Description
180 GR/INSERT/INCL 7 bonus TRACKS/FIRST time on vinyl!
Artist
American singer, songwriter, pianist.
Born: 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA.
Died: 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (aged 70).
Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent.
She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and playing to raise the money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To fund her family she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she was also required to sing and built up a devoted following.
She recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" which became a US Top 40 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.
Her repertoire went on to embrace numerous Civil Rights anthems, a movement for which she was a passionate and prominent supporter. She left the US in the 1970s, moving first to Barbados, and some other places, including Africa and the Netherlands, before eventually settling in France where she died from cancer in 2003.
Nina's voice drew heavily on other music forms. It was infused with gospel, blues, soul, jazz, R&B, and folk. And it found a wider audience late in her life when "My Baby Just Cares For Me" became an unlikely UK chart hit when it featured in a TV ad campaign.
In fact her music stayed very popular with advertisers as her tracks have been used to promote a multitude of products on TV, including yoghurt ("Ain't Got No (I Got Life)"), Diet Coke ("I Put A Spell On You"), cars ("Sinnerman"), fabric conditioner ("Feeling Good"), and perfume ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"), et al.
Tracks
A1
A Single Woman
A2
Lonesome Cities
A3
If I Should Lose You
A4
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
A5
Love's Been Good To Me
A6
Papa, Can You Hear Me?
A7
Il N'y A Pas D'Amour Heureux
B1
Just Say I Love Him
B2
The More I See You
B3
Marry Me
B4
The Long And Winding Road
B5
I'M Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
B6
Baseball Boogie
B7
No Woman, No Cry
B8
Do I Move You?
B9
The Times They Are A-Changin'
B10
Sign ‘O' The Times
Releases
Formats
CD, Cassette, Minidisc, Vinyl
Labels
Music On Vinyl, Elektra
Countries
Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe