Broadway-Blues-Ballads

Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by the singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone, released in 1964.^[2] The album features Simone singing a few standards and folk songs, as well as six compositions by Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus.

Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	November 1964
Recorded	New York City, 1964
Genre	Vocal, soul, jazz, folk, blues
Length	37:22
Label	Philips
Producer	Hal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Nina Simone in Concert (1964) Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964) I Put a Spell on You (1965)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.0/10[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"	Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus	2:46
2.	"Night Song"	Lee Adams, Charles Strouse	3:06
3.	"The Laziest Gal in Town"	Cole Porter	2:19
4.	"Something Wonderful"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	2:46
5.	"Don't Take All Night"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:54
6.	"Nobody"	Alex Rogers, Bert Williams	4:18
7.	"I Am Blessed"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:57
8.	"Of This I'm Sure"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:37
9.	"See-Line Woman"	Traditional American folk, George Bass, Nina Simone	2:38
10.	"Our Love (Will See Us Through)"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	3:01
11.	"How Can I?"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:05
12.	"The Last Rose of Summer"	Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken, Nina Simone	3:08

CD release bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"A Monster"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:47

Personnel

• Nina Simone – piano, vocals on all tracks, and arranger on track 10
• Rudy Stevenson – flute on track 9
• Lisle Atkinson – percussion on track 9
• Bobby Hamilton – drums on track 9
• Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on tracks 1,5,7,8,10,11,13
• Hal Mooney – arranger and conductor on tracks 2,3,4,6,12
• unknown orchestra