass Cross (US songwriter)
composer:
George Cory
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:52
7Instrumental Blues (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist)
double bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (on 1961-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1961-08-13)
electric guitar:
Al Schackman (on 1961-08-13)
guitar:
Al Schackman
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-08-13)
4:43
8When I Was in My Prime (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
guitar:
Al Schackman (on 1961-08-13)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1961-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1994)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-08-13)
live cover recording of:
When I Was in My Prime (Nina Simone) (on 1961-08-13)
writer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:23
9Zungo (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
guitar:
Al Schackman
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-08-13)
live cover recording of:
Zungo (Olatunji) (on 1961-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Babatunde Olatunji
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:05
10For All We Know (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (on 1961-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1961-08-13)
guitar:
Al Schackman (on 1961-08-13)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-08-13)
live cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song) (on 1961-08-13)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
3:56
11Porgy & Bess Medley: Strawberry Woman / Crab Man / I Loves You Porgy (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, November 25, 1962)
bass:
Lisle Atkinson
congas:
Roger “Montego Joe” Sanders
guitar:
Remo Palmier
percussion:
Warren Smith (jazz percussionist)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-11-25)
live medley including a cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1962-11-25)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
5:37
12Erets Zavat Chalav (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, November 25, 1962)
bass:
Lisle Atkinson
congas:
Roger “Montego Joe” Sanders
guitar:
Remo Palmier
percussion:
Warren Smith (jazz percussionist)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-11-25)
live cover recording of:
Eretz zavat chalav u’dvash (on 1962-11-25)
3:11
13I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (live in NewYork, early 1960s)
producer:
Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
conductor:
Ralph Burns
arranger:
Ralph Burns
recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
live recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
2:46
14Strange Fruit (live in NewYork, early 1960s)
cover recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
live cover recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
43:27