Nina Simone with Strings explained

Nina Simone with Strings
Type:	Album
Artist:	Nina Simone
Cover:	Ninasimonewithstrings.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	1961–1964, New York City
Genre:	Vocal, jazz, blues, folk
Label:	Colpix 496
Prev Title:	Folksy Nina
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Nina Simone in Concert
Next Year:	1964

Nina Simone with Strings is an album by Nina Simone. After her contract with Colpix Records had expired, the label took unissued recordings by Simone and sweetened them with a string ensemble. The album was released after the singer had left the label.^[1]

In the UK, the album's version of "I Loves You Porgy" was used in television commercials in 1997 by the mobile telephone operator Orange.^[2]

Track listing

1. "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:00
2. "Blackbird" (Nina Simone) - 2:06
3. "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" (Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner) - 2:38
4. "Baubles Bangles and Beads" (Robert Wright, George Forrest) - 2:04
5. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:37
6. "That's All" (Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt) - 2:24
7. "Chain Gang (The Work Song)" (Nat Adderley) - 2:40
8. "The Man with a Horn" (Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake) - 3:17
9. "Porgy I Is Your Woman Now (Bess, You is My Woman)" (George and Ira Gershwin) - 3:22
10. "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" (Bessie Smith) - 2:05

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unterberger . Richie . Nina Simone: Nina Simone with Strings . . February 22, 2020.
2. Web site: Orange spends pounds 15m in pre-Christmas blitz .