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To Love Somebody is an album by jazz singer-songwriter/pianist Nina Simone. Primarily a covers album, it was released as quickly as possible to prolong the unexpected success of 'Nuff Said! The title is taken from the Bee Gees song "To Love Somebody"; her cover of the song became her second British hit single after "Ain't Got No, I Got Life".
She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre ...
Barry said that "To Love Somebody" was the song that he'd choose as it has "a clear, emotional message". [7] The song has been recorded by many other artists, including Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Lulu, James Carr, the Sweet Inspirations, Nina Simone, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Bonnie Tyler, Slobberbone and Jimmy Somerville and Rita Marley.
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).
Simone, ranked No. 29 on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, wrote music in several genres including jazz and R&B. Songs mentioned in the 2020 Citizen Times article ...
Before the American public knew her as Nina Simone “the high priestess of soul,” Eunice Kathleen Waymon was already making a name for herself in Western North Carolina. Born in 1933 at 30 East ...
The Very Best of Nina Simone is a compilation album of songs by Nina Simone, released by Sony BMG in 2006, ... "To Love Somebody" – 2:39 (1969) "Ain't Got No, ...
Nina Simone, Weldon Irvine " Revolution " is a 1969 answer song by the American jazz musician Nina Simone and Weldon Irvine . It was released as a single in 1969 and on the album To Love Somebody in 1969. [ 1 ]