Nina Simone’s Finest Hour

Tracklist

• 1
  Love Me or Leave Me
  4:06
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Wild Is the Wind
  6:59
  3.6 ★
• 3
  I Put a Spell on You
  2:37
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Work Song
  3:08
  3.2 ★
• 5
  Don’t Explain
  4:22
  3.0 ★
• 6
  The Other Woman
  3:05
  4.6 ★
• 7
  Mississippi Goddam
  4:55
  4.6 ★
• 8
  Four Women
  4:26
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Pirate Jenny
  6:41
  4.0 ★
• 10
  I Loves You, Porgy
  2:32
  5.0 ★
• 11
  This Year’s Kisses
  3:00
  3.6 ★
• 12
  Little Girl Blue
  4:21
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Ne me quitte pas
  3:38
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Don’t Smoke in Bed
  5:24
  2.0 ★

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Nina Simone Sings the Blues 1967

Pastel Blues

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The Greatest Hits

The Greatest Hits 2003

The Diva Series

The Diva Series 2003

Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972

Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972 1998

Nina Simone

Nina Simone 1997

Release credits

• Al Schackman
  harmonica [1-2, 5, 8]
• Albert “Tootie” Heath
  drums (drum set) [6, 12]
• Bob Blake
  producer [6]
• Bobby Hamilton
  background vocals [7], drums (drum set) [1-2, 5, 7-10, 15], membranophone [7]
• Hal Mooney
  arranger [3, 14], conductor [3, 14], producer [2-3, 8, 14]
• Hollis King
  creative direction
• Horace Ott
  arranger [13], conductor [13]
• Horace Ott's Orchestra
  performing orchestra [13]
• Jack Gold
  producer [6]
• James E. Bond
  bass [6, 12]
• Lisle Atkinson
  background vocals [7], bass guitar [1, 5, 8], double bass [2, 7-10, 15], percussion [1-2, 5, 8, 10]
• Nina Simone
  arranger [2, 5, 7, 9-10, 15], lead vocals [7, 9-10, 12, 15], piano [1-3, 5-10, 12-15], vocal [2-3, 6, 8, 13-14]
• Rudy Stevenson
  background vocals [7], flute [1-2, 5, 8, 10], guitar [1-3, 5, 7-10, 14-15]

Issues

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  Nina Simone's Finest Hour

  CD
  13 June 2000
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  Nina Simone’s Finest Hour

  Digital Media
  2015