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Nina Simone

Mississippi Goddam

1964 · via Nina Simone

Nina Simone wrote “Mississippi Goddam” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1964. Also recorded by Esquerita (released 1990) and Kelsey Waldon (released 2020), among 28 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Esquerita put out a take on Nina's own song in 1990, decades after she first had it on record. Play hers, then flip to Esquerita and hear what the song does in somebody else's hands.

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Credited writer: Nina Simone.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1964.

Other recordings on file · first release year

28 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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