The Platinum Collection: 60 All Time Classics

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

CD Release of Platinum Collection

Tracklist

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1He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1957-12)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1957-12)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bethlehem Records (in 1959)
cover recording of:
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (in 1957-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Thandewye Music
3:09
2Work Song
cover recording of:
Work Song (lyrics added by Oscar Brown Jr.)
lyricist:
Oscar Brown Jr.
composer:
Nat Adderley
publisher:
Upam Music Co. and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ
version of:
Work Song (original instrumental)
2:32
3Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd., EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:40
4Blue Prelude
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959-04)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1959-04)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1959-04)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959-04)
cover recording of:
Blue Prelude (in 1959-04)
lyricist:
Gordon Jenkins
composer:
Joe Bishop
3:19
5That’s Him Over There
cover recording of:
That’s Him Over There
lyricist:
Marilyn Bergman
composer:
Lew Spence
2:29
6Children Go Where I Send You
cover recording of:
Children Go Where I Send Thee
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 133)
2:49
7Theme From “Middle of the Night”2:27
8Fine and Mellow (live)
live cover recording of:
Fine and Mellow
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co.
3:22
9You Better Know It
cover recording of:
You Better Know It
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington
2:26
10Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair (live)
live cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Nina Simone
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
3:27
11He Was Too Good to Me (live)4:55
12Something to Live For
cover recording of:
Something to Live For (1938 Billy Strayhorn jazz composition)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn
2:57
13In the Evening by the Moonlight (live)
live cover recording of:
In the Evening by the Moonlight (1879 song)
lyricist and composer:
James A. Bland (in 1879)
6:12
14The Other Woman (live)
live cover recording of:
The Other Woman
lyricist and composer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Thandewye Music
3:01
15Return Home (live)
live recording of:
Return Home
composer:
Nina Simone
5:14
16For All We Know
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
double bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1957-12)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1957-12)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bethlehem Records (in 1959)
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song) (in 1957-12)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
3:59
17Exactly Like You (live)
live cover recording of:
Exactly Like You
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (in 1930)
writer:
Fritz Löhner-Beda
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (in 1930)
3:09
18Little Liza Jane (live)
live cover recording of:
Little Liza Jane
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
4:33
19The Gal From Joe’s
cover recording of:
The Gal From Joe’s
composer:
Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
2:14
20I Like the Sunrise3:02