In 1967, the great Nina Simone shifted from the orchestral arrangements of High Priestess of Soul to the rawer small-band aesthetic of Sings the Blues, her first record for RCA. Backed by top session players including drummer Bernard Purdie, Simone didn’t sing only the blues, however: As always, she boiled a wide range of styles into her own inimitable stew. But the originals “Do I Move You?” and “Blues for Mama” were blues through and through, and “Backlash Blues,” with lyrics by Langston Hughes, epitomized Simone’s galvanizing role in the art and politics of the time: “Mr. Backlash/Just who do you think I am?/You raise my taxes, freeze my wages/And send my son to Vietnam.”

Tracklisting

1. Do I Move You? (2:41)
2. Day And Night (2:34)
3. In The Dark (2:53)
4. Real Real (2:17)
5. My Man’s Gone Now (4:13)
6. Backlash Blues (2:14)
7. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (2:27)
8. Buck (2:00)
9. Since I Fell For You (2:44)
10. The House Of The Rising Sun (3:55)
11. Blues For Mama (3:52)

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Nina Simone - Do I Move You (Audio)

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• Nina Simone - In The Dark
• Nina Simone - Day and Night (1967)
• Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Audio)
• Blues for Mama
• The House of the Rising Sun
• My Man’s Gone Now
• Backlash Blues
• Buck
• Since I Fell for You
• nina simone- the house of the rising sun

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