Solitaire

~ Recording by Nina Simone

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Solitaire3:28Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum
Colpix (a/k/a Colpix Records)CP 407
1.12Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum
Colpix (a/k/a Colpix Records)SCP 407
1.5Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneAnthology: The Colpix YearsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-11-19
Rhino (reissue label)R2 72567
1.12Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina Simone / Nina Simone at Town HallNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Collectables (US reissue label)COL-CD-6206
1.16Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneSings the StandardsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
2.12Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneTrilogyNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005-01-01
  • GB2010-01-25
Not Now MusicNOT3CD038
1.12Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina Simone (2005 Digital Remaster with bonus tracks)Nina SimoneAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 4 73206 2 0
2.12Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneMy Baby Just Cares for MeNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD309
2.5Solitaire3:29Nina Simone3 Originals (Little Girl Blue / The Amazing Nina Simone / Nina Simone at Town Hall)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
DGRCJA2024
2.16Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneThe Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Disconforme S.L. (Andorra Label)
1.12Solitaire3:28Nina SimoneHer Greatest HitsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-05-09
Roslin Records
2.12Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneThe Complete 1955–1959Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde274 2047.48
1.12Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum
  • CA2012-02-07
  • MX2012-02-07
  • US2012-02-07
Rhino (reissue label)
2.12Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneFive Classic Albums Plus Bonus TracksNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-10-22
Real Gone Jazz
1.9Solitaire3:26Nina Simone60 Essentials RemasteredNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
The Restoration Project
1.21Solitaire3:30Nina SimoneBD Music Presents Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2013-01-05
Éditions BDMusic
1.44Solitaire3:28Nina SimoneThe Very Best of (Digital download)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2013-04-01
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)[none]
1.44Solitaire3:28Nina SimoneThe Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)
2.12Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneSeven Classic Albums Plus Bonus TracksNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-06-04
Real Gone JazzRGJCD381
1.12Solitaire (Remastered)3:26Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum
J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali
1.12Solitaire3:25Nina Simone100 Hits: Kitsch Lounge ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
100 Hits, Demon Music GroupDMG 100 113
3.12Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneThe Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)3271142
1.12Solitaire3:36Nina SimoneThe Essential of Nina Simone (The jazz Diva best tracks)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2014-11-03
BnF Collection (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
1.17Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneMy Baby Just Cares for MeNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD529
1.12Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneOriginal Album SeriesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone2564628851
1.34Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneThe Nina Simone MastertakesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015-06-07
1.19Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneCan’t Get Out Of This MoodNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
1.21Solitaire3:30Nina SimoneNina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Éditions BDMusicBDK483
2.1Solitaire3:23Nina SimoneThe Very Best Of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Music Digital60464
1.20Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneGolden Hits (remastered, explicit)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2016-05-08
J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali
1.12Solitaire3:35Nina SimoneThe DivaNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2016-08-12
BnF Collection (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
2.23Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneEssential Original AlbumsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Masters of Music545502
1.12Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneThe Platinum Collection: 42 All Time ClassicsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-06-30
Not Now MusicNOT3LP247
1.12Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneFour Classic AlbumsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Avid JazzAMSC1268
1.15Solitaire3:27Nina SimoneMy Baby Just Cares for Me / SolitudeNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Le Chant du Monde274 2722.23
1.8Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneThe Platinum Collection: 60 All Time ClassicsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT3CD255
1.2Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneThe Colpix SinglesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Stateside0190295735869
1.2Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneThe Colpix SinglesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
StatesideR2 566797
1.2Solitaire (Remastered)3:24Nina SimoneFabulous Original Singles 1959-62Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2019-02-07
RevOla Records
1.23Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneThe AmazingNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-12-15
1.23Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneNina’s Blues 1959–1962Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5807
1.27Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneCoastal Grandmother SummerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-06-24
X5 Music Group
2.7Solitaire3:24Nina SimoneNina Simone Integral 1957- 1962Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2023-03-03
Diggers Factory (French vinyl crowdfunding site/record label)
1.27Solitaire3:36Nina SimoneThe Greatest HitsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2023-04-17
Ermitage
1.12Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneBlackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959 - 1963)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2024-03-29
SoulMusic Records (Founded in 2000 by music journalist/author/reissue producer David Nathan.)QSM8CR5218BX
1.2Solitaire (Remastered)3:24Nina SimoneOldies Selection, Nina Simone (Remastered)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2025-03-15
Pipe Dublin
1.25Solitaire3:22Nina SimoneThe Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2025-11-21
1.13Solitaire3:25Nina SimoneDeluxeNina SimoneAlbum + CompilationMusic BrokersMBB7141
2.13Solitaire3:27Nina SimoneJazz Monuments Presents Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
1.23Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneThe Album (4 original albums)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Black Line Collection2363
Bootleg
1.18Solitaire3:26Nina SimoneYou and MeNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014
jazz2jazz
1.15Solitaire3:29Nina SimoneReturn HomeNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2016-01-05
(unknown)
1.12Solitaire3:30Nina SimoneThe Amazing Nina Simone (2020 reissue with 11 bonus tracks)Nina SimoneAlbum
MatchBall records (Jazz reissue label)48029
1.25Solitaire3:22Nina SimoneThe Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer:Rudy van Gelder (in 1959)
producer:Hecky Krasnow
piano:Nina Simone (in 1959)
vocals:Nina Simone (in 1959)
arranger:Robert Mersey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1969)
recorded at:Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959)
recording of:Solitaire (in 1959: cover)

Solitaire

writer:Reneé Borek
King Guion (jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bass clarinetist)
Carl Nutter