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From album
Little Girl Blue
Nina Simone · 1958 · Track 6
Details
TonalidadA
Compás4/4
Tempo117 BPM
Duración3:35
ÁlbumLittle Girl Blue
Año1958
ISRCQMSGD1370006
Fun facts
Nina Simone took My Baby Just Cares for Me and turned it into something more than a song. It was written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn in 1930, for a movie called Whoopee!, based on a musical of the same name from 1928. The song was born in the cinema, but then went to jazz. Nina recorded it in the 1960s, and since then it has been heard everywhere, as if it were part of the very atmosphere.
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The story behind
Nina Simone recorded My Baby Just Cares for Me in 1957, but released it much later. The song was part of her first album, Little Girl Blue, which came out in February 1959. The recording was made in a studio, but the label did not promote it well, and Simone became frustrated. In the end, the song became a hit thanks to a single that was released in May of that year. The song has a smooth rhythm, with piano and vocals, and sounds intimate. It remains popular today, with many people who listen to and play it.
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