Nina Simone at Town Hall

Nina Simone at Town Hall
Live album by Nina Simone
Released	1959
Recorded	live at The Town Hall New York City September 15, 1959 studio tracks recorded the following month
Genre	Jazz, blues, folk
Label	Colpix
Producer	Jack Gold and Bob Blake
Nina Simone chronology
The Amazing Nina Simone (1959) Nina Simone at Town Hall (1959) Nina Simone at Newport (1960)

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Nina Simone at Town Hall is a 1959 live album by Nina Simone. It was recorded live at The Town Hall, New York, on 15 September 1959 and released as her second album for Colpix Records that same year. Some of the songs were featured in the concert but were re-recorded in a studio for the album. The cover photography was credited to Herb Snitzer.

Information about songs on this album

• "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" also features on the albums Wild Is the Wind (1966) and Black Gold (1970).
• "The Other Woman" is written by Jessie Mae Robinson and also features on the albums Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall (1963), Let It All Out (1966), and Live at Ronnie Scott's (1984). The song was covered by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey and is the eleventh track on her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014).
• "Wild Is the Wind" also features on the album Wild Is the Wind (1966).

Track listing

1. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) - 3:31
2. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:13
3. "The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson) - 3:00
4. "Under the Lowest" (Simone) - 5:32
5. "You Can Have Him" (Irving Berlin) - 5:49
6. "Summertime (Instr.)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:54
7. "Summertime (Vocal)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:41
8. "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Traditional) - 2:51
9. "Return Home" (Simone) - 5:27
10. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 3:28
11. "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 3:32

References

Nina Simone
Studio albums	Little Girl Blue Nina Simone and Her Friends The Amazing Nina Simone Forbidden Fruit Nina Simone Sings Ellington Broadway-Blues-Ballads I Put a Spell on You Pastel Blues Nina Simone with Strings Wild Is the Wind High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone Sings the Blues Silk & Soul Nina Simone and Piano To Love Somebody Here Comes the Sun Baltimore Fodder on My Wings A Single Woman
Compilation albums	Nina's Choice The Soul of Nina Simone The Very Best of Nina Simone
Live albums	Nina Simone at Newport Nina at the Village Gate Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall Folksy Nina Nina Simone in Concert Black Gold Live at Ronnie Scott's The Great Show Live in Paris Emergency Ward!
Live and studio albums	Nina Simone at Town Hall Let It All Out 'Nuff Said! It Is Finished
Remix albums	Remixed and Reimagined
Related articles	I Put a Spell on You (book) What Happened, Miss Simone?
Songs and singles "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" "Alone Again (Naturally)" "Angel of the Morning" "Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Black Is the Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)" "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Cherish" "Cotton-Eyed Joe" "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" "Exactly Like You" "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" "Feeling Good" "Fine and Mellow" "For All We Know" "Four Women" "Go Limp" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Here Comes the Sun" "The House of the Rising Sun" "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" "I Loves You, Porgy" "I Put a Spell on You" "I Shall Be Released" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" "If I Should Lose You" "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" "It Might as Well Be Spring" "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" "Just Like a Woman" "Lilac Wine" "Little Girl Blue" "The Look of Love" "Love Me or Leave Me" "Mississippi Goddam" "Mood Indigo" "The More I See You" "Mr. Bojangles" "My Baby Just Cares for Me" "My Sweet Lord" "My Way" "Ne me quitte pas" "Nobody" "Nobody's Fault but Mine" "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" "The Pusher" "Rich Girl" "(In My) Solitude" "Satin Doll" "Sea Lion Woman" "Sign o' the Times" "Since I Fell for You" "Sinnerman" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Something Wonderful" "Spring Is Here" "Strange Fruit" "Summertime" "Suzanne" "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" "That's All" "That's All I Want from You" "The Times They Are a-Changin'" "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" "To Love Somebody" "Trouble in Mind" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" "Wild Is the Wind" "Willow Weep for Me" "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
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