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According to Tom Schnabel of KCRW, [3] he was told that Nina Simone's "See-line Woman" was a 19th-century seaport song about sailors coming into port (such as Charleston or New Orleans) and prostitutes waiting for them, lined up along the dock, hence the term 'sea line' (a line of women by the sea) or alternatively, "see-line" (women standing ...
"Ain't Got No, I Got Life" is a 1968 single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album 'Nuff Said. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The combination of the two songs was rewritten by Simone to suit her purpose.
She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre ...
Nina Simone – piano, vocals on all tracks, and arranger on track 10; Rudy Stevenson – flute on track 9; Lisle Atkinson – percussion on track 9; Bobby Hamilton – drums on track 9; Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on tracks 1,5,7,8,10,11,13; Hal Mooney – arranger and conductor on tracks 2,3,4,6,12; unknown orchestra
It was performed here for the first time. The song was heavily cut from the longer original recording, which featured a lot of Simone's monologue. "Ain't Got No, I Got Life", a medley from the musical Hair (Rado, Ragni, MacDermot). It became a hit in Europe, reaching number two on the British charts and number one on the Dutch charts. [1]
A Single Woman (1993) The Very Best of Nina Simone ... The Very Best of Nina Simone is a compilation album of ... Track listing. Ain't Got No, I Got Life" – 2:17 ...
"Mississippi Goddam", Nina wrote this civil rights song after four black girls died during a church bombing, first featured on Nina Simone in Concert (1964). "Moon over Alabama", together with "Mississippi Goddam". Nina sings this song to show that the two songs have a similar melody. She, therefore, switches between them during the performance.
Black Gold is a live album by American jazz musician Nina Simone recorded in 1969 at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City.She got a 1971 nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, but lost to Aretha Franklin's cover of "Don't Play That Song".