I Put a Spell on You

Nina Simone · 1965

Context

The song is credited to Jalacy Hawkins; Nina Simone gives it as the title track of her album released by Philips in 1965, produced by Hal Mooney with arrangements by Mooney and Horace Ott. Recorded in New York in 1964-1965, the track reached number 23 on the American R&B chart and number 28 on the British singles chart. NPR ranked the album 3rd on its 2017 list of the 150 greatest albums by women.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Feeling Good (1965)
• Sinnerman (1965)
• Mississippi Goddam (1964)
• Four Women (1966)
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1970)
• My Baby Just Cares for Me (1958)

Sources

• EN: I Put a Spell on You (album)

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