NINA SIMONE performed and recorded this song in response to the murder of Medgar Evers in Mississippi; and the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four black children.
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http://youtu.be/hBiAtwQZnHs
This song was written for NINA in 1964 and also a hit for Eric Burden and The Animals:
AIN’T GOT NO/ I GOT LIFE is a Medley of two tunes from the musical “HAIR”. It became a standard in Nina Simone’s repertoire:
NINA SIMONE’S biggest hit and the only one of her songs to enter the Billboard Top 40 was the 1958 recording of GERSHWIN’S “I LOVES YOU PORGY”.
We have good reason to be proud to claim two generations of McCASLIN’S in Santa Cruz, DONNY & DAD DON. You can enjoy DON McCASLIN’S GROUP “THE AMAZING JAZZ GEEZERS” Tuesday nights at SEVERINO’S in APTOS.
This is a 2008 performance of DONNY and his group in Germany:
PLEASE LISTEN AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY MORNING FOR “THE FUZE” AND CHECK OUT OUR BLOG FOR MORE VIDEOS OF GREAT PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC WE PLAY ON THE SHOW.
