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The song was released on her album Nina Simone in Concert in 1964, which was based on recordings from three concerts she gave at Carnegie Hall earlier that year. The album was her first release for the Dutch label Philips Records and is indicative of the more political turn her recorded music took during this period.
Nina Simone (/ ˈ n iː n ə s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n / ... becoming one of many other protest songs written by Simone. The song was released as a single, ... As her political ...
"Backlash Blues," one of Simone's civil rights songs. The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," based on a song by Simone's great example, Bessie Smith, but with somewhat different lyrics. "The House of the Rising Sun" was previously recorded live by Simone in 1962 on Nina at the Village ...
Nina Simone’s enduring influence Flanagan’s forthcoming memoir, tentatively titled “Mississippi God-damn,” is a nod to Simone’s powerful protest song, “Mississippi Goddam.”
Simone recorded Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall in 1963 for Colpix. This album marked the beginning of Simone's explicitly Civil Rights oriented music and she incorporated such messaging in her performances. Included on the album are unambiguous political songs such as "Mississippi Goddamn", released as a single at the time.
"Go Limp" is the penultimate track on Nina Simone's 1964 album Nina Simone in Concert, and is an adaptation of a protest song originally written by Alex Comfort during his involvement with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. [1] The melody and part of the chorus is taken from the folk ballad "Sweet Betsy from Pike".
Nina Simone popularized the song as "See-Line Woman". Her original studio recording was first released in 1964 as the single B-side of "Mississippi Goddam", a song that marked her turn to political engagement with Civil Rights protest songs.
Marvin Gaye wanted to make a social-political statement. He didn’t want to issue more love songs, stylistically dictated by Berry Gordy/Motown. He wanted to join his peers in the movement of ...