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"Ain't Got No, I Got Life" is a 1968 single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album 'Nuff Said. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The combination of the two songs was rewritten by Simone to suit her purpose.
Nina Simone (/ ˈ n iː n ə s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist.
"Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Audio)" on YouTube " To Be Young, Gifted and Black " is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine . Simone introduced the song on August 17, 1969, to a crowd of 50,000 at the Harlem Cultural Festival , captured on broadcast video tape and released in 2021 as the documentary film Summer of ...
In 2022, American Songwriter ranked "Feeling Good" number one on their list of the 10 greatest Nina Simone songs, [13] and in 2023, The Guardian ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Nina Simone songs. [14] An official music video for Simone's version was released on YouTube 56 years after the release of her recording in ...
Most versions of the song cover Nina Simone's lyrics and arrangement with syncopated hand-claps (or percussion) and more than one back-up voice for the response. An early cover of Simone's version was recorded in 1967 by the Australian beat band the Easybeats as the closing track for their album Good Friday.
Nina Simone released "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" on her 1967 album, Nina Simone Sings the Blues. [9] While not a cover, it references some of the original lyrics, [9] and has been described as "a first-person representation of empowered female sexuality."
Nina Simone (portrait, 1965) recorded the first version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" Composer and arranger Horace Ott came up with the melody and chorus lyrics after a temporary falling out with his girlfriend (and wife-to-be), Gloria Caldwell. [1] Ott then brought it to writing partners Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus to complete.
American experimental band Xiu Xiu covered "Four Women" on its 2013 Nina Simone tribute album Nina. The song inspired the 2016 play Nina Simone: Four Women by Christina Ham. In the play, Nina meets the first three women (she is the fourth) at the site of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and they become the characters in her song.