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"Piano in the Dark" was released in early 1988, nine years after Russell's previous charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 (1979's "So Good, So Right"). The ballad [ 1 ] [ 4 ] gained heavy airplay and became Russell's biggest hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 , number 8 on the R&B chart [ 5 ] and number 3 on the Adult ...
Get Here is the fourth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Brenda Russell.Released in 1988, it is Russell's most successful album to date and includes her hit single "Piano in the Dark" as well as the minor hit title track, "Get Here," which became an international success for Oleta Adams three years later.
The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," based on a song by Simone's great example, Bessie Smith, but with somewhat different lyrics. "The House of the Rising Sun" was previously recorded live by Simone in 1962 on Nina at the Village Gate.
Nina Simone, "Black Is the Color...": A Book of Rare Photographs of Adolescence, Family and Early Career with Quotes in Her Own Words. Introduction by Lisa Simone Kelly. Philadelphia: Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-599-26670-1. [self-published source] Todd, Traci N. (2021). Nina: A Story of Nina Simone. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 9781524737283.
Nina Simone at the Village Gate is a live album by singer Nina Simone.Released in early 1962, it was her third live album for Colpix (and sixth album overall). The album was recorded at The Village Gate, a nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York in late March 1961, nearly a year before it saw release. [1]
The song's lyrics are an interpolation from "Piano in the Dark", a 1988 hit song by Brenda Russell. [1] For this song, the line was performed by Kelli-Leigh (vocals) along with Hal Ritson (back vocals). "Cry (Just a Little)" was released in Belgium as a digital download on 18 May 2011 and was released in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2011.
Nina is the third studio album by Filipina singer Nina, released in the Philippines on August 23, 2006, by Warner Music Philippines. [1] After the success of her cover album Nina Live!, Nina released an all-original studio album as a follow-up.
In 2010, pianist Bryan Wright recorded the composition on piano and released it on Rivermont along with the three other piano compositions by Bix Beiderbecke: "In a Mist" (1927), "Candlelights" (1930), and "Flashes" (1931). A copy of a 1931 "In the Dark" sheet music cover was dedicated and signed by Bix Beiderbecke to trumpeter Leo McConville: