Strange Fruit

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1I Loves You Porgy (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
live 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”
5:12
2Since My Lover Has Gone (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
3:54
3Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
live 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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
3:40
4Lovin’ Woman (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
2:22
5Baubles, Bangles and Beads (live in Atlantic City, 1956)
live cover recording of:
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (from “Kismet”)
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)
2:49
7If Only for Tonight (single version)
3:05
8Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (single version)
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) 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)
2:19
10Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
3:10
11I Loves You Porgy (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
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)
4:28
13Remind Me (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
3:47
14Since My Lover Has Gone (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
4:00
15The Thrill Is Gone (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (1951 blues song)
writer:
BB King, Jules Bihari, 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 and Sounds Of Lucille, Inc.
5:38
16Blue Prelude (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
cover recording of:
Blue Prelude
lyricist:
Gordon Jenkins
composer:
Joe Bishop
4:40
17Spring Is Here (Monk Higgins Philadelphia sessions)
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)
4:38
▼ CD 2
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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)
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
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) 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
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)
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)
cover recording of:
Sunday in Savannah
lyricist and composer:
Hugh M. MacKay
2:25
6I’ll Look Around (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
cover recording of:
I’ll Look Around
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)
4:43
8When I Was in My Prime (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
cover recording of:
When I Was in My Prime (Nina Simone)
writer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:23
9Zungo (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
3:05
10For All We Know (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, August 13 1961)
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
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)
5:37
12Erets Zavat Chalav (CBS Camera Three TV Broadcast, November 25, 1962)
recording of:
Eretz zavat chalav u’dvash
3:11
13I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (live in NewYork, early 1960s)
live recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist), Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
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)
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
3:27