''Nina's Choice'' is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, ...
. It is a compilation of singles from previous albums at
Colpix Records
Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia (Col) and Pictures (Pix). CBS, which owned Columbia Records, then sued Columbia Pictures for trademark infringement ov ...
.
Track listing
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Trouble In Mind", live recording from ''
Nina Simone at Newport
''Nina Simone at Newport'' is a live album by jazz singer and musician Nina Simone. It was released in August 1960; the recording taken from a concert held at the Newport Jazz Festival earlier in the year, on 30 June 1960. The album was her fourt ...
'' (1960)
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Memphis In June", from ''
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from Eden.
As a ...
'' (1960)
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Cotton Eyed Joe
"Cotton-Eyed Joe" (also known as "Cotton-Eye Joe") is a traditional American country folk song popular at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South. The song is ...
", from ''
Nina Simone at Town Hall
''Nina Simone at Town Hall'' (aka ''At Town Hall'') is the third album by Nina Simone, released in December 1959. It was her third album of that year, her second album for Colpix Records, and her first live album. Or rather, mostly live. The basis ...
'' (1959)
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Work Song
A work song is a piece of music closely connected to a form of work, either sung while conducting a task (usually to coordinate timing) or a song linked to a task which might be a connected narrative, description, or protest song.
Definitions and ...
", from ''Forbidden Fruit''
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Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from Eden.
As a ...
", from ''Forbidden Fruit''
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Little Liza Jane
"Li'l Liza Jane", also known as "Little Liza Jane", "Liza Jane", and "Goodbye Liza Jane", is a song dating back at least to the 1910s. It has become a perennial standard both as a song and an instrumental in traditional jazz, folk music, and blu ...
", live recording from ''
Nina Simone at Newport
''Nina Simone at Newport'' is a live album by jazz singer and musician Nina Simone. It was released in August 1960; the recording taken from a concert held at the Newport Jazz Festival earlier in the year, on 30 June 1960. The album was her fourt ...
'' (1960)
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Rags And Old Iron", from ''Forbidden Fruit''
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You Can Have Him
"You Can Have Him" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1949 musical ''Miss Liberty'', where it was introduced by Allyn McLerie and Mary McCarty.
It is not to be confused with Roy Hamilton's 1961 hit "You Can Have Her", which has la ...
", live recording from ''Nina Simone at Town Hall'' (1959)
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Just Say I Love Him", from ''Forbidden Fruit''
References
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1963 compilation albums
Nina Simone compilation albums
Colpix Records compilation albums