Description

3 panel digipack / 6 bonus tracks/ incl. booklet

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

1 My Baby Just Cares For Me

2 Mood Indigo

3 Don't Smoke In Bed

4 He Needs Me

5 Little Girl Blue

6 Love Me Or Leave Me

7 Good Bait

8 Plain Gold Ring

9 You'll Never Walk Alone

10 I Loves You Porgy

11 Central Park Blues

12 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

13 For All We Know

14 African Mailman

15 Since My Love Has Gone

16 If Only For Tonight

17 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

18 Come On Back, Jack

19 I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl

20 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Live)

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, 4-Track Cartridge, Cassette, CD, File, SACD

Labels

Parlophone, Polydor, EastWest, Jazz Images, Analogue Productions, Jazz Heritage, DOL, Not Now Music, Solid Records , Vinyl Lovers , Hallmark Music & Entertainment, ZYX Music, ToCo International, Pan Am Records, WaxTime In Color, Jazz Wax Records, State Of Art , Glamourama Records, Sélection FNAC, Groove replica, True North, Phoenix Records , Carrere, Angel Records, Jazztwin, Gambit Records, American Jazz Classics, Wagram Music S.A., Green Corner, Masterworks Series, Green Line Records, Charly Records, International Polydor Production, Doxy, Altaya, Get Back, SPH Records, Fuel 2000, Zafiro, Folio, East West France, King Records , Neon, Grind, Plaza Independencia Música, Bethlehem Records, Salsoul Records, The Red Box, Sound-Products Holland B.V., Galaxis, Motif , Primitiv Sounds

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe, Australia & New Zealand

years

1959, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Members