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Little Girl Blue (also known as Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club) is the debut album by jazz singer, pianist and songwriter Nina Simone, released by Bethlehem Records. Simone was in her mid-20s at the time, and still aspiring to be a classical concert pianist. She immediately sold the rights for the songs on this album to Bethlehem for $3,000 (US$25,446 in 2017 dollars), with the deal eventually costing her royalty profits of more than a million dollars. Simone was dissatisfied by the lack of effort the record company took in promoting her, and after this album
| 1 | Mood Indigo | ♡ | 4:06 | Irving Mills / Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard |
| 2 | Don’t Smoke in Bed | ♡ | 3:15 | Willard Robison |
| 3 | He Needs Me | ♡ | 2:32 | Arthur Hamilton |
| 4 | Little Girl Blue | ♡ | 4:20 | Sarah Latto / Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 5 | Love Me or Leave Me | ♡ | 3:25 | Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn |
| 6 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | ♡ | 3:40 | Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn |
| 7 | Good Bait | ♡ | 5:32 | Count Basie / Tadd Dameron |
| 8 | Plain Gold Ring | ♡ | 3:57 | Blue Sky Black Death / Earl Burroughs / George Stone |
| 9 | You’Ll Never Walk Alone | ♡ | 3:49 | Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 10 | I Loves You, Porgy | ♡ | 4:12 | Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin |
| 11 | Central Park Blues | ♡ | 6:49 | Nina Simone |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_N\Nina Simone\1957. Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (2015) [DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000192853
Credits
Bass — Jimmy Bond Drums — Albert Heath Piano — Nina Simone Vocals — Nina Simone
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