NE ME QUITTE PAS - NINA SIMONE - (1965)

Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 -- April 21, 2003), also known by her stage name Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sɨˈmoʊn/), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
Born the sixth child of a preacher's family in North Carolina, Nina's prodigious musical talent encouraged her ambition to become the first black concert pianist, but the realities of poverty and racial prejudice forced her to reconsider. Her musical path changed direction after she was turned down for full scholarship at a prestigious music institute - the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia. She began playing in a small club in Phildelphia to fund her continuing musical education to become a classical pianist, and was required to sing. She was approached for a recording by Bethlehem Records, and "I love you Porgy" became a smash hit in America in 1958. Over her career, Simone recorded over 40 albums, mostly between 1958 — when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue — and 1974. Her original style arose from a fusion of gospel and pop songs with classical music, in particular her first inspiration, classical composer Bach, and accompanied with her expressive jazz-like singing in characteristic low tenor. She injected as much of her classical background into her music as possible to give it more depth and quality, and as she felt that pop music was inferior. Also, her intuitive grasp on the audience/performer relationship was gained from a unique background of playing piano accompaniment for church revivals and sermons regularly from the early age of six years. After twenty years of performing, she became involved in the civil rights movement and the direction of her life shifted once more. Simone's music was highly influential in the fight black people faced for equal rights at this time in America, regardless of race]. Her powerful music was a source of inspiration and enjoyment for her generation, and continues to be for those that follow.

I Put a Spell on You (album)
Put a Spell on You is a 1965 album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933--2003) for Philips Records. It features some of Simone's best known songs.

Information about songs on this album"I Put a Spell on You", a song originally by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. The original version gave the song an ironic theme, but Nina transformed it into a thrilling lovesong, complete with horns and strings. It had become one of her most well known songs. She used the title for her autobiography I Put A Spell On You (1992). The Beatles drew inspiration from the song for their song "Michelle".[1]
"Tomorrow Is My Turn", an English translation of a French song by Charles Aznavour. "NE ME QUITTE PAS ", a rendition of the song by Jacques Brel. Simone's version was so well received (even stated that it was the only believable version besides that of Brel himself[citation needed]) that it became one of her own standards in her live repertoire. "Feeling Good", Nina's version of this Broadway song has been covered by many artists including Muse and Michael Bublé. A sample of the song also featured on Mary J Blige's song "About You" on the album The Breakthrough (2006). Katie Melua also sang the song on her tour for the album Call off the Search, which is to be found on a double disc live DVD. Juelz Santana (with Lil Wayne) sampled Feeling Good on their mixtape hit Birds Flyin High.

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