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"Feeling Good" (also known as "Feelin' Good") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour. [1] Nina Simone recorded "Feeling Good" for her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You.
I Put a Spell on You is a studio album by American jazz singer, songwriter, 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 ]
"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. Introduction by Dave Marsh (2nd ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80525-1. Stroud, Andy (2005). Nina Simone, "Black Is the Color...": A Book of Rare Photographs of Adolescence, Family and Early Career with Quotes in Her Own Words. Introduction by Lisa Simone Kelly. Philadelphia: Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-599-26670-1.
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).
[4] Discussing the latter part of the autobiography, Tom Piazza wrote in The New York Times, "In the 1970s, through a series of stunningly bad choices (and some plain bad luck), [Simone] began a slide into personal and professional misfortune. If her eagerness to cast the blame in every direction except inward -- at lovers, husbands, managers ...
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
"Feeling Good" "In the Dark" "Since I Fell For You" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "To Love Somebody" "My Man's Gone Now" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "My Baby Just Cares For Me" "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" "Save Me" "The Look of Love" "I Get Along Without You Very Well" "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" "Nobody's Fault But Mine"