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"I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song recorded by "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins and officially co-written with Herb Slotkin. The selection became a classic cult song , covered by a variety of artists. It was Hawkins' greatest commercial success, reportedly surpassing a million copies in sales, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] even though it failed to make the Billboard ...
I Put a Spell on You is a studio album by American singer, songwriter, arranger and pianist Nina Simone. Recorded in 1964 and 1965 in New York City , it was released by Philips Records in 1965. It peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200 chart [ 5 ] and number 18 on the UK Albums Chart . [ 6 ]
The single "I Put a Spell on You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. [6] Lennox performed the song at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015, and coupled with the inclusion of the track as the opening song of the film Fifty Shades of Grey , pushed it into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 97 in February ...
The 192-page book was published February 1, 1992 by Pantheon. [2] It was re-released in a 2003 Da Capo Press reprint edition following Simone's death on April 21, 2003; this edition included an introduction, "I Know How it Feels To Be Free: Nina Simone 1933–2003", written by Dave Marsh.
The lead single "I Put a Spell on You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2. [70] Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Nina Simone – piano, vocals on all tracks, and arranger on track 10; Rudy Stevenson – flute on track 9; Lisle Atkinson – percussion on track 9; Bobby Hamilton – drums on track 9; Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on tracks 1,5,7,8,10,11,13; Hal Mooney – arranger and conductor on tracks 2,3,4,6,12; unknown orchestra
High Priestess of Soul is a studio album by singer, pianist and songwriter Nina Simone.The songs are accompanied by a large band directed and arranged by Hal Mooney.The album contains pop songs (such as "Don't You Pay Them No Mind") and African American gospel and folk-related songs written by Simone herself (such as "Take Me to the Water" and "Come Ye").
Nina Simone's life as a recording artist can be divided into three phases: early period (1957–64, corresponding to her albums with Bethlehem and Colpix); middle period (1964–74, corresponding to her albums with Philips and RCA); and late period (1974–2003, corresponding to her time either without a recording contract or with a multitude of different contracts).