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Artists covered by Nina Simone

Artist Song Performances
1 [traditional] 93
2 George Gershwin 50
3 Walter Donaldson 25
4 Bee Gees 23
5 Jacques Brel 20
6 Bob Dylan 17
7 Irving Berlin 14
8 The Beatles 13
  Billie Holiday 13
10 Rodgers & Hart 12
  Jule Styne 12
12 Peggy Lee 11
13 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 10
  Randy Newman 10
  Kurt Weill 10
16 Paul Anka 9
17 Johnny Mathis 7
18 Miriam Makeba 6
  Babatunde Olatunji 6
  Bessie Smith 6
  Billy Taylor 6
22 Leonard Cohen 5
  Aretha Franklin 5
24 Charles Aznavour 4
  Rodolfo Falvo 4
  Bob Marley & The Wailers 4
  Jimmy McHugh 4
  The Wailers 4
  Jerry Jeff Walker 4
30 The Alan Lomax Collection 3
  Gilbert Bécaud 3
  James A. Bland 3
  Sam Cooke 3
  Miles Davis 3
  Bobby Scott 3
  Pete Seeger 3
  Ike & Tina Turner 3
  Jimmy Webb 3
  Harry M. Woods 3
40 Gil Adema 2
  Booker T. & the MG’s 2
  Oscar Brown Jr. 2
  Judy Collins 2
  Jimmy Cox 2
  Duke Ellington 2
  Lena Horne 2
  Richard M. Jones 2
  Gian Carlo Menotti 2
  Cole Porter 2
50 ABBA 1
  Nat Adderley 1
  Morris Albert 1
  Leonard Bernstein 1
  Bertolt Brecht 1
  Arthur Collins 1
  Mack David, Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman 1
  Willie Dixon 1
  Thomas A. Dorsey 1
  Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1
  Ruth Etting 1
  Fairport Convention 1
  Five Stairsteps 1
  Irving Gordon 1
  Daryl Hall & John Oates 1
  Wilbert Harrison 1
  Blind Willie Johnson 1
  Quincy Jones 1
  Hal Kemp and His Orchestra 1
  Charles Kingsley 1
  The Last Poets 1
  Robert MacGimsey 1
  Gene McDaniels 1
  Muddy Waters 1
  John Newton 1
  Gilbert O’Sullivan 1
  Adelina Patti 1
  Terry Saunders 1
  James H. Shelton 1
  Jimmy Van Heusen 1
  Dinah Washington 1
  Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra 1
  Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra 1
  Victor Young 1

Songs played total

This table lists how often a song was performed. Multiple performances from the same setlist are also counted towards the total.

Song Song Performances
1 I Loves You, Porgy (George Gershwin cover) Play Video stats 39
2 Sea Lion Woman ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 32
3 My Baby Just Cares for Me (Walter Donaldson cover) Play Video stats 23
4 Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair) ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 20
  Ne me quitte pas (Jacques Brel cover) Play Video stats 20
6 To Love Somebody (Bee Gees cover) Play Video stats 13
7 Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles cover) Play Video stats 12
  Just in Time (Jule Styne cover) Play Video stats 12
9 Little Girl Blue (Rodgers & Hart cover) Play Video stats 11
10 I Put a Spell on You (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover) Play Video stats 10
  Sinner Man ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 10
12 Comme d'habitude (Claude François cover) Play Video stats 9
13 Pirate Jenny (Kurt Weill cover) Play Video stats 8
14 Baltimore (Randy Newman cover) Play Video stats 7
15 Blue Skies (Irving Berlin cover) Play Video stats 6
  Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan cover) Play Video stats 6
  Someone to Watch Over Me (George Gershwin cover) Play Video stats 6
  The House of the Rising Sun ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 6
  The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob Dylan cover) Play Video stats 6
  You Can Have Him (Irving Berlin cover) Play Video stats 6
  Zungo (Babatunde Olatunji cover) Play Video stats 6
22 Children, Go Where I Send Thee ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 5
  Save Me (Aretha Franklin cover) Play Video stats 5
  Suzanne (Leonard Cohen cover) Play Video stats 5
  West Wind (Miriam Makeba cover) Play Video stats 5
  Wild Is the Wind (Johnny Mathis cover) Play Video stats 5
27 Don't Smoke in Bed (Peggy Lee cover) Play Video stats 4
  Every Time I Feel the Spirit ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 4
  Exactly Like You (Jimmy McHugh cover) Play Video stats 4
  Fine and Mellow (Billie Holiday cover) Play Video stats 4
  Get Up, Stand Up (The Wailers cover) Play Video stats 4
  He Needs Me (Peggy Lee cover) Play Video stats 4
  I Wish I Knew (Billy Taylor cover) Play Video stats 4
  Just Say I Love Him (Rodolfo Falvo cover) Play Video stats 4
  Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker cover) Play Video stats 4
  No Woman, No Cry (Bob Marley & The Wailers cover) Play Video stats 4
  Please Read Me (Bee Gees cover) Play Video stats 4
  Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday cover) Play Video stats 4
39 Chain Gang (Sam Cooke cover) Play Video stats 3
  Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb cover) Play Video stats 3
  Don’t Pay Them No Mind (Bobby Scott cover) Play Video stats 3
  Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter (Ike & Tina Turner cover) Play Video stats 3
  I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan cover) Play Video stats 3
  I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman cover) Play Video stats 3
  In the Evening by the Moonlight (James A. Bland cover) Play Video stats 3
  In the Morning (Bee Gees cover) Play Video stats 3
  Je t'appartiens (Gilbert Bécaud cover) Play Video stats 3
  Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith cover) Play Video stats 3
  Silver City Bound (The Alan Lomax Collection cover) Play Video stats 3
  Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (Pete Seeger cover) Play Video stats 3
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Harry M. Woods cover) Play Video stats 3
  When I Was a Young Girl ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 3
  When I Was in My Prime ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 3
  Where Can I Go Without You (Peggy Lee cover) Play Video stats 3
55 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (Kurt Weill cover) Play Video stats 2
  Ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan cover) Play Video stats 2
  Black Swan (Gian Carlo Menotti cover) Play Video stats 2
  Born Under a Bad Sign (Booker T. & the MG’s cover) Play Video stats 2
  Brown Baby (Oscar Brown Jr. cover) Play Video stats 2
  Gin House Blues (Bessie Smith cover) Play Video stats 2
  God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday cover) Play Video stats 2
  Hey, Buddy Bolden (Duke Ellington cover) Play Video stats 2
  I Love to Love (Lena Horne cover) Play Video stats 2
  I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Billy Taylor cover) Play Video stats 2
  Little Liza Jane ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 2
  Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson cover) Play Video stats 2
  Milestones (Miles Davis cover) Play Video stats 2
  Morning of My Life (Bee Gees cover) Play Video stats 2
  My Father (Judy Collins cover) Play Video stats 2
  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Jimmy Cox cover) Play Video stats 2
  Porgy, I's Your Woman Now (George Gershwin cover) Play Video stats 2
  Theme from Sayonara (Irving Berlin cover) Play Video stats 2
  There Is a Balm in Gilead ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 2
  Tomorrow Is My Turn (Charles Aznavour cover) Play Video stats 2
  Trouble in Mind (Richard M. Jones cover) Play Video stats 2
  Vaynikehu (Gil Adema cover) Play Video stats 2
  Will I Find My Love Today (Johnny Mathis cover) Play Video stats 2
  You've Got to Learn (Charles Aznavour cover) Play Video stats 2
79 Alone Again (Naturally) (Gilbert O’Sullivan cover) Play Video stats 1
  Amazing Grace (John Newton cover) Play Video stats 1
  Are You Ready? (The Last Poets cover) Play Video stats 1
  Blackbird (The Beatles cover) Play Video stats 1
  But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen cover) Play Video stats 1
  Compared to What (Gene McDaniels cover) Play Video stats 1
  Cotton Eyed Joe ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 1
  Dink's Song (Fare Thee Well) ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 1
  Don't Explain (Billie Holiday cover) Play Video stats 1
  Everything Must Change (Quincy Jones cover) Play Video stats 1
  Evil Gal Blues (Dinah Washington cover) Play Video stats 1
  Feelings (Morris Albert cover) Play Video stats 1
  For All We Know (Hal Kemp and His Orchestra cover) Play Video stats 1
  Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer (Bessie Smith cover) Play Video stats 1
  Glad to Be Unhappy (Rodgers & Hart cover) Play Video stats 1
  He Was Too Good to Me (Ruth Etting cover) Play Video stats 1
  He's Got the Whole World in His Hands ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 1
  Hush Little Baby ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 1
  I Can't Face the Music (Without Singin' the Blues) (Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra cover) Play Video stats 1
  I Can't See Nobody (Bee Gees cover) Play Video stats 1
  I'll Look Around (Billie Holiday cover) Play Video stats 1
  If He Changed My Name (Robert MacGimsey cover) Play Video stats 1
  In Our Childhood's Bright Endeavor (Bertolt Brecht cover) Play Video stats 1
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover) Play Video stats 1
  Kumbaya ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 1
  Lass of the Low Country ([traditional] cover) Play Video stats 1
  Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison cover) Play Video stats 1
  Lilac Wine (James H. Shelton cover) Play Video stats 1
  Money, Money, Money (ABBA cover) Play Video stats 1
  My Man's Gone Now (George Gershwin cover) Play Video stats 1
  Nobody (Arthur Collins cover) Play Video stats 1
  Nobody's Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson cover) Play Video stats 1
  O-o-h Child (Five Stairsteps cover) Play Video stats 1
  Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin cover) Play Video stats 1
  Rich Girl (Daryl Hall & John Oates cover) Play Video stats 1
  Rollin' and Tumblin' (Muddy Waters cover) Play Video stats 1
  So What (Miles Davis cover) Play Video stats 1
  Stomping at the Savoy (Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra cover) Play Video stats 1
  Summertime (George Gershwin cover) Play Video stats 1
  Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Thomas A. Dorsey cover) Play Video stats 1
  Tell Me More and More, and Then Some (Billie Holiday cover) Play Video stats 1
  The King and I: Something Wonderful (Terry Saunders cover) Play Video stats 1
  The Last Rose of Summer (Adelina Patti cover) Play Video stats 1
  The Laziest Gal in Town (Cole Porter cover) Play Video stats 1
  The Young Knight (Charles Kingsley cover) Play Video stats 1
  Theme from Samson and Delilah (Victor Young cover) Play Video stats 1
  Twelfth of Never (Mack David, Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman cover) Play Video stats 1
  Unforgettable (Irving Gordon cover) Play Video stats 1
  Whatever I Am (You Made Me) (Willie Dixon cover) Play Video stats 1
  When I Have Passed On (Miriam Makeba cover) Play Video stats 1
  Who Am I (Leonard Bernstein cover) Play Video stats 1
  Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Fairport Convention cover) Play Video stats 1
  Work Song (Nat Adderley cover) Play Video stats 1
  You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to (Cole Porter cover) Play Video stats 1